A federal appeals court in Virginia ruled this week on the definition of piracy on the high seas, upholding the convictions and life sentences of five Somali men charged with…

The Master and Second Officer of the stricken M/V Rena that has been stuck on Astrolabe Reef since grounding on October 5 have each been sentenced to seven months imprisonment…

-By Christopher Browne, Editor of Lloyd's Register HORIZONs magazine

The message was brief and cryptic: “Struck an iceberg and sank in latitude 41.16 N, longitude 50.14 W”. It might have…

Huntington Ingalls' Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division this week reached a major milestone in the construction of the U.S. Navy's new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), as…

Council and the European Parliament reach a provisional agreement on the sulphur content of marine fuels

The EU Wednesday announced an informal agreement requiring, by law, that all ships operating in…