By Alex Lennane (The Loadstar) – The IMO has urged regulators to take a “pragmatic” approach to the new SOLAS VGM requirements for the first three

by Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — Environmental activists who dangled from bridges and paddled kayaks around an Arctic rig have a new strategy for

SEOUL, May 24 (Reuters) – Creditors of struggling South Korean shipper Hyundai Merchant Marine Co Ltd have agreed to a 680 billion won ($570.27 million)

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — The oil market is rebalancing, but don’t count on ever seeing prices at $100 a barrel again: that’s the clear message

By Andy Hoffman (Bloomberg) — Global container shipping lines face one or two more years of pain as the industry consolidates amid overcapacity and

Here’s another look at this past weekend’s scuttling of the Vis, a former Yugoslav Navy ship, at a marine park off the coast of Croatia. The video

Houston-headquartered drilling contractor Rowan says it has reached an agreement with one of its customers for the early termination of the drilling

Jacksonville, Florida-based Crowley Maritime Corp. announced Monday an additional $21 million investment for improvements and upgrades at its Isla Grande port

By Colin Dewey, The maritime industry, perhaps more than any other industrial profession, respects tradition.  Sometimes though, seafarers seem to revere

By Tim Hepher and Ahmed Aboulenein PARIS/CAIRO, May 23 (Reuters) – Teams searching for the black box flight recorders of a missing EgyptAir jet that

BEIJING, May 23 (Reuters) – A Chinese government bureau is planning a base station for an advanced rescue ship in the disputed Spratly Islands, state

CAPE TOWN, May 23 (Reuters) – South Africa’s navy has detained three Chinese ships with around 100 crew on board on suspicion of illegal squid

Update: Here’s a closer look at the two guys stuck on board the ship and how they escaped. The former flagship of the Yugoslav Navy was scuttled in

Some amateur drone video captures the new Harmony of the Seas, now the world’s largest cruise ship, as it arrives in

Uhhh, was that supposed to happen like that? Seriously, was that planned? Kind of seems like that it was. I don’t know under what circumstance anyone

Every year on May 22nd, we honor those serving in the U.S. Merchant Marine and remember the vital role merchant mariners play in our economy and national

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Amina Ismail CAIRO, May 22 (Reuters) – Egypt has sent a robot submarine to join the hunt for an EgyptAir plane which crashed in

The Navy on Friday accepted delivery of the future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the lead ship of the Navy’s next-generation multi-mission surface destroyers.

By Captain George Livingstone [su_box title=”Author’s Note”] I have accepted an invitation from the good folks at gCaptain to

  By Jaquelyn Burton (Coeval, Inc.) Master. Captain. Skipper. Whatever your preferred term; they are loved and feared for their leadership and