Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) says it has reached basic agreements with other domestic shipbuilders on forming alliances in the

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSjrNbHS2wA Some amazing video showing the daring rescue of a teenager from a Norwegian tall ship in the North Sea. According

By Gavin van Marle & Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – As the new alliance structure prepares to get underway tomorrow, with the Ocean and THE alliances

The NTSB has released a Marine Accident Brief on its investigation into the December 2015 sinking of the towing vessel Spence in the Caribbean Sea. On December

Great video from outdoor retailer Filson highlighting Western Towboat Co., a family-owned towing and barge company based out Seattle, Washington. With a modern

(Drewry) – Following another poor year for multipurpose shipping with further erosion of rates making it the worst market in over 10 years, signs of

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, March 31 (Reuters) – Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs), which have fallen to six-month lows, are likely to

By Elaine Lies TOKYO, March 31 (Reuters) – Japan’s whaling fleet returned on Friday from its months-long Antarctic hunt in the name of scientific

You have been either hacked… or just didn’t know you have been hacked! By George Ward (ECDIS Ltd.) – I predict that the first catastrophic

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, March 31 (Reuters) – Freight rates for large capesize dry cargo vessels on key Asian routes, which hit multi-month highs on

ABS, a leading provider of classification and technical services to the marine and offshore industries, has published the ABS Guide for Building and Classing

Some incredible video coming from Nicaragua earlier this week showing a collision between a general cargo ship and smaller passenger vessel on the Escondido

March 30 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell on Thursday after

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Taiwanese ocean carrier Yang Ming has added a 2016 US$492m loss to the net deficit of $258m the previous year. Revenue

By Olesya Astakhova SABETTA, Russia, March 30 (Reuters) – An ice-breaking tanker docked for the first time at Russia’s Arctic port of Sabetta to

SHANGHAI, March 30 (Reuters) – China’s COSCO Shipping Holdings Co Ltd made a loss last year of 9.9 billion yuan ($1.44 billion), the company

Seaspan Corporation, world’s leading independent owner, operator and manager of containerships, has placed an order with MacGregor for cargo system

General Dynamics NASSCO has christened and launched the Palmetto State, the final ship in an eight-ship ECO Class tanker program to be constructed at NASSCO.

By Dina Khrennikova and Elena Mazneva (Bloomberg) — Vladimir Putin wanted to remake Josef Stalin’s quest for a greater foothold in the Arctic into a

By Scott DiSavino March 29 (Reuters) – The last time the United States was a net exporter of natural gas was in 1957, when Dwight Eisenhower was