Friday, April 21, 2017
Libya Migrants Swimming From Overcrowded Boat
News

Refugees Stranded For 30 Hours At Sea After Being Passed By Cargo Ships

by Patrick Wintour (TheGuardian) A hundred refugees and migrants crammed into a small dinghy that started taking in water in the Mediterranean

April 21, 2017
Total Views: 137

Anti Ship Missile Test
Navy

Will This Ship Killer Make Naval Convoys Obsolete?

The Tomahawk missile is famous for attacking stationary targets on land, but except for a short-lived anti-ship variant now out of service, it

April 21, 2017
Total Views: 123

Great Lakes Towing Company looks to ABS for compliance solutions with Subchapter M requirements
Press Releases

Great Lakes Towing Company looks to ABS for compliance solutions with Subchapter M requirements

  ABS, a leading provider of classification and technical services to the marine and offshore industries, has been awarded a Third Party Organization

April 21, 2017
Total Views: 83

News

Reinterpreting the Jones Act a Done Deal? Not So Fast

The way the Jones Act works offshore is in focus again because of a recent proposal from Customs and Border Protection. That agency proposed two days before

April 21, 2017
Total Views: 30

offshore wind turbine
News

Gigantic Wind Turbines Signal Era of Subsidy-Free Green Power

by Jessica Shankleman, Brian Parkin and Anna Hirtenstein (Bloomberg) — Offshore wind turbines are about to become higher than the Eiffel Tower,

April 21, 2017
Total Views: 82

yang ming
Shipping News

Troubled Shipping Line Yang Ming Cuts Iran Service

By Jonathan Saul and Faith Hung LONDON/TAIPEI, April 21 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s troubled Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp is halting its container

April 21, 2017
Total Views: 121

Shanghai Port, World’s Busiest, Grapples with Traffic Congestion
News

Shanghai Port, World’s Busiest, Grapples with Traffic Congestion

SHANGHAI, April 21 (Reuters) – The world’s busiest container port, Yangshan in China’s business hub of Shanghai, is battling severe

April 21, 2017
Total Views: 79

yang ming containership
News

Yang Ming Share Trading Halted as Carrier Moves to Reduce Equity Capital

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Trading in the shares of embattled Taiwanese carrier Yang Ming were suspended on the Taipei stock exchange yesterday

April 21, 2017
Total Views: 1130

News

Baltic Dry Index Falls Almost 4%, Biggest Loss Since Mid-December

April 21 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index marked its biggest percentage decline since mid-December on Friday as rates for

April 21, 2017
Total Views: 68

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft
Blog

2017 Book Recommendations From The Coast Guard’s Top Admiral

The following article was written by Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft and was originally published on USCG’s All Hands Blog.  by Adm. Paul

April 21, 2017
Total Views: 178

Thursday, April 20, 2017
Hanjin Containership In Port
Shipping News

Secondhand Market Heats Up For Small Containerships

By Mike Wackett (TheLoadstar) A lack of orders for smaller containerships over the past few years, with operators focused on large vessels, is

April 20, 2017
Total Views: 397

Killer Robots: Commercial Fishing ROVs Hunt For Venomous Predator Fish
Blog

Killer Robots: Commercial Fishing ROVs Hunt For Venomous Predator Fish

By Ben Gruber (Reuters) As it turns out, some of the best cooks in the world think lionfish, a venomous predatory fish which is breeding out of control and

April 20, 2017
Total Views: 104

oil tankers
News

Murky Oil Inventory Picture Leaves Market Grappling for Clarity

By Henning Gloystein and Libby George SINGAPORE/LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) – The jury is still out over whether an OPEC-led production cut aimed at

April 20, 2017
Total Views: 51

cargo ship
Blog

Giant Shipworms Are Nasty Creatures But Can They Really “Eat” Ships?

What is a giant shipworm and why are we just starting to study these sea creatures? At the top, two flesh-toned siphons swish water over massive gills. At

April 20, 2017
Total Views: 2219

oil tanker
News

New York-Bound Tanker Changes Course as Gasoline Prices Dip

By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK, April 20 (Reuters) – A tanker of gasoline en route to New York Harbor from Europe has been diverted to a Caribbean

April 20, 2017
Total Views: 85

Pirates Kidnap Eight from Tug Off Nigeria, Attack Tanker
News

Pirates Kidnap Eight from Tug Off Nigeria, Attack Tanker

Armed pirates kidnapped eight crew members from tug operating off Nigeria on Wednesday, while another tanker was targeted in the general area, the

April 20, 2017
Total Views: 48

keppel shipyard
Shipping News

Keppel’s Profit Weighed Down by Sluggish Offshore Business

SINGAPORE, April 20 (Reuters) – Singapore’s Keppel Corp posted its first year-on-year rise in quarterly profits since early 2015, helped by

April 20, 2017
Total Views: 69

USCGC STRATTON Racing Stripe
Interesting

How The Coast Guard Earned Its Orange And Blue Stripes

by Diana Honings – In the modern history of the United States Coast Guard, there has been a rapid shift from mistaken identity to a brand

April 20, 2017
Total Views: 8364

Whistleblower in Record ‘Magic Pipe’ Pollution Case Gets $1 Million Payout
Interesting

Whistleblower in Record ‘Magic Pipe’ Pollution Case Gets $1 Million Payout

A U.S. District Judge in Miami on Wednesday sentenced Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. (Princess) to pay a $40 million penalty – the largest-ever for crimes

April 20, 2017
Total Views: 1219

BW Utik vlcc supertanker tanker
Shipping News

U.S. Court Rejects Frontline’s Last-minute Bid to Stop BW-DHT Deal

OSLO, April 20 (Reuters) – A U.S. court has rejected a last-minute effort by billionaire investor John Fredriksen’s Frontline to prevent BW Group

April 20, 2017
Total Views: 82