Monday, May 14, 2018
Carnival Cruise Line Unveils the Cruise Industry’s Largest Fleet Operations Center in Miami
Interesting

Carnival Cruise Line Unveils the Cruise Industry’s Largest Fleet Operations Center in Miami

Carnival Cruise Line has provided the media with its new Fleet Operations Center (FOC) in Miami, the largest and most advanced in the cruise industry. The

May 14, 2018
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Paris MOU to Enforce IMO’s Low Sulphur Fuel Rule from “Day One”
Shipping News

Paris MOU to Enforce IMO’s Low Sulphur Fuel Rule from “Day One”

The Paris MOU on Port State Control is warning that it intends to enforce new international regulations limiting the amount of sulphur in fuel oil used on

May 14, 2018
Total Views: 196

Ince Inebulo
Interesting

Turkish Bulk Bulker Carrying Wheat Hit By Missile Off Yemen – Damage Photos

Update 2 (May 16) – Shipping industry news site Tradewinds reports that Ince Shipping has confirmed its ship was hit by a missile.  Update 1

May 14, 2018
Total Views: 162

autonomous containership
Shipping News

Rolls-Royce and AXA Partner on Risk Management Products for Autonomous Shipping

Rolls-Royce and risk management firm AXA Corporate Solutions on Monday announced they have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to explore ways to jointly develop

May 14, 2018
Total Views: 40

Newport News Shipbuilding to Test 3D Printing in Naval Shipbuilding
Shipping News

Newport News Shipbuilding to Test 3D Printing in Naval Shipbuilding

Huntington Ingalls’ Newport News Shipbuilding division has partnered with 3D Systems to develop additive manufacturing technologies expected to

May 14, 2018
Total Views: 178

Shipping News

Norwegian Bliss Becomes Largest Cruise Ship to Transit the Expanded Panama Canal

Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Norwegian Bliss on Monday became the biggest cruise ship to transit the Expanded Panama Canal. The 168,000 gross ton cruise ship

May 14, 2018
Total Views: 172

port of antwerp
Shipping News

Port of Antwerp Exploring Carbon Capture to Help Fight Climate Change

The Port of Antwerp is looking into the possibility of using carbon capture as one way of helping fight against climate change by reducing greenhouse gas

May 14, 2018
Total Views: 107

hapag-lloyd containership. photo REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
News

Hapag-Lloyd Delays Recovery Hopes to Second Half of Year

FRANKFURT, May 14 (Reuters) – German container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd reported a higher net profit and operating result in the first quarter of 2018

May 14, 2018
Total Views: 68

Sunday, May 13, 2018
China's first domestically built aircraft carrier is seen during its launching ceremony in Dalian.REUTERS/Stringer
Defense

China’s Secretive Home-Built Aircraft Carrier Sets Out for Sea Trials

BEIJING, May 13 (Reuters) – China’s first domestically developed aircraft carrier left its northeastern port to begin sea trials on Sunday, state

May 13, 2018
Total Views: 42

Bosphorus strait
News

Turkey’s Proposed ‘Kanal Istanbul’ Alarms Villagers and Environmentalists

By Ali Kucukgocmen SAZLIBOSNA, Turkey, May 13 (Reuters) – When residents of Sazlibosna, a village near Istanbul, tried to attend a public meeting

May 13, 2018
Total Views: 124

Explosion Damages Ship Carrying Wheat to Yemen
News

Explosion Damages Ship Carrying Wheat to Yemen

LONDON/ADEN, May 11 (Reuters) – An explosion has damaged a Turkish vessel carrying wheat to Yemen’s Houthi-controlled port of Saleef, with varying

May 13, 2018
Total Views: 53

Saturday, May 12, 2018
Plane Landing USS Gerald R. Ford
Navy

Navy Busts $12.9 Billion Spending Cap On Supercarrier

by Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) The US Navy’s costliest vessel ever just got pricer, breaching a $12.9 billion cap set by Congress by $120 million, the

May 12, 2018
Total Views: 110

Friday, May 11, 2018
lng tanker
Shipping News

U.S. LNG Exports Set to Gain as Iran Deal Dies

By Ryan Collins and Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) — Another darling of the Trump administration is poised to gain from the Iran deal breakup as oil

May 11, 2018
Total Views: 44

maersk ship
News

Top Container Shipping Lines Reviewing Iran Operations

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) – The world’s top two container shipping groups Maersk Line and MSC are reviewing their Iran operations

May 11, 2018
Total Views: 101

Jin Shyang Yih 668
Shipping News

Data-Bait: Using Tech to Hook Globe’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Fishing Cheats

By Thin Lei Win ROME, May 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In 2016, a Thai-flagged fishing vessel was detained in Seychelles on suspicion that it had

May 11, 2018
Total Views: 88

sabine pass lng exports
News

U.S. Shale Gas Heading to Israel for First Time

By Ryan Collins and Kevin Varley (Bloomberg) — Israel is about to receive a cargo of U.S. liquefied natural gas, the first to arrive in the Middle

May 11, 2018
Total Views: 9

Thursday, May 10, 2018
U.S. Military Seeks Rules for Drilling in Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Shipping News

U.S. Military Seeks Rules for Drilling in Eastern Gulf of Mexico

By Timothy Gardner and Jessica Resnick-Ault WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, May 10 (Reuters) – An expansion of oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico would

May 10, 2018
Total Views: 29

expanded Panama Canal 3000
Interesting

Panama Canal Responds: Tugboat Captains Broke the Law

Editor’s Note: Below is the full statement provided by a representative of the Panama Canal in response to gCaptain’s story Panama Canal Tugboat

May 10, 2018
Total Views: 72

MAIB Investigation Report: Cargo Ship ‘Islay Trader’ Grounded After Dragging Anchor
Accidents

MAIB Investigation Report: Cargo Ship ‘Islay Trader’ Grounded After Dragging Anchor

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its report on the investigation into last year’s grounding of the general cargo ship

May 10, 2018
Total Views: 284

China Sends Military Plane to Third South China Sea Airstrip
News

China Sends Military Plane to Third South China Sea Airstrip

By David Tweed (Bloomberg) — China has landed a military plane on the last of its three airstrips in the disputed South China Sea, a

May 10, 2018
Total Views: 24