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After more than two months aboard the heavy lift vessel MV Treasure, the USS John S. McCain arrived a U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka where it will undergo
Damen Shiprepair & Conversion has been awarded a contract for the conversion of a dredger to dual-fuel combining clean-burning liquefied natural gas (LNG)
Authorities in the Philippines have recovered the remains of a Vietnamese ship captain who was kidnapped from a bulk carrier by the Abu Sayyaf militants over a
A new video has surfaced online showing an apparent pirate attack on a containership in the Gulf of Guinea. The video, obtained by the British security firm
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in September between South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries and global communications company Inmarsat
Captain’s Decisions, Shipping Company’s Poor Safety Oversight Led to Sinking, the NTSB Says The deadliest shipping disaster involving a U.S.-flagged vessel
The National Transportation Safety Board met today in Washington to determine the probable cause of the October 2015 sinking of the cargo ship El Faro in the
The warming trend in the Arctic continued in 2017, resulting in the second warmest air temperatures, above average ocean temperatures, loss of sea ice, and a
Dutch marine company Boskalis has completed an impressive dual vessel float-over operation of the Aasta Hansteen topside in Norway. Over the last several of
Update: Captain’s Decisions, Shipping Company’s Poor Safety Oversight Determined as Probable Cause of EL FARO Sinking Here is an animation produced by
Interview by Paul González-Morgan (Gibraltar Shipping) – Javier Lancha is Managing Director at APM Terminals Callao (Peru) since December 2016.
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has appointed a new chief executive officer after the resignation of the former CEO after forecasting another
Another worker has died in an accident at the Hutchison terminal in Jakarta, marking the fourth fatality in just the past 15 months at the terminal, the
Two Finnish pilot boat operators have died after the boat they were on capsized and sank in the Gulf of Finland on Friday. The accident occurred at
CMA CGM has completed its acquisition of Mercosul Line, one of the leading carriers in Brazil’s domestic container shipping market. CMA CGM on Monday
Resolve Marine Group has strengthened its senior team with the appointments of Lindsay Malen-Habib as Manager of Client Services and Dimos Iliopoulos as it’s
As an extension of its existing relationship with Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards, Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has announced the availability of
Update: The Coast Guard suspended their search for two people whose vessel sank in the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, Saturday. Coast Guard
The grounded fishing vessel Pacific Paradise was finally removed from the reef off Kaimana Beach near Honolulu’s famous Waikiki on Thursday. Response
The European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) on Friday marked the ninth anniversary of its Operation Atalanta, the successful counter-piracy operation that has
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