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With most of the recent regulatory focus being on the new SOLAS verified gross mass rule for packed containers, another new regulation has

The Paris MoU has issued its annual report on port state control inspections showing a large decrease in the number of ship bans and deficiencies compared to

A long-awaited new regulation requiring the gross mass of a container to be verified before it is loaded onto a ship enters into force on Friday amid some

Beginning July 1, 2016, the International Maritime Organization’s new container mass verification requirements enter into force under the International

The world’s largest viking ship has arrived in North America after crossing the North Atlantic Ocean on a journey from its homeport in Haugesund, Norway.

A recent surge of fatal accidents at shipbreaking yards in Bangladesh has labor and human rights groups calling for measures to enhance safety for workers and

The wreck removal of the Dutch freighter MV Flinterstar is underway in the North Sea off Belgium with salvage crews successfully lifting the bow section from

The Panama Canal Authority says it has booked the first LNG tanker through the expanded Panama Canal as commercial operations of the enhanced waterway get

The slowing growth in the size of the world’s shipping fleet is likely to reduce the persistent shortage of officers over the coming years,

The world’s largest container shipping company has welcomed the arrival of the expanded Panama Canal announcing it will likely add capacity and reroute

Dutch heavy lift specialist BigLift Shipping has ordered a third Happy S-type vessel with 1,800 metric ton lifting capacity. The new vessel will be identical

It’s been nearly nine years and more than $5 billion in the making, but come hell or high water the Panama Canal Expansion is finally ready to open this

MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced that its largest and most powerful engine to date has entered into service aboard the new 19,437 TEU MSC Jade. The engine

The UK Chamber of Shipping is calling for “cool heads” after the UK voted 52% in favor of leaving the European Union, leading to the resignation

Offshore engineering and construction contractor Subsea 7 has announced a second phase of global downsizing that will include the elimination of about 1,200

One of the world’s largest salmon producers is looking to the offshore oil and gas industry for inspiration with the development of a semi-submersible

The International Maritime Organization is getting ready to celebrate its sixth annual international Day of the Seafarer on June 25th. The theme of this

Representatives from the Rolls-Royce led Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative (AAWA) are in Amsterdam this week to discuss the

A U.S.-built crane ship was used to conduct a trial transit of the Panama Canal’s new Cocoli Locks on Monday ahead of next week’s inauguration

The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday published the final rule of its new and long-awaited towing vessel regulations known as Subchapter M establishing new