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Crowley Maritime has taken delivery of the third of four Jones Act product tankers being built for the company by Philly Shipyard. The 50,000 dwt tanker,
The Costa Group has announced that starting in April 2017 its 56,000 ton Costa neoRomantica will be based in Asia year-round. Costa neoRomantica will be the
Japan Marine United Corp. recently delivered the 14,000 TEU container ship NYK Blue Jay to shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). The vessel, which
The U.S. Navy’s USS Fort Worth (LCS 3), the littoral combat ship sidelined in Singapore due to gear damage, will sail under its own power to San Diego
The $5.3 billion Panama Canal expansion project is finally opening June 26 following years of
Cargo shipments at the Port of Long Beach were up 6.1 percent for the first three months of 2016 compared to the same period last year, starting the year
Despite a global reduction of piracy across international waters during the first three months of 2016, piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, including kidnappings for
Norwegian shipowner Atlantic Offshore says it has secured its continued operation amid the weak offshore market with an agreement to sell the
Rolls-Royce’s Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative (AAWA) project has unveiled its vision for how remote and autonomous drone ships
Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF Group says it has won two contracts for two of its vessels in the North Sea. The first contracted was awarded to the DOF
European shipowners have welcomed the own-initiative report by the European Parliament to be adopted this week on migration, outlining in detail how the
Norwegian shipping company DSD Shipping has been sentenced to pay a total penalty of $2.5 million as a result of its convictions in Mobile, Alabama, for
Maersk Tankers on Friday christened two more medium range newbuilds at the Sungdong Shipyard in Tongyong, South Korea as part of the company’s fleet
Svitzer, the towage unit of A.P. Moller-Maersk, will be expanding in Canada as the company announced that it has established a harbor towage service in the
The first ocean-going vessels capable of running on methanol fuel are being prepared for delivery later this month. The seven 50,000 DWT tankers are
A Swedish cargo ship designed to haul radioactive waste ran into a little trouble Friday outside the harbor of a decommissioned nuclear power
Graduates from SUNY Maritime College receive among the highest return on investment on their degrees in the country. In its annual report of best value
An 88-meter cargo ship collided with a Turkish passenger ferry in the Dardanelles strait this week, causing damage to both vessels. The Turkish Directorate of
Animation from the American Maritime Partnership explaining the importance of the Jones
A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts says that more oversight and planning is needed to address the steady increase in ship traffic
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