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International classification society ClassNK has released new guidance for large containerships more than two years after the loss of the MOL Comfort in the
The force is strong with one sailor aboard the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. The spoof, titled Sea Wars: The Ike Awakens,
New video released Friday by Russia’s Defence Ministry shows Russian navy ships launching cruise missiles at targets in Syria, in the Caspian sea,
Half vital cargo ship, half relaxing cruise. The new Aranui 5 is at the pinnacle of today’s freighter cruise market. Beginning next month, the Tahitian
Deep Sea Supply, the Norwegian PSV and AHTS owner controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen, says it now has 10 vessels in lay-up and more are expected with
Three companies and three individuals have been hit with criminal charges related to a November 2012 explosion on an oil production platform in the Gulf of
New data presented by researchers at Lund University and others in the journal Oceanologia shows that the air along the coasts is full of hazardous
Australia has fined a Japanese whaling company $1 million for continuing its illegal whale hunts in the Australian whale sanctuary in the Southern
Tokyo-based international classification society ClassNK has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to a 98,000 DWT bulk carrier fueled by LNG. The concept design
Responsible shipbreaking advocacy group NGO Shipbreaking Platform has called out three Italian shipping over their supposed continued use of South Asian
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority has uncovered a number of defects and shortcomings in its investigation into the March 2015 fire onboard the
The cost of operating cargo ships is forecast to rise over the next two years after falling slightly in 2015, according to the latest Ship Operating Costs
Today’s ship photos show Bordelon Marine’s new MV Brandon Bordelon, a DP2 Ultra-light Intervention Vessel (ULIV). The vessel is the latest in the
Four crew members who were kidnapped from an cargo ship off the Niger Delta in October have been freed in Nigeria, according to reports. The four men, two from
ShippingTV: With the wind gusting up to 44 knots as she comes alongside, Maersk Mc-kinney Moller needs 4 tugs to berth safely at the Port of Felixstowe, around
Holland America Line has been ordered to pay a staggering $21.5 million in damages to a cruise ship passenger who apparently suffered a minor brain injury
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, the Great Lakes freighter that sank in a strong gale on eastern Lake Superior
Mexico’s naval training ship ARM Cuauhtemoc at Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala, November 4, 2015. The training ship arrived at Guatemala from Nicaragua
New video released by French shipyard CMN shows the Ocean Eagle 43 trimaran in heavy seas sea trials. The trials were carried off the coast of Cherbourg and in
Jacksonville-based Crowley Maritime Corp. has christened the MV Ohio, the first of four new LNG-ready Jones Act product tankers being built at Aker
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