SUNY Maritime College Appoints New President
The State University of New York’s Maritime College has ended a more than six-month search for a new school president, announcing Tuesday the appointment of
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The State University of New York’s Maritime College has ended a more than six-month search for a new school president, announcing Tuesday the appointment of
The ICC Commercial Crime Services’ International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is warning small tankers to maintain strict anti-piracy measures in the South China
General Dynamics NASSCO announced Monday that it has inked a contract with repeat-customer American Petroleum Tankers (APT) for the design and construction of
“Doing groceries, bunkers and water at the Lewek Falcon“ Image shot by Benjamin Moll from Green Canyon 609 in the Gulf of Mexico from the HOS
Seven yard workers were killed Tuesday at the construction site of a PEMEX offshore production platform in Veracruz, Mexico, the Mexican construction company
The U.K.’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch has released its accident report into its investigation of the July 2013 allision of the oil tanker Apollo
The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is responding to a significant equipment failure on board an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible
The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday released its report of investigation of the October 2012 fatal sinking of the tall ship Bounty during Hurricane Sandy off the
The U.S. Navy says it is seeking 37 million gallons of drop-in biofuels in what the Department of the Navy describes as a major step in its efforts to reduce
The captain of a Singapore-flagged cargo ship has been fined $2000 after pleading guilty to a charge of failing to notify New Zealand authorities that his
The Day of the Seafarer is celebrated every year on June 25 to honor the 1.5 million seafarers working around the
The final decision that will ultimately determine the fate of the Costa Concordia hulk has been delayed as officials look to examine the refloating and removal
The world’s first LNG-powered icebreaker will be powered by Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines, the Finnish engine manufacturer announced
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has delivered a "super eco" cargo-passenger ship that MHI boasts as having outstanding energy savings, environmental load
A Greek oil tanker is missing and feared to have been hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of
Vigor Fab has delivered the first of three planned Olympic-class, 144-car ferries to Washington State
At the Posidonia conference being held this week in Athens, Greece, Capital Ship Management Corporation announced a new Joint Development Project with
This weekend’s hijacking of an oil tanker in Southeast Asia follows a broader pattern of crime in the region, security experts
Greek ship owners are not only the most active nation when it comes to sales and purchases, they are also investing the most in newbuilding contracts,
Nordic American Offshore has announced plans to raise more than $100 million through its IPO that will help fund the purchase of at least two new platform
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