Mike Schuler

A Belgian court has sentenced a former Somali pirate kingpin to 20 years in prison over the 2009 hijacking of a Belgian ship off the coast of Somali. Mohamed

Norwegian shipyard Kleven Verft on Saturday celebrated the launch of its build no. 370 today, a 116-meter long Expedition Support Vessel for New Zealand

Some scary video shows the moment a search and rescue helicopter crashed into the sea while responding to a grounded containership in Taiwan.  The

The Suez Canal Authority has fired back against news reports claiming that vessels are now changing their routes to around the southern tip of Africa due to

The largest cruise ship ever built departed the STX France Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France on Thursday for its first set

A four-man rowing team attempting to row their boat from Europe to Brazil had a close encounter with a cargo ship, narrowly escaping a collision at night.

Four crew members were kidnapped from a chemical tanker underway off the coast of Nigeria earlier this month.  The IMB Piracy Reporting Centre has

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co has completed construction of the world’s first floating liquified natural gas facility at the DSME

APM Terminals says it has completed the $1 billion acquisition of Barcelona-based Grup Maritim TCB’s port and rail interests, expanding the maritime

Maersk Tankers says that it has completed the first drone delivery to a vessel at sea as part of a test to see whether or not drones can become

French container shipping company CMA CGM has confirmed that starting in the end of May it will deploy six 18,000 TEU ‘megaships’ between Asia and

An Indonesian ferry reportedly carrying dozens people capsized and sank in the Bali Strait on Friday, sparking a major search and rescue operation. Dramatic

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is returning to earth later today after spending an epic year in space aboard the International Space Station. Now you may not

The largest containership to ever dock in the United States made its inaugural visit to the port of Seattle on Monday, arriving at the Northwest Seaport

The owners of the MV Rena will be able to abandon what remains of the shipwreck on New Zealand’s Astrolabe Reef but will need to pay for ongoing costs

Royal Caribbean isn’t taking any chances when it comes to weather following its nightmare cruise into a hurricane force storm earlier this month, cutting

A inland freighter found itself pinned in a peculiar way on Germany’s Main river after the drunken ship captain allegedly ran the vessel into a

The Australian icebreaker Aurora Australis has been refloated near Antarctica’s Mawson research station after grounding earlier this week during a

Offshore vessel owner Bourbon Offshore has confirmed the abduction of two of its crew members from their vessel off Nigeria. The company says its

Australia’s most powerful icebreaker Aurora Australis remains aground in Antarctica near Mawson station after the ship broke free from its