Luxury Cruise Ship Runs Aground in UNESCO World Heritage Site
A luxury cruise ship has suffered damaged after running aground in a marine preserve off Panama’s Pacific coast. Windstar Cruises confirms that its
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A luxury cruise ship has suffered damaged after running aground in a marine preserve off Panama’s Pacific coast. Windstar Cruises confirms that its
Dutch shipyard Ferus Smit has announced the delivery of the MV Greenland, a cement carrier that not holds the title as world’s LNG-powered dry cargo
Delivered in October, the Atlantic Star is the first of five new ‘G4’ ro-ro/containerships (ConRo) for Atlantic Container Line (ACL)
Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC launched the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) JUN YANG 1 this past Saturday at their shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands
A delayed opening of the Panama Canal expansion past the April 2016 deadline is looking more and more likely as 2015 comes to a close and work continues
International tanker owner and operator Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (Navios Acquisition) is proving that it’s a good time to be in the
Japanese shipping company Imoto Lines has taken delivery of the new 540 TEU coastal feeder vessel Natori with its innovative if not somewhat
Norwegian shipowner Rem Offshore says it has agreed to sell a construction support vessel (CSV) and delay delivery newbuild offshore construction vessel (OCV)
A Liberian-flagged freighter detained for about six weeks at the port of Duluth-Superior amid an investigation into environmental crimes has been
Lockport, Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards has agreed to pay the United States $8.5. million to settle a lawsuit alleging the shipbuilder lied about the
A German-flagged heavy-lift cargo ship is now free after running aground Thursday on Lake Saint-Louis, Quebec near Montreal. The 12,700 DWT MV BBC Maple Lea
With renewed pressure on the shipping industry to cut its greenhouse gas emissions, a new report has found that readily-available methanol has a
The Port of Southampton welcomed its largest ship to date this week with the arrival of the 19,224 TEU ultra-large containership MSC Maya. The MSC
An 18,000 TEU containership will make its first-ever North American debut with calls at two U.S. west coast ports later this month. French container
Maersk Group, owner of the world’s largest fleet containerships, says it is “disappointed’ that the landmark Paris agreement on climate
A section of the Mississippi River is restricted to one-way vessel traffic near Memphis as the Coast Guard and response crews work to salvage a towboat
United Arab Shipping Company says its M.V. Al Muraykh, one of the world’s greenest containerships, has loaded a world record 18,601 TEUs. UASC says the
With no explicit reference to shipping in the historic climate deal unanimously adopted by almost 200 nations in Paris this weekend, it is now up to the
The U.S. Navy’s newest littoral combat ship had to be towed into port last week after losing propulsion off the coast of Virginia. A
A fire broke out onboard a LPG tanker moored in the Houston Ship Channel near Galena Park on Monday morning. The Coast Guard says the fire was reported at
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