Editorial

By Michael Grey, This week’s containership fire was located once again in the Indian Ocean, with the Hansa Brandenburg abandoned by her crew, after the

By Lieutenant (junior grade) Joe DiRenzo IV, U.S. Coast Guard U.S. maritime services should seriously consider liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an alternative

By Michael Grey I may have been taken to task for blaming the cargo (weights) for breaking the MOL Comfort in half, but I am probably on a safer

By Rene Toomse, CEO of Aburgus Maritime Security is not a rocket science.  To conduct the actual work one just needs a number of trustworthy men, some money

ISO 28007 sets the gold standard for PMSCs. By Steven Jones, SAMI Maritime

By McQuilling Services, LLC, Situational awareness requires that people know their surroundings and the risks inherent therein. In a crowded theater, one

Global warming is making the Arctic Ocean more accessible for navigation and providing the maritime industry with the means to avoid using lengthy transits to

Mariners aboard USNS Seay (T-AKR 302) rendered assistance to a commercial vessel in distress while underway in the Indian Ocean, June

The domestic tanker industry in the United States is finding support from the boost in the nation’s crude oil

By Bill Redmond It would not be unreasonable to ask if now is the time for the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to be administered an effective enema,

How on earth does a 5 year old 90,000 ton containership, built by one of Japan’s finest shipyards and operated by a tip-top liner company, come to be

Gerry Wang, CEO of Seaspan, says the industry is in the very early innings of the increase in container volumes, standing firmly by his prediction of a seven

Singapore, 3569 nm from the Gulf of Aden, is at the heart of counter

By Alexander Healey Panama finally reveals what happened to three bulkers lost in 2010. But little action is being taken to improve safety for seafarers. Ever

Kirby CEO: Jones Act is essential to the nation’s economic growth as well as its national and homeland security.

By Nicholas-Andrew Iliopoulos, Special to Piracy Daily The release earlier this month of an official Chinese government report showing that the threats that

Four people have been arrested in Singapore after authorities acted on information pertaining to illegal bunkering activities in the country earlier this

The revelation this week that the owner of an Algerian cargo ship whose crew was held by Somali pirates paid them $2.6 million in ransom is yet another

Rear Adm. Thomas K. Shannon relieved Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby as commander, Military Sealift Command, during a change of command ceremony May 10. These are his

Recent controversy over Spain's impounding of a seemingly fortress-like vessel owned by a former British navy officer offers a window into some of the