Maritime News

By Stine Jacobsen and Vera Eckert COPENHAGEN/FRANKFURT, June 27 (Reuters) – Wind farm operators are betting on a new generation of colossal turbines,

By Gavin van Marle in Amsterdam (The Loadstar) – Major container ports could be facing an investment crisis that will dwarf the problems seen in liner

By Jessica Resnick-Ault THUNDER HORSE OIL PLATFORM, Gulf of Mexico, June 27 (Reuters) – About 300 BP workers commute 150 miles here by helicopter, from

COPENHAGEN, June 27 (Reuters) – Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, which handles one out of seven containers shipped globally, said a cyber attack had

ROSYTH, Scotland, June 26 (Reuters) – Britain’s most advanced and biggest warship, 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, set out on

By Eveline Danubrata and Cindy Silviana JAKARTA, June 23 (Reuters) – With its towering new cranes and wharves that can handle some of the world’s

President Donald Trump has announced his intention to nominate Mark H. Buzby of Virginia to the position of Maritime Administrator at the Department of

Four prominent international trade associations have banded together in issuing a joint proposal to the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) concerning

By Fred Pickhardt (Ocean Weather Services) – Given the unusual occurrence of 3 named tropical cyclones prior to the end of June, one might ask what

By David Fickling (Bloomberg Gadfly) — While wedding bells have been ringing out across the global shipping industry, Taiwan’s biggest container

By Alister Doyle OSLO, June 21 (Reuters) – One of the biggest icebergs on record is like a “niggling tooth” about to snap off Antarctica and

By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) — Tropical Storm Cindy has halted service at a major oil terminal in the Gulf of Mexico, prompted some evacuations at

Rolls-Royce and global towage operator Svitzer have demonstrated what is believed to be the world’s first remotely operated commercial vessel, Svitzer

LONDON, June 20 (Fitch) Container shipping companies have benefited from a modest increase in freight rates since the start of the year, but a sustainable

By Tim Kelly and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO, June 19 (Reuters) – Nearly an hour elapsed before a Philippine-flagged container ship reported a collision with a

OSLO, June 19 (Reuters) – The High Court of the Marshall Islands has dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit brought by tanker firm Frontline to stop rival

by Ole Petter Skonnord (Reuters) Tanker firm Frontline, controlled by billionaire investor John Fredriksen, expects a growing number of supertankers to be used

By Gibraltar Shipping Commodore Jim Scorer is Secretary-General of the International Federation of Shipmasters’ Associations (IFSMA). Established in 1974 to

June 15 (Reuters) – A terminal at the Port of Charleston in South Carolina will reopen and the safety zone has been lifted, the U.S. Coast Guard said on

Update 1: The Unified Command has determined that there is no existing threat to the Port of Charleston after scanning four containers where the