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Finnish marine engine manufacturer Wärtsilä says it will be providing the engines for six 21,000 TEU containerships being built in China. Wärtsilä

One of the world’s largest container terminal operators is reporting a “smooth transition” to the new container weight verification rule now

Revive el tránsito inaugural por el #CanalAmpliado. Esta historia es tuya y la recordaremos juntos. #LaGranConexión pic.twitter.com/3Nwg5RTBpg — Canal de

On June 28, 2016 out of Charleston, SC a 27-foot Sea Pro ended up falling apart and sinking with 4 people on board. In this case an EPIRB, life

By Whitney McFerron (Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest Atlantic salmon producer wants to start farming fish inside a ship rather than the sea. Building

By Robert Tuttle (Bloomberg) — When ship fuel prices sank to the lowest depths on record in January, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. was mindful not

By Ron Bousso LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) – At least two tankers carrying gasoline-making components have dropped anchor off New York Harbor for nearly a

BY GREG TORODE AND MIKE COLLETT-WHITE (Reuters) As an international tribunal prepares to rule on Beijing’s territorial claims in the South China Sea,

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) Declining asset costs and a variety of external factors are driving the container shipping industry into increasing use of

(Reuters) A search vessel contracted by the Egyptian government, has recovered all mapped human remains under water at the crash site of EgyptAir flight

A review of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s educational accreditation has prompted the Middle States Commission on Higher Education to issue

By Lin Taylor LONDON, July 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nearly 2,900 migrants have died trying to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea,

  By Stephen Treloar   (Bloomberg) — Norway is facing the first oil worker strike since 2012 as government-mediated talks for platform

With most of the recent regulatory focus being on the new SOLAS verified gross mass rule for packed containers, another new regulation has

By James Paton and Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — Chevron Corp. halted output at its $54 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas development for the second time

    By Naureen S. Malik   (Bloomberg) — Natural gas exports from the U.S. Gulf Coast will reach buyers in Asia and South America

The U.S. Coast Guard is trying to determine how exactly a 477-foot oil tanker lost control and collided with three sailboats before running aground

Australian shipbuilder Austal Ltd. has halted trading of its shares pending an announcement concerning a review of its U.S. business. The trading halt of its

The Paris MoU has issued its annual report on port state control inspections showing a large decrease in the number of ship bans and deficiencies compared to

A long-awaited new regulation requiring the gross mass of a container to be verified before it is loaded onto a ship enters into force on Friday amid some