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Today DNV’s summer students presented the results of seven weeks of intense and targeted work with a concept for year-round drilling and exploration

Read below the concerning report filed to the International Maritime Bureau’s Live Piracy Report regarding an August 6 attack against a bulker in the Red

With vessel attacks, hijackings and huge ransoms stealing the headlines in todays news, some flag states are concerned that acts of violence against seafarers

On February 26, 2011, the platform supply vessel SBS Typhoon made contact with the Vos Scout and the PSV Ocean Searcher while conducting tests of a newly

The American Maritime Officers union and the American Steamship Company have reached a tentative agreement on an expired labor contract, ending a week long AMO

The world’s three largest flag states agreed today to share information on seafarer mistreatment at the hands of Somali pirates to help better gauge the

PARIS (Dow Jones)–Pointing to a worsening business environment in Italy, North Africa and the U.S. that resulted in a net loss for the half-year and a

The big brother of offshore, BOEMRE, today said that it has partnered with the National Research Council’s Marine Board to conduct a study on regulating

The Japanese Government is formally considering an option to not let it’s whaling fleet return south this year. After taking evidence on all options the

Siem Offshore has taken over the remaining 50% ownership interest in Overseas Drilling Ltd (ODL) from a subsidiary of Transocean, including full management of

The famed Northeast passage, shipping lanes through the Arctic Ice, is now open for cargo traffic between Europe and Asia, says Russia’s environmental

Carnival’s newest ship, Carnival Breeze, is to debut in June 2012. Image courtesy Carnival Carnival Cruise Lines announced today that it will be building

AMO members working for the Great Lakes operator, American Steamship Company, have walked off all ASC vessels after a labor contract with the company expired

By Gina Chon, The Wall Street Journal Deal action is heating up in the shipping industry, which suffered during the financial crisis but has since proven

NOTE: Last week the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute taught us about the chemical makeup of the oil plume created after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. 

Canadian pension fund, OMERS Private Equity, has agreed to aquire V.Group, parent company of V.Ships, the world’s largest supplier of independent ship

A diver died while exploring the wreck of the Andrea Doria off Nantucket on Sunday. The body of Michael A. LaPrade, 27, of California was brought ashore to the

The Scuttlefish brings us a collection of Diving Helmets from the past in their post Dive, dive, dive! (A Gallery of Helmet Art). Check it

Rising bunker prices have significantly eroded shipowners’ earnings this year, “particularly owners with considerable spot market exposure,”

JOHANNESBURG (Dow Jones)–Piracy is moving south, with the recent discovery of oil and gas off the Tanzanian coastline, posing a serious threat to