Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has revealed it will class two hybrid ferries, which will be equipped with battery and solar power technology for operation in Hong Kong. Designed by CoCo Yachts, a Dutch naval architect design and ...

Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), India’s top shipbuilder, has won a contract from Dutch logistics company Samskip for the design and construction of two zero-emission feeder container vessels. The project, which includes an option for two more ...

Up to a thousand ships flagged to the Cook Islands, Palau, Sierra Leone, and Togo will be targeted for safety, maintenance and seafarer welfare inspections across the Mediterranean Sea in the coming eight weeks by an army of inspectors from the ...

Since the introduction of G7 oil price cap for Russia’s crude oil and refined products there have been speculations on Russia’s so-called shadow fleet being used to evade sanctions. Russia has repeatedly stated that it will not work with the price ...

Singapore-based shipping company Ocean Network Express (ONE) has placed an order for ten methanol/ammonia-ready containerships. The vessels will have a carrying capacity of 13,700 TEU. The units will be ready for methanol and ammonia and equipped ...

The U.S. Navy intends to decommission 11 ships in fiscal 2024, including eight ahead of their planned end of service life — fewer than the 24 it requested to decommission in its FY23 submission, but still likely to reignite debate on Capitol ...

A cross-company, cross-discipline group of industry experts conclude that deep-sea shipping can transform to ammonia as fuel. But there are several difficult hurdles to overcome. Through 2022, a group of industry experts, led by Grieg Star, has ...

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OOCL Utah‘s near-collision on Sunday with a Panama Canal lock gate suggests a tragic and costly accident is waiting to happen, say experts. Video footage shows a fore-positioned ‘alpha’ tug almost crushed between the Hong Kong-flagged containership ...

SIGNS that the container sector is getting towards a market bottom can be seen in the sale and purchase secondhand market where vessels are changing hands in significant numbers. As has been the case since the middle of 2020, Mediterranean Shipping ...

Euronav NV (EURN or Euronav) (NYSE: EURN & Euronext: EURN) announced earlier today it has signed an agreement with the UN to sell a VLCC as part of a wider salvage operation for the FSO Safer located in Yemen. Euronav will provide a suitable vessel ...

  Grafmarine are piloting its NanoDeck AI Solar tile management solution in partnership with Carisbrooke Shipping Ltd. “NanoDeck challenges the current reliance on fossil fuels by providing a clean and sustainable alternative renewable source of ...

Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has delivered the giant 24, 116 TEU containership MSC Tessa to its owner Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). The massive vessel was independently designed by Hudong-Zhonghua and it belongs to the ...

Some US officials’ claims that China-made cranes operating at US ports possibly play a role as “spying tools”, as reported by some foreign media, are totally “groundless”, Chinese officials and experts said on Monday.
The allegations by US ...

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Vale International SA (VALE) have today announced a partnership to retrofit a 200,000-ton class bulk carrier, currently employed under a mid–term contract for transportation of iron ore for Vale, with two 35m x 5m ...

The number of people infected with gastrointestinal illness aboard the Ruby Princess increased to over 300 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Infection (CDC). We previously reported that the CDC initially indicated that at least ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Japanese shipping giant MOL to recover damages from the allision of the company's sole cruise ship with the U.S. Navy fuel pier in Apra, Guam.  On December 30, 2018, the Japanese-flagged cruise ship Nippon ...

Norwegian firm Maritime Robotics said it has been given the green light to establish a freight route for its uncrewed vessels in the Trondheimsfjord in Norway. With approval from the Norwegian Coastal Administration and the Norwegian Maritime ...

Swedish company PowerCell has inked a contract to provide hydrogen solutions for two state ferries that operate on Norway’s longest ferry connection. The agreement was signed between PowerCell and SEAM. The Norwegian government has set as a ...

Brooklyn-based technology startup Amogy Inc. is retrofitting a tugboat to run on its ammonia-to-power system and is planning to present the vessel in late 2023. Namely, Amogy intends to sail the tugboat later in 2023 in upstate New York, pending ...

The FBI is investigating the "suspicious death" of a female passenger onboard the Carnival Sunshine The woman was found unresponsive during the ship's February 27 voyage to Nassau, Bahamas, the FBI field office in Columbia, South Carolina, ...

China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) has delivered the first out of two new battery-hybrid ferries to British ferry operator P&O Cruises. The delivery ceremony took place on 28 February. After the delivery, the ship will be put into ...

Salvage teams were unable to save a Chinese bulker that was damaged in a collision with heavy ice flows near the Russian port of Vanino. The Maritime Rescue Service of Rosmorrechflot, the Russian emergency services ministry, confirmed that the YONG ...

In their first major marine deployment, Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) fuel cells demonstrated a significant increase in electrical efficiency on a luxury cruise ship built by Chantiers de l’Atlantique (CdA). Bloom and CdA have also announced that they have ...

Life at Sea Cruises announced today they are accepting reservations for the world’s first - and only – three-year world cruise. The voyage will cover more than 130,000 miles, visiting 375 ports across 135 countries and seven continents. Set aboard ...

The Belgian consortium TM EDISON (Jan De Nul and DEME) has won the tender for the construction of the world’s first artificial energy island. The construction of the foundations of the Princess Elisabeth Island will begin in early 2024 and will last ...

Russia has in recent months tried to gain intelligence to sabotage critical infrastructure in the Dutch part of the North Sea, Dutch military intelligence agency MIVD said on Monday. The vessel was escorted out of the North Sea by Dutch marine and ...

After decades after China began its concerted efforts to build its competitiveness in the global shipping industry, its shipyards hit a record 47 percent market share in 2022 according to a new analysis from the shipping trade organization BIMCO. ...

Despite reports of global piracy declining for the second year in a row, the number of robbery incidents in the Singapore Strait reached a seven-year high in 2022 and vessels anchored in South American ports continue to be attacked by violent ...

ClassNK has released "Guidelines for Container Stowage and Securing Arrangements (Edition 3.0)" and "Guidelines for Parametric Roll Countermeasures" to achieve and safer and more efficient marine transportation of containers. Responding to rapid ...

New evidence points to China's XLUUV (extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicles) being armed with torpedoes. This is a significant leap in this space and, together with a large-scale development program, may be out-pacing the West. Extra large ...

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A pair of former Holland America ships will be part of an ‘around the world’ trip on Victoria Cruise Line, Cruise Radio reports. The ships are now to be called VICTORIA MAJESTIC and the VICTORIA AMAZING, and they're being given new life to operate ...

• Concept design of Multi-Carrying Vessel conversion into Cable-Laying Vessel is now complete and company expects the vessel to be ready to start operations in Q3 2024. • The highly manoeuvrable vessel features a low fuel consumption propulsion ...

The device improves a vessel’s aerodynamics resulting in lower fuel consumption and thus contributing to a lower carbon footprint of the vessel, the shipowner said. The company revealed that the installation process on board the 16,000 TEU vessel ...

The US Navy is so short of spare parts that crews are increasingly taking a drastic step: Cannibalizing parts from some ships to keep other ships going.
 The result is more ships that are down for maintenance and unable to perform their missions, ...

Sunken scotch has captured the imagination—and pursestrings—of whisky enthusiasts for generations. It’s the term used to refer to liquid that’s unintentionally aged at the bottom of the sea after a shipwreck. Now American whiskey is poised for the ...

Framed by green mountains and a sweeping cityscape, Guanabara Bay offers one of Rio de Janeiro’s most breathtaking views. This triangle of water inland from the Atlantic Ocean, which separates Rio from the city of Niterói, has enchanted countless ...

Although liner heavyweight Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is trying to keep its ordering of new boxships on the down low, details have emerged of the company’s ten recently ordered LNG dual-fuel containerships. The order was confirmed by ...

Two container ships collided in Long Tau river, Ho Chi Minh, at around 0440 LT Feb 11. According to tracks and analysis involved ships are RESURGENCE and WAN HAI 288, with RESURGENCE moving upstream to Ho Chi Minh, WAN HAI 288 sailing downstream, ...

China's auto exports continued to maintain a good momentum as auto companies exported over 300,000 vehicles in January alone, an increase of over 30 percent year on year, of which new energy vehicles increased by over 48 percent year on year. Key ...

  UK-based shipping company Carisbrooke Shipping has partnered with London-based tech startup Carnot Ltd whose consortium has been awarded £2.3M to develop a zero-emission hydrogen auxiliary engine demonstrator. Following design, simulations and ...

The UK’s race to decarbonise the maritime sector has been given another boost, with £60 million in government funding for the development of green maritime technologies. The funding comes from the third round of the government’s Clean Maritime ...

Yara Marine’s FuelOpt reaches a major milestone as shipowners turn to proven savings of real-time, automated propulsion optimization. Yara Marine has secured the three hundredth vessel contract for FuelOpt, its automated propulsion optimization ...

Many travelers enjoy bringing a small gift to give their stateroom attendants or other crew members, such as favourite bartenders, youth counselors, or cruise directors in thanks for their dedicated and often personalized service.
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The world's largest newly built container ship, MSC IRINA ("Xinfu 102)," left the dock early on February 10. It has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a maximum height of 78.1 meters above the keel, a deck area of 24,000 square ...

Africa, with its relatively young demographic and rapidly developing economies, is emerging as a new source of personnel for the maritime industry. In an announcement made this week, Maersk joined others in the shipping industry that are increasing ...

Boluda Corporación Marítima, through its Boluda Towage division, has reached an agreement to acquire Smit Lamnalco, the world’s fifth-largest towage operator.
 The deal is expected to enable the company to strengthen its presence in strategic ...

The return to ‘supply chain normalisation’ has led to the container liner industry being hobbled by an estimated surplus of 5m teu of boxes, piled high on storage quays and in depots around the world. Weak consumer demand and consequent easing of ...

Maersk is moving towards a single, unified brand that will see shipping lines including 152-year-old Hamburg Süd and SeaLand as well as newer acquired brands like Senator and LF Logistics discontinued and integrated into Maersk. “We believe that by ...

As part of the MerVent 2025 project, winner of the "CORIMER 2022" call for expression of interest, GTT has received €4.66 million funding from Bpifrance[3] for the design of an on-board CO2  capture system and for the development of intelligent ...

India, the fastest growing major economy in the world, is seeing ever greater volumes of large boxships visiting its shores, necessitating the construction of far larger ports. The International Monetary Fund forecasts India’s GDP to grow 6.8% this ...

Brokers report that the 16,144-gt ASTORIA (built 1948) has been sold for recycling at a European Union-approved facility for an undisclosed sum by Puerto Rico-based The Roundtable LLC., according to TradeWinds. The sale brings to a close one of the ...

WinGD and CMB.TECH bring combined expertise to zero-carbon fuel technology in groundbreaking collaboration for fleet of ammonia fuelled bulk carriers.  Swiss marine power company WinGD and Belgian shipping and cleantech group CMB.TECH have signed ...

Spanish police seized 4.5 tonnes of cocaine with an estimated street value of 105 million euros ($114 million) after raiding a cattle ship off the Canary Islands earlier this week, a statement said on Saturday. The ship had stopped at ports in ...

In an era of ever-smarter shipping, one key area of vessel and fleet administration appears stuck in the dark ages. Pierre Dominé explains why Stolt Tankers is rapidly transitioning to digital logbooks, unlocking a broad range of big data ...

A new investigation into the sinking of ferry ESTONIA that claimed 852 lives in 1994 revealed flaws in its bow visor construction missed during its certification, officials said on Monday. If necessary examination was carried out, the ...

In 2022, the world’s oceans hit their warmest temperature on record for the fourth year in a row, new research suggests. The findings, published last week in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, are a striking indication of the long-term pattern of ...

The keel laying ceremony of the Neo Orbis, a pilot ship for the H2Ships project, has been held at Dutch shipbuilding company Next Generation Shipyards, marking the start of the ship’s construction. H2Ships is the Interreg North-West Europe project ...

A floating terminal to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) arrived in the German port of Brunsbuettel on Friday, the third such vessel to start up in recent weeks as Europe’s top economy is rushing to diversify away from former top supplier ...

Secondhand boxship prices are falling off a cliff. After a very muted second half of 2022 in terms of sales, the opening 17 days of 2023 have registered some severe drops in prices for the previously buoyant sector. 
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The majority of the newbuilding tonnage ordered in 2022 was alternatively fuelled, according to the data from Clarksons Research. Insights from the shipbroker show that 61% of tonnage ordered last year (35% by number) was alternatively fuelled. ...

The Singapore Strait is becoming a growing hotspot for piracy and armed robbery incidents aboard ships – with its rising number of cases now accounting for nearly two-thirds of all incidents in Asia. The Strait – a vital lane for global shipping – ...

The offshore support vessel, MV Topaz Tangaroa has been purchased by the UK Ministry of Defence for conversion to a Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) ship. She will arrive at Cammell Laird shipyard on Merseyside this week for conversion and will ...

Greece-based shipping companies Empire Bulkers Limited and Joanna Maritime Limited were ordered to pay $2 million ($1 million each) over violations of pollution acts in the U.S. The two companies were convicted for knowing and willful violations of ...

Wallenius Wilhelmsen and project partners have secured a Horizon Europe funding totalling EUR 9m to support building a RoRo sailing vessel. Over the next five years, all aspects of planning, building, and operating a wind-powered vessel, the Orcelle ...

Around 1,000 vessels were affected by the recent ransomware cyber-attack on DNV’s ShipManager software, the classification society confirmed. The attack took place on 7 January forcing DNV experts to shut down ShipManager’s IT servers. DNV said ...

  Orient Express, part of Paris-based hotel conglomerate Accor, has unveiled the world’s largest wind-assisted sailing ship that will also run on liquified natural gas (LNG). The project was developed in cooperation with compatriot shipbuilding ...

In 2023, some 100 miles off the coast of northeast England, the world’s largest wind turbines will start generating electricity. This first phase of the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm development uses General Electric’s Haliade X, a turbine that ...

THE surge in Covid-19 cases in China is impacting the completion of manufacturing orders, according to CNBC Supply Chain Heat Map data. Logistics managers are warning clients that because of the spike in infections, factories are unable to complete ...

A SIX-STOREY residential apartment block in Salt Lake City will offer studios with 320 square feet and one- and two- bedroom rentals at 640 square feet made of shipping containers, reports the Salt Lake City Tribune. After more than a year of ...

Campaigners have called for a huge supertrawler currently fishing off the Outer Hebrides to be banned from UK waters. The MARGIRIS is 14 times bigger than the average British fishing vessel. Today it was just under 100 miles north-west of Lewis, ...

The first of eight robotic vessels that will form part of Ocean Infinity’s high-tech Armada fleet has arrived in Norway for equipment installation. The vessel, built by Vard Vung Tau in Vietnam, arrived at Vard Søviknes for remote system outfitting ...

China’s first intelligent electric unmanned container ship developed independently by China Merchants Cruise Shipbuilding has been given Approval in Principle (AiP) by China Classification Society (CCS).  The ship with a total length of 79.9 meters ...

Evergreen Marine Corp and Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. this year granted substantially large year-end bonuses to employees given strong profits, despite a decline in shipping rates this quarter.
Evergreen Marine, the nation’s largest container ...

Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) plans to launch the construction of Wind Hunter, a hydrogen-producing vessel outfitted with multiple rigid sails, in 2024. The construction forms part of the company’s Wind Hunter project, which ...

Samsung Heavy Industries said on 4 January that it received Approval In Principle from ABS for a conceptual design of 'CMSR Power Barge', a floating offshore nuclear power plant. CMSR Power Barge is a new concept power generation facility that ...

The European Commission is considering banning ships registered in European Union countries from using crews of sailors from the Philippines. The prohibition could drastically impact global shipping: Currently, one in four crew members on merchant ...

Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has delivered Evergreen’s giant 24,000 TEU containership Ever Acme four months ahead of schedule, the shipbuilder said. The vessel was built at the yard’s Changxing Shipbuilding unit and it was ...

A Liberian-flagged containership HSL Nike suffered an engine malfunction on Monday, December 26 while sailing toward the port of Rotterdam.The vessel anchored off Cap Gris-Nez in northern France to avoid drifting while the crew tried to repair the ...

Carnival Corporation will deceleration its newbuilding pace in an effort to not only moderate supply growth, but keep spending down, according to Josh Weinstein, president and CEO, speaking on the company’s year-end and fourth quarter earnings ...

On 22 December 2019, the Port of Southampton tug Svitzer Mercurius was assisting with the berthing of an ultra-large container ship. Svitzer Mercurius, acting as the stern tug, was requested to give 100% astern thrust to slow the container ship ...

The world's first 3,200-ton self-elevating and self-propelled vessel designed for the installation of wind turbines was delivered and set sailing on Tuesday at a terminal in Qidong, East China’s Jiangsu Province, China Media Group ...

After a successful bow thruster installation earlier this year, UPE was called in once more by the customer for a bow thruster exchange operation in Marseille.
 As part of the preparations, a UPE-service team boarded the cruise ship in Marseille ...

Capt Mark Rowden (Middle) celebrate this month his 14th year as Captain with Holland American Line. hH has seen many changes over this period, one thing really standing out how diverse and inclusive we have become on the Bridge. The NOORDAM bridge ...

A 36 year-old woman went overboard from the MSC Meraviglia as the cruise ship was returning to Port Canaveral early this morning. News accounts indicate that she could not be rescued after she sustained “fatal injuries,” according to MSC ...

The United Kingdom is on the cusp of returning one of its last colonies to its native inhabitants, but national security experts say the move could have dire consequences for the US, which leases a Navy base from the Brits on one of the ...

The 24,004 TEU EVER ATOP transited the Suez Canal recently on its maiden voyage to North Europe, apparently less than three-quarters full, evidencing the severe contraction in demand impacting the tradelane. The ULCV was the final ship to be ...

An international consortium is launching a study to transport hydrogen in the form of a LOHC (Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier) from Scotland to Rotterdam. Scotland's ambition is to produce 5 GW of hydrogen by 2030. The European Union wants to import ...

The International Harbour Masters Association (IHMA) has announced the recipients of its latest round of bursaries towards the Diploma in Harbour Masters Programme of Lloyd’s Maritime Academy.
The IHMA has been providing bursaries, which count ...

Incat Crowther is proud to announce the handover of a new purpose-built catamaran CTV to Goldsea Marine & Offshore Engineering (Shanghai) Co Ltd (Goldsea). The Incat Crowther 32,built by AFAI Southern Shipyard in Guangzhou, represents a step change ...

The final 747 jumbo jet rolled out of Boeing’s Everett plant late Tuesday, marking a milestone for both the iconic airplane and the giant assembly plant for which the jet was first built in the late 1960s.
 The final 747-8 freighter model will ...

Helsinki Shipyard Oy, having received bids for the auction of NB518 on Monday (Dec12) announced that Swan Hellenic has been awarded the tender. Helsinki Shipyard has exercised the right to sell the ship by tender, provided for by the shipbuilding ...

A number of travel publications are reporting that Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is drastically increasing its service charges by an unprecedented 25% for most cabins, effective January 1, 2023. NCL’s new rate for most passenger cabins will increase ...

As a lethal military weapon, the power and significance of drones first came to be witnessed in the Azerbaijan-Armenia war. Azerbaijan deployed the Bayraktar drones supplied by Turkey. These drones caused havoc on Armenian armor, and consequently, ...

THE owners of closely held French shipping giant CMA CGM received US$3 billion in dividends this year as profits spiked to unprecedented levelsThe payout to shareholders, including France’s Rodolphe Saade and family, was disclosed in the company’s ...

A U.S. woman died and four other passengers were injured when a massive wave smashed into an Antarctic cruise ship during a storm as it sailed off the southernmost tip of South America, officials said Friday. The 62-year-old woman was hit by broken ...

How much is a 2016-built megaship worth? The world is about to find out as the WORLD DREAM is heading to auction via the Singapore Sheriff following the demise of Genting Cruise Lines earlier this year. The 3,500-guest Dream Cruises ship will be ...

A US-led task force will deploy over 100 unmanned vessels in the Gulf region’s strategic waters by next year to stave off maritime threats, the US Central Command chief said Saturday. The announcement by General Michael Kurilla at the annual Manama ...

Size was a key theme among tanker newbuilding contracts and second-hand sales in September and October
 The “big” news in the two months of September and October 2022 was the sale of the 2002-built, 441,561-dwt EUROPE by public-listed Euronav to ...