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. 
Brokers Southport Atlantic ...

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 ...

St. Maarten, one of the most popular cruise destinations for cruise ships worldwide, has seen a speedy recovery post- pandemic, according to Cruise Hive's release. With more than 15,000 cruise ship passengers arriving on six ships in one day, the ...

E.ON intends to deliver more than one million tons of CO2 annually by 2030 from its customers across Europe – corresponding to the annual emissions of around half a million petrol cars Horisont Energi (EURONEXT: HRGI) and E.ON are intensifying ...

Innovative marine engineering consultancy, BAR Technologies and front-running green maritime technology provider, Yara Marine Technologies, have announced that the ‘first cut’ of the steelwork that will form the first production run of BAR’s ...

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), MTI Co., Ltd. (MTI), and Elomatic Oy (Elomatic) have completed the concept design phase of a new capesize bulk carrier and a very large crude oil tanker (VLCC) in a project that aims to build an LNG-fueled vessel ...

The Spanish coastguard has rescued three migrants who stowed away on a tanker that arrived in the Canary Islands from Nigeria by balancing on its rudder just above the waterline. In a photograph distributed on Twitter by the coastguard on Monday, ...

A number of news outlets in Australia are reporting that the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak. The country of Indonesia took the extraordinary step of blocking the Cunard ship from calling at port in Bali. Neither the ...

People often want to take photos of Taalke Middents on the container vessels she helps helm through ports and passages like the Suez Canal. That’s because she’s a rarity in maritime shipping: a female officer. When local pilots climb aboard to ...

Zergratran SA, a transportation company that is building the world’s first tunnel to expedite shipping goods between the North Atlantic and the North Pacific, has announced its Reg A+ offering to raise $75 million in funding as its initial step to ...

THE Indian government has earmarked Bhavnagar city (pop 643,365) in north west Gujarat near the Alang shipbreaking beaches as the centre of the nation's new container manufacturing, reports Delhi's Mint, a unit of the Hindustan Times. A few ...

The world's first four-wheel-drive battery hybrid electric Ro-Ro ship, built by Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) for P&O Ferries, completed its sea trial on November 21. The ship is 230.5 meters long, 30.8 meters wide, carrying 1,500 ...

RO-RO Italy’s Grimaldi Group continues its ambitious fleet expansion plan apace, with its latest order for five + five ammonia-ready 9,000 CEU capacity PCTC’s at China Merchants Heavy Industry’s Jiangsu shipyard. The contract value for the ...

Centre Port Holdings, a UK-based marine and renewable energy infrastructure developer, has unveiled plans for a scheme that will use tidal energy to power a deep sea automated container terminal capable of processing between 1.5 and 4 million ...

Spills of ammonia as a shipping fuel could negatively impact certain habitats and species more than others and the industry should make sure it uses ammonia in a safe from the very beginning, according to a new joint study released by Environmental ...

Cachalot is the quarterly Newsletter of the Southampton Master Mariners Club Cachalot No ...

Swedish shipping company Furetank has revealed that its dual-fuel tanker Fure Valö has performed the first voyage on a new Equinor fuel blend containing used cooking oil. Fure Valö has made a roundtrip from Mongstad in Norway to Reykjavik, Iceland ...

An admiralty court in London has found fault with all three vessels involved in a collision on the Suez Canal in 2018, including a bulker that struck two vessels within the span of a single day.In the case of Mv Pacific Pearl Co. Limited -v- 1) NYK ...

A prototype ship named ZEUS (Zero Emission Ultimate Ship) with hybrid propulsion has been classed by the Italian classification society RINA. The vessel was developed as part of the research project named Technologies with Low Environmental Impact ...

A solemn ceremony of hoisting the Russian Federation’s naval flag on a large diesel-electric submarine “UFA” of Project 636.3 took place November 16, 2022 at JSC “Admiralty Shipyards.” The event was attended by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian ...

Disney has announced the acquisition of a partially completed cruise ship as it has come to terms to acquire the unfinished 6,000-guest GLOBAl DREAM that is sitting at MV Werften. Disney will now work with Meyer Werft to complete the cruise ship in ...

Danish shipping companies have 51 new vessels under construction, and 25 of them can sail on green fuels, according to a new analysis from Danish Shipping, a trade and employer organisation for more than 90 shipowners and offshore companies. Right ...

China’s fishing activities from January to May 31, 2022, near the exclusive economic zones of Ecuador, Peru, and Argentina, were four times greater than those of all other countries combined that fish in the same areas, an investigative report from ...

MSC Cruises, the cruise division of Swiss shipping giant MSC Group, has held a naming ceremony for the world’s largest LNG-powered cruise ship and one of the first to incorporate fuel cell technology, MSC World Europa. The naming ceremony for the ...

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, the details of which are unclear, but suspicion has fallen on Iran. An oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck by a bomb-carrying drone off the coast of Oman, an official ...

Classification society DNV has released an update to its Wind Assisted Propulsion Systems (WAPS) technical standard (ST-0511). The major update introduces new methods for evaluating WAPS fatigue strength, as well as the performance of the systems in ...

Regulation and improving fire-fighting techniques have proven inadequate to stem the tide of serious incidents costing lives, significant cargo losses and ship damage. 
The freight transport and logistics insurance specialist insurer, TT Club is ...

Multiple passengers were injured when a gangway with nearly a dozen passengers on it collapsed after the Norwegian Encore called at port in Panama City, Panama on Tuesday, according to USA Today. The NCL cruise ship is currently on a twenty-one day ...

The only way to lower greenhouse gas emissions in shipping and entice companies to set zero-emission targets in the sector is by setting an end date for fossil fuels in the shipping industry through a global regulation, Maersk’s Chief Advisor for ...

The British Government has scrapped plans to build a national flagship yacht estimated to cost up to £250 million. Initial plans for the national flagship were introduced under Boris Johnson and the vessel was envisioned as a successor to the 126 ...

The Shofu Maru, the world’s first bulk carrier to be partially powered by wind, has completed its maiden voyage, putting the hardsail system installed onboard through its paces on a route from Japan to Australia and back. The so-called Wind ...

As the world’s largest cruise ship Wonder of the Seas (CruiseMapper), departed on her maiden voyage in the beginning of March 2022, she was the first in the world to feature the new ABB Ability™ Marine Braking Assistance. Designed for safe and ...

From now on, JuiSea Shipping will operate a regular shipping service from Ghent in North Sea Port for the export of orange juice to the United Kingdom. North Sea Port thus manages to strengthen its position as a foodport. JuiSea Shipping is a ...

Bureau Veritas, a world leader in testing, inspection and certification, has delivered an Approval in Principle to COLD PAD for their C-Claw™ technology. C-Claw™ is a heavy-duty fastener for steel structures that is non-intrusive (no hole and no ...

The Department of Transport has released the first draft of the South African Shipping Company Bill, 2022 that aims to establish the country’s first national carrier. South Africa is mostly reliant on foreign governments and companies for essential ...

MPA’s port operations control centre is said to have issued early shallow water warnings prior to the casualty
 A laden VLCC that ran aground in the Singapore Strait was warned that it was in danger of doing so, Singapore authorities have said. The ...

South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has developed a new containership concept that does not require fixing of containers. Hyundai Heavy Industries said that the novel lashing-free containership design, described as the world’s ...

Japanese Coast Guard has put a highly sophisticated U.S.-made drone that can circle the whole country’s maritime area into operation amid increased tensions in the region. The manufacturer, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, said that an MQ-9B ...

China’s COSCO Shipping Holdings has confirmed earlier reports that it is planning a major ship expansion program announcing on October 28 that they have signed orders for 12 new 24,000 TEU containerships. The vessels will be methanol dual-fuel ...

Wind propulsion needs to be integrated into the regulatory process as soon as possible, and declassified from a ‘fuel efficiency measure’ to a ‘propulsive power provider’, according to a recently submitted paper by several member states and the ...

Shipping rates are collapsing. A massive wave of new vessels will hit the water next year. Consumer demand will be battered by a global recession. Ergo, the ocean carrier industry is doomed to crash. This is an increasingly popular theory — but it’s ...

The Hydrotug 1, the world’s first hydrogen-powered tugboat, has arrived in the Port of Ostend, Belgium. The tugboat was built at Armón Shipyards in Navia Spain where it hit the water on 16 May 2022. Following the completion of the finishing ...

Carnival Cruise Line is making another change in its effort to stay ahead of a growing number of onboard ship violence among passengers.To help curb the consumption of alcohol, Carnival is doing away with its policy that allowed passengers to order ...

THE number of carrier-controlled container vessels in lay-up is increasing exponentially as liner networks are rationalised to mitigate the significant downturn in demand. According to the latest bi-weekly assessment by Alphaliner, in the two weeks ...

Indian Navy will induct the second nuclear-powered submarine of the nation in the early months of 2023. The sea trails of the submarine are going to finish soon. INS ARIGHAT is a upgraded varient of the Arihant-class of nuclear-powered ballistic ...

Not only the Port of Hamburg arouses desires in China – the country is particularly interested in central transport infrastructure in Africa. This raises concerns in Europe and the USA.Djibouti is a small country with less than a million people. ...

The green transition of the shipping industry is picking up pace with shipowners starting to invest in vessels that are technologically prepared to burn alternative fuels such as ammonia and hydrogen. Uptake of alternative fuels has continued to ...

Wilhelmsen Ship Management, a Norwegian manning and fleet management firm, said it is expanding its pool of Filipino seafarers amid plans to transition to low-emission operation and digitalization of world vessels. To meet the future demands of ...

Finland-based cleantech firm Norsepower has partnered with NAPA, a provider of maritime software, services, and data analysis, to demonstrate the combined benefits of using their technology solutions. NAPA’s Voyage Optimisation, can reduce fuel ...

Ross Hyett had organised a secret expedition to find 2,364 bars from the SS Tilawa, which was sunk in November 1942 by a Japanese submarine in the Indian Ocean. The 10,000-ton British India Steam Navigation Company liner was torpedoed 930 miles ...

With Yangzijiang Shipbuilding recently confirming Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has ordered a dozen LNG dual-fuelled 16,000 teu ships, the orderbook at the world’s largest carrier now stands just shy of 2m teu, a figure so large that analysts are ...

The carrier industry is now entering a period of managed decline; capacity management will be key to deciding how much of the super-cycle gains the carriers hold on to, says Drewry in its latest Container Forecaster report.
Carriers didn’t really ...

Ministry of Transport, Public Works & Water Management granted a permit for the operation of a floating mussel farm in the Borssele 3 offshore wind farm, a few weeks ago. In collaboration with the shellfish sector and mussel farmers, OOS SMF has ...

The smallest and oldest ship of Carnival Cruise Line’s fleet is prepared to embark on its final voyage.
The 2,052-passenger vessel named the CARNIVAL ECSTASY which recently has been based in Mobile, Alabama, is all set to depart the city late Monday ...

Although the marine industry has a long history of success in risk management, cyber threat actors represent a different kind of menace. They are sophisticated, constantly evolving, and highly motivated. Jones Walker LLP have just released the ...