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 ...

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. announced that a coal carrier equipped with Wind Challenger (a hard sail wind power propulsion system)* 1 was delivered and started operation on October 7, 2022. At the completion ...

VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has secured a major order for its unique container fire-fighting tool HydroPenTM, following a decision by the CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions to adopt the solution across its ...

Carnival is taking steps to prevent poor behavior on its cruises by announcing they will be issuing $500 fines and additional detainment costs for those found guilty of unruly behavior on board. The cruise line giants, which are now back in full ...

Stolt-Nielsen subsidiary Stolt Tankers has completed an in-transit hull cleaning trial using Shipshave’s ITCH on board the Stolt Acer as the vessel sailed from Port Said, Egypt to Algeciras, Spain. The In-Transit Cleaning of Hulls (ITCH) allows the ...

The world-lifting record was broken, by Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel, the SLEIPNIR, in the Danish North Sea. The vessel installed a 17,000 metric tonne Thermoelectric generator (TEG) Module for the Tyra II gas field, ...

The Gibraltar government has asked the owner and insurers of the bulker OS 35 to remove the wreck and its contents from the territory's waters within six months, and it has requested compensation for costs related to the grounding. After taking ...

REGENT, a Massachusetts-based developing all-electric seaglider, has signed an agreement with Germany’s ferry operator FRS to add REGENT seagliders to the latter’s fleet. The partnership between REGENT and FRS is for the building and operating of ...

A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) announces that it has ordered a further six large ocean-going vessels that can sail on green methanol. The six vessels will be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and have a nominal capacity of approx. 17,000 ...

Dutch shipbuilder Holland Shipyards Group has signed a contract with the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) for the delivery of two plus two autonomous all-electric ferries. The first ferry is scheduled to be delivered in the second ...

The search for alternative marine fuels is expanding rapidly in an aim to reduce the shipping industry’s amount of emissions. In the research C-Job published last month we proved that nuclear energy could be applied as marine propulsion in the ...

Last Friday, Carnival Corporation forecast a loss in the fourth quarter after it reported third quarter financial results which fell well short of Wall Street estimates. Carnival had a net loss of $770 million for the third quarter of ...

The Netherlands has 903 companies that are at least 50 percent owned by a Chinese parent company or the Chinese State, RTL Nieuws and Follow the Money report. The companies are active in the port of Rotterdam and the telecom and energy sectors. ...

THE ex-captain of Britain’s newest aircraft carrier has been sacked over claims he hit on female sailors. Capt Steve Higham was sunk after a months-long investigation revealed a number of MeToo-style complaints. Capt Steve Higham has been sacked ...

Liberia's maritime administration is investigating an incident aboard a Panama-flagged bulker in which two stowaways were allegedly killed.  Six Nigerian nationals arrived on a beach at Grand Cess, Liberia on September 12, including some who ...

Converting containership vessels to alternative fuels is technically and economically feasible, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping said citing findings of a new report. As the industry moves to decarbonize its fleet, numerous ...

  The Isle of Man Ship Registry (IOMSR) is expanding its fleet after securing a new deal with fellow Isle of Man based ship owner MX Bulk. The agreement will see the IOMSR flag four new 63,878 MT bulk carriers presently being built by the ...

UK-based maritime design and applied technologies company Artemis Technologies, a spin-off from the Artemis Racing America’s Cup sailing team, has unveiled the design of its new 100% electric EF-24 passenger vessel, targeting the global high-speed ...

Austal Philippines has successfully launched the 115-metre, high speed vehicle-passenger ferry Express 5, for Molslinjen of Denmark, utilising a new vessel transportation system designed by Austal. The ‘Auto Express 115’ high-speed catamaran ferry ...

  THE First Registry of Ships in the World (Panama) with 8,500 ships registered under its flag, and MSC Shipmanagement Limited, a subsidiary of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), aimed at ...

  GRAIN DE SAIL moored in Cherbourg (France) . A modern cargo sailboat (72ft / 24.24m overall - 50 ton loading capacity). A schooner type rigging with equal masts, owned and operated by a French shopkeeper / trader of coffee and chocolate having ...

The Republic of Korea Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Kim Seung-kyum said on September 19th that the military will consider acquiring an aircraft carrier that is larger than the current CVX design if a carrier capable fighter is ...

Amogy Inc., a pioneer of emission-free, energy-dense ammonia power solutions has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register, a maritime classification society responsible for ensuring new maritime technologies meet safety ...

CHINA's state-owned shipping giant Cosco Group is to spend US$4.9 billion to expand its fleet in a renewed quest to become the biggest global marine transporter. The group will allocate the funds from 2023 through the end of 2025 to bring in 32 ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is having repercussions in the Baltic. Already, Finland and Sweden have sought to join NATO. Now, long-time NATO member Denmark is planning to invest up to DKK 40 billion (about $5.4 billion) in new warships. Germany ...

Survitec’s large inflatable lifeboat is now ready to be installed on cruise ships after having received full type approval certification from classification society Lloyd’s Register. Certification follows the successful the completion of heavy ...

Amid China’s threats to Taiwan, maintenance woes hobble a key weapon in the Indo-Pacific. The U.S. Navy’s submarine fleet, America’s essential war-fighting instrument in the Indo-Pacific, is about three-fifths the size it should be, chiefly ...

Another out-of-control brawl recently broke out on a Carnival Cruise Line ship. The Miami Herald reported on the large fracus which took place on the Carnival Sunrise on September 9th. Included in the article, titled A massive fight broke out on a ...

The changing tide of the Ukraine War appear to have led the Russian Navy to ‘regroup’ its forces in the Black Sea. Early during the invasion they loitered boldly close to Odessa. Now the Black Sea Fleet barely sails out of sight of Crimea for fear ...

A Dutch startup named Circular Maritime Technologies (CMT) has been launched targeting unsustainable shipbreaking practices that have seen ships taken apart by hand on South East Asian beaches. CMT aims to become the world’s first circular ship ...

Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) has announced that the future USNS Apalachicola (EPF-13) has successfully completed acceptance trials for the United States Navy. Constructed at Austal USA’s Mobile Alabama shipyard, EPF-13 is the first Spearhead-class ...

Following a contraction in output of newbuild 20ft shipping containers in 2021, ordering has recovered strongly this year, and contrary to popular opinion Drewry expects its share of the global container equipment fleet to remain above 25% for the ...

The adoption of hydrogen as marine fuel for deep sea-going vessels seems to be lagging behind its counterparts such as methanol and ammonia. Hydrogen is an attractive fuel for internal combustion engines and its combustion produces no greenhouse ...

Peer-reviewed research by Thordon Bearings into the hydrodynamic lubrication efficiency of a ship’s propeller shaft bearing has found that the use of seawater-lubricated elastomeric polymer bearings reduces fuel consumption. The environmental and ...

Japanese companies Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), Japan Engine Corporation, IHI Power Systems Co. Ltd. and Nihon Shipyard have obtained approval in principle (AiP) from classification society ClassNK for their ammonia-fueled ammonia gas ...

The new VIKING MISSISSIPPI is officially entering service in St. Paul. Marking Viking’s debut in U.S. domestic waters, the purpose-built vessel will now offer five different itineraries on the Lower and Upper Mississippi River. For its maiden ...

SHIPPING inflammable lithium batteries that power electric vehicles is impacting transport safety as fires aboard ro-ro car carriers and containerships, demonstrate, reports the American Journal of Transportation. Prevention measures are crucial, ...

Kongsberg Digital (KDI) launches a maritime digital twin with Höegh Autoliners as its first pilot customer. This is the beginning of a new transformation journey for ship operations. As a market-leading developer and vendor of digital twins for the ...

LONDON's Drewry Maritime Research in its latest report estimates that congestion across global supply chains means containers were 15 to 20 per cent less productive than in pre-Covid times despite a six million TEU container surplus worldwide. This ...

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has been chosen to supply two auxiliary offshore telescopic cranes for Van Oord’s new generation wind turbine installation vessel. The new vessel will mainly operate to support European wind farms. The contract was ...

FOR the first time in years, the number of fully cellular container vessels sold for demolition in the first half of 2022 dropped to zero, as recycling sales continue to evolve at historic lows, according to Alphaliner's Weekly Newsletter.
 The ...

SeaWays Consultants managing director Captain Arie Nygh explains the importance of teaching pilots the technical capabilities of tugs
 Having worked, trained and assessed in more than 100 ports globally, it was evident to me there is a significant ...

Maritime security is increasingly becoming impossible to achieve without ensuring cyber security, and the ability of states to protect their maritime assets and critical infrastructure against cyber attacks. This was one of the conclusions from a ...

Maritime authorities are considering stricter controls on the ocean transport of billions of plastic pellets known as nurdles after a series of spillages around the world. Campaigners warn that nurdles are one of the most common micro-plastic ...

Storylines and Brodosplit have made it official, having signed a newbuild contract for a 2025 delivery of a residence cruise ship. The deal is valued at $1.5 billion for the 547-residence LNG-powered ship, according to a press release. DIV Group ...

In the maritime industry's quest for zero-emissions solutions, it's often stated there's no silver bullet. But proponents of thorium believe it is just that. Thorium has been identified as having huge potential as a clean alternative maritime fuel. ...

The tug is said to be the first vessel in the world to receive the notation in question from ABS and the first Singapore-flagged vessel to receive the Smart (Autonomous) Notation from MPA Singapore. The notations were assigned following successful ...

Europe's worst drought in years has pushed the mighty river Danube to one of its lowest levels in almost a century, exposing the hulks of dozens of explosives-laden German warships sunk during World War Two near Serbia's river port town of Prahovo, ...

A new custom-built diamond recovery vessel has been completed and delivered by Netherlands-based the Damen Shipyards Group via its Damen Shipyards Mangalia division on Romania’s Black Sea coast. Designed by Norwegian naval architecture firm Marin ...

A £65m superyacht of a Russian oligarch hit by sanctions will be auctioned off by the Gibraltar government on Tuesday, becoming the first of the luxury vessels to be sold off since restrictions were imposed on hundreds of rich Russians after ...

There is significant room for improvement of propulsive efficiency of ships with new propulsor and hull form innovations to help reduce fuel consumption and add to the decarbonization efforts of the shipping industry, Finland-based research ...

Former managing director of Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS) Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor on Tuesday (Aug 16) pleaded not guilty to three charges of criminal breach of trust over the littoral combatant ship (LCS) scandal. The 78-year- old, who used to ...

Paşabahçe, a legendary ferry built in 1952, has sailed its premier voyage in the Bosphorus after a two-year restoration. The ferry, which was first built as a warship, and was later turned into a ferry cruising on the Bosphorus, was fully ...

Norsepower has inked a contract with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry to deliver single rotor sails onboard two newbuild LNG-powered, wind-assisted CO₂ carriers commissioned by the Northern Lights JV. Northern Lights JV is developing the transportation ...

According to numerous reports, Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean Cruises canceled their itineraries to Ensenada, Mexico after a weekend of vandalism, looting and threats of mass violence by a drug cartel in that port city and other locations ...

The levels of the Rhine River fell to a new low on Friday due to the ongoing drought in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, further restricting the distribution of coal, petrol, wheat and other commodities amid a looming energy crisis. The water level ...

NSSLGlobal, a satcoms company in the cleantech portfolio of Arendals Fossekompani the Norwegian investment house, has partnered with shipowner SOIC Ship Management AB to install the technology onboard the ship. The Götheborg of Sweden was an ...