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 ...

Government, NGO and private-sector researchers have long relied upon AIS to track the movements of vessels, and the tool is invaluable for spotting suspicious activity. However, AIS has one well-known drawback: suspect ships can (and do) turn off ...

A new estimate sees $256 billion in net income this year The world’s biggest container lines are on course to post profits in 2022 that will top last year’s record by 73%, according to a new forecast, buoyed by logistics and labor strains that are ...

  Avikus, an autonomous navigation solutions startup founded by South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group in late 2020, has been contracted by two compatriot shipping companies to install an autonomous navigation solution for ...

BHP has partnered with Pan Pacific Copper (PPC), a member of JX Nippon Mining & Metals group, and Norsepower, the leading global provider of auxiliary wind propulsion systems, to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from maritime transportation ...

LIQUEFIED natural gas becomes dangerous to human life at about 50,000 parts per million. Ammonia is much more harmful than that. According to an update from a preliminary study conducted by Bureau Veritas and TotalEnergies, ammonia starts to have ...

Sea waves can impede the speed and performance, as well as increase the fuel consumption of ships travelling on the ocean, which then adds to maritime greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
But measuring this impact has been difficult. Now, researchers ...

Vessel to be inducted into Navy in the third week of August by Prime Minister The Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) delivered the first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1) to the Indian Navy here on Thursday. The acceptance form was signed by Madhu S. ...

THE countless numbers of freight indices that have been in retreat for months have led to many analysts suggesting that the container shipping's boom period is coming to a close. However, no one seems to have told tonnage hungry boxline operators ...

A Dutch company has delivered a test bed vessel to the British Royal Navy to help the service rapidly experiment and field the latest in autonomous and lethality technologies. The 270-ton vessel arrived at the Portsmouth naval base in southern ...

Dutch shipbuilding company Next Generation Shipyards has been selected to construct a pilot ship for the H2Ships project which aims to develop an infrastructure for shipping using hydrogen propulsion.The shipyard was awarded the contract to build ...

A cruise major has reportedly circumvented a ban on its vessels entering the Venice lagoon by shuttling visitors into the city center on smaller motor boats.
 Owned by Norwegian Cruise, NORWEGIAN GEM is a vessel that is almost 300 meters long. It ...

UKHO sets out transition plan for fully digital chart portfolio by end of 2026 Taunton, UK – 26 July 2022: The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has announced its intention to develop options for the withdrawal from global paper chart production by ...

Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and compatriot start-up Metro Weather have conducted the world-first demonstration experiment using Doppler Lidar onboard an experimental vessel to measure wind conditions. As a result, the ...

Armed pirates struck another platform operated by Pemex last week, forcing the crew to help them cart off stolen goods before departing again.  A group of 10 armed robbers boarded a platform at the Rebombeo pumping complex in the Bay of Campeche ...

On July 20, 2022, the commencement ceremony of Van Oord JUV BOREAS, a wind turbine installation vessel commissioned by Van Oord to be built by CIMC Raffles, was held in its Yantai construction base, participated by representatives from Van Oord, DNV ...

A jury in the case of Jane Doe v. Carnival Corporation d/b/a Carnival Cruise Line case number 19-24766, pending in federal court for the Southern District of Florida, returned a verdict in the amount of $10,200,000 on July 18, 2022 for a passenger ...

Improvements in batteries have unlocked the potential to electrify big containerships today on voyages of up to 5,000 km, a new study shows. The study, entitled “Rapid battery cost declines accelerate the prospects of all-electric interregional ...

Location: Kavkaz South anchorage, Russia. SUMMARYOn 30 August 2021, Teal Bay’s chief officer was fatally injured when he was struck by a mooring line when it sprang out of an open roller fairlead. Teal Bay was moored alongside an anchored bulk ...

When the EVER ACE, one of the largest container ships in the world, eased out of Yantian port on 14 August last year and manoeuvred gingerly into the South China Sea, she had embarked upon a record-breaking voyage. To date, no other ship has carried ...

Singapore-based dry bulk owner Berge Bulk today announced that it had signed agreements with Anemoi Marine Technologies Ltd – a global leader in wind-assisted propulsion for commercial vessels – to supply and fit two vessels in their dry bulk fleet ...

We are taking the opportunity during this Maritime Safety Week to raise awareness of essential components for safer mooring operations.Over the years, MAIB has seen many incidents where seafarers have been struck by mooring lines, unfortunately in ...

The "Belgorod" special purpose submarine, carrier of the so-called doomsday Poseidon drones, will be in experimental operation with the Northern Fleet before later to serve in the Pacific Fleet. 
An official press statement posted by the Sevmash ...

THE Panama Ship Registry has flagged the world's largest containership, the 24,000-TEU EVER ALOT with the flag of Panama, adding to the 18-vessel fleet of the 20 biggest box ships in the world. The vessel has impressive dimensions, with a length of ...

Industry partners could still do more to ensure the safety of crews, says INTERCARGO, as it has submitted its latest Bulk Carrier Casualty Report to the Sub-Committee on IMO Instruments (III 8), convening at the end of the month.
Despite high levels ...

Any great power confrontation in the Pacific would rely heavily upon the U.S. Navy’s ability to project and sustain power from the sea. U.S. Navy Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ships continue to take on additional mission sets as the service builds ...

Dutch sustainable shipping company EcoClipper has entered into a formal partnership with the UK-based sustainable cargo broker New Dawn Traders to facilitate the process of finding and organising cargo. The news comes as EcoClipper’s first cargo ...

Explora Journeys, the luxury travel brand of the MSC Group’s cruise division, and Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the construction of an additional two hydrogen-powered cruise ships to take the total ...

As part of its journey towards becoming carbon neutral by 2030, without the use of offsets, Vestas is pioneering innovative solutions to reduce carbon emissions from its own operations. In collaboration with long-term supplier Windcat Workboats, ...

What happens when as many as sixty passengers are involved in a violent brawl on a Carnival cruise ship? Nothing, as it became clear from reports of an early morning brawl aboard the Carnival Magic which returned to port in Manhattan yesterday ...

On June 21st 2022 Wallenius Marine and KNUD E. HANSEN signed an agreement that KNUD E. HANSEN will join the project of designing the world’s first wind-powered RoRo vessel, as Naval Architects.The vessel will: • use wind as the main form of ...

SAFETY considerations surrounding electric vehicles are sufficiently different from those that apply to internal combustion engine vehicles that a new vessel type may be needed for their carriage, according to a P&I club safety specialist. ...

Shipping companies are transforming rust buckets into gold mines in a modern-day alchemy that could fuel already rampant inflation for years to come.
 The disruption to world trade caused by pandemic lockdowns and a shortage of new cargo vessels has ...

Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and compatriot shipbuilders Tsuneishi Shipbuilding and Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding have launched a joint project aimed at developing and building an ocean-going liquefied gas carrier that will ...

BAR Technologies’ WindWings by Yara Marine Technologies (WindWings) to debut in early 2023 on charter with development partner, Cargill. Cargill, Mitsubishi Corporation, BAR Technologies (BAR Tech) and Yara Marine Technologies (Yara Marine) are ...

Two Royal Navy officers who had an affair while serving on Britain's nuclear submarines have been sacked for endangering national security with emails sent to each other as part of their 'clandestine sexual relationship'. Lieutenant Sophie Brook, ...

Electric ferry Ellen sailed 50 nautical miles – 92 kilometers – on a single battery charge during the International Energy Agency’s 7th Annual Conference on Energy Efficiency. The distance marks a new world record. The islands of Ærø and Als in ...

A Danish court on Thursday sentenced a British officer to 18 months in jail after he pleaded guilty to charges of negligent manslaughter for his role as helmsman leading to a collision that killed two Danish seaman. During the case in Copenhagen ...

Seafarer wage rates are set to accelerate in the face of worsening officer supply / demand imbalance. Sustained fleet growth will lead to the highest shortfall of officers to crew the world’s merchant fleet in over a decade by 2027, with important ...

According to news reports, the unfinished hull of Genting Cruise Lines’ second Global Class newbuild will be sold for scrap The 208,000-ton vessel was in early stages of construction at one of MV Werften’s facilities in Warnemunde, Germany, when ...

Wärtsilä Voyage, part of the Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, has decided to acquire PortLink Global, a Canada-based port solutions company. The move will speed Wärtsilä Voyage along its path towards creating an end-to-end connected maritime ...

Shipping giant has begun interviewing its 350 female maritime workers to get to the bottom of the issue ... and this iceberg runs deep
 Just a few days ago, Maersk was hailed as being one of the most attractive companies to work for by students ...

The FSO SAFER floating off the coast of Yemen on 26 April 2022
 Saudi Arabia has pledged $10 million to help finance an operation to prevent a possible oil spillage in the Red Sea from the abandoned FSO Safer off the coast of Yemen.
 The ...

Lithium-ion batteries have been the cause of, and charged with, several notable marine fires in recent years. And now there’s talk of insurance companies refusing to cover boats. This is the time for boat owners to check their polices and speak to ...

Removing sea mines near Ukraine’s key ports could take months, and hundreds of seafarers are still stranded in the region following Russia’s invasion of the country, according to the United Nations agency responsible for shipping safety. “Even if ...

Classification society Lloyd’s Register has granted approval in principle (AIP) for a Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) designed 210,000 dwt Newcastlemax bulk carrier equipped with Anemoi rotor sails. The ship design is ...

An overladen ship crammed with thousands of sheep capsized Sunday off Sudan’s Red Sea coast drowning the animals on board but with all crew surviving, port officials said. The livestock vessel was heading from Sudan's port of Suakin to Saudi Arabia ...

MSC has become the first carrier to provide in-house Liquid Cargo Solutions, directly supplying and fitting flexibags for customers worldwide. MSC provides a single point of contact, offering end-to-end services for customers in the liquid cargo ...

Norwegian digital solutions provider Kongsberg Digital and Swiss MSC, the world’s largest container shipping company, have signed a contract for digitalising MSC’s entire fleet consisting of approximately 500 vessels with Vessel Insight. “As the ...

• Innovative new tank system enables flexible response to diversifying and expanding LCO2 carrier market needs • Advanced design technologies cultivated through experience in developing spherical tanks for LNG carriers Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., ...

There are around 2,000 cargo ships with an estimated 25,000 seafarers sailing on the Baltic Sea at any given time. The greywater and sewage generated on these vessels can be legally discharged into the Baltic Sea. How could this wastewater be used ...

The drive towards shipping’s decarbonization is well underway. At present there’s a growing number of potential alternative fuels and technologies to achieve the desired goals, each with each benefits and drawbacks, from costs to production ...

• On June 2, SK Shipping's super-large LNG carrier arrived at a South Korean port after a month-long transoceanic voyage. • The vessel equipped with HD Hyundai's Avikus-developed HiNAS 2.0, Level 2 autonomous navigation solution, was successfully ...

It was the afternoon of June 27, 2017, when nearly every computer serving the Danish shipping giant Maersk went dark. A piece of malware called NotPetya, created by Russians to attack the Ukraine, had accidently snuck into the company’s system when ...

THERE are now just under 900 ships totalling 6.8 million TEU due to be built at yards around the world, reports Singapore's Splash 247. According to Alphaliner the pipeline of container newbuildings is bigger than the combined existing fleets of ...

The cruise industry could be in rocky waters again: Difficulties with hiring crew members has hindered several cruise lines' operations, leaving some would-be cruise-goers with fewer onboard dining options or canceled trips.
Like on-land hospitality ...

ABS has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) for a revolutionary vessel design with a novel aft layout, which eliminates pollution and promotes efficient vessel operations. The ...

DNV has awarded the Norwegian technology provider HAV Group ASA preliminary approval for its hydrogen-based energy system. The system uses liquefied hydrogen storage and fuel cells and was created as part of the FreeCO2ast project, which is ...

Ministers have cancelled a contract with P&O Ferries after it sacked nearly 800 seafarers without notice in March. The Home Office announced that the agreement with the Border Force agency would come to an end with “immediate effect”. It follows ...

CHAIRMAN of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Group, Gianluigi Aponte, left a job in finance to focus on shipping and now, decades later, he has one of the world's biggest maritime fortunes, reports Bloomberg. While the Covid-19 pandemic hurt ...

P&I condition surveys could be misconstrued in some instances as baggage which is part of being a member of an International Group club. Their value may be overlooked and condensed down to an outcome of a list of so-called ‘defects’ which will ...

Cachalot is the newsletter of the Southampton Master Mariners Club Cachalot No ...

When Angelyn Burk, a recently retired accountant, decided to crunch some numbers one evening last year, she made a stunning discovery: It would be cheaper for her and her husband to spend their retirement perpetually aboard cruise ships than to ...

The Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity – Crystal Cruises’ two ocean liners that were seized by Bahamian authorities in February after parent company Genting Hong Kong failed to pay more than $4 million in fuel bills – are being auctioned ...

A photo has emerged online showing oil film on the water shortly after the “ADMIRAL KUZNETSOV” was moved into the dock at shipyard No. 35 in Murmansk.
Origin of the oil is unreported, but there are no other vessels in the dock. The aircraft carrier ...

In a world first, China delivered a 100,000-tonne smart aquaculture vessel last week Friday in Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province.
 The ship, named GUOXIN-1, is the realization of an innovative mobile fish farming model regarded as a ...

Three-wing rigs for ships can successfully tackle the problem of Energy Efficiency eXisting ship Index (EEXI) and Engine Power Limitation (EPL), extending the life of current and newbuild vessels, research conducted by London-based auxiliary power ...

Yesterday, CNBC reporter Seema Moody tweeted that Carnival Corporation (“Carnival”) was “in discussions to sell (its) Seabourn brand to the Saudi sovereign wealth fund.” This development seems to have surprised some people, but is understandable in ...

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges and CMB are preparing to welcome the world's first hydrogen-powered tugboat, the HYDROTUG ! This one-of-a-kind vessel is a midsize harbor tug powered by twin 2,600 horsepower dual fuel medium speed engines, which run on a ...

Two weeks ago, on May 3rd, the largest cruise ship in the world, Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas, arrived in Palma de Mallorca billowing a thick cloud of black smoke from its stacks.  The reality of this huge cruise ship belching out a huge ...

New research shows these gentle giants are often on a collision course with large ocean vessels Whale sharks, the largest fish on Earth, have been mysteriously vanishing from the ocean without a trace over the last 75 years—and marine scientists ...

French low-carbon shipping company Neoline has selected the Solid Sail system from compatriot shipyard Chantiers de l’Atlantique as the main propulsion for its first sailing cargo ship. By choosing the Solid Sail solution, Neoline is one step ...

The Isle of Man Ship Registry (IOMSR) is expanding its Greek fleet with an agreement to flag four bulk carriers with Enterprises Shipping & Trading (EST). EST is IOMSR’s oldest and largest Greek client, and the latest additions bring the total ...

New York-based hydrogen company H2 Industries and naval architecture firm TECHNOLOG Services have developed 3D designs for a concept ship that collects plastic waste and converts it into clean hydrogen. Plastic debris currently makes up 80 per cent ...

Costa Rica-based clean shipping company Sailcargo has purchased sailing cargo vessel Vega Gamleby in an effort to accelerate clean shipping. The purchase comes amind a huge growth in the clean shipping industry at the moment, with consumers ...

The world's first ship with an intelligent unmanned system was launched in Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong Province on Wednesday.  The ship, which was developed by the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory in Zhuhai, ...

Completed preliminary assessment-  summary 4/22: Thorco AngelaA stevedore suffered sickness and disorientation after handling cans containing fumigant while discharging cargo from the general cargo vessel Thorco Angela. In July 2021, 8000t of ...

Delays in the delivery of two new Calmac passenger ferries have caused a major political scandal Ferries are a major issue in the west of Scotland. The 45,000 or so inhabitants of the Hebrides depend on ferry links to deliver essential supplies; to ...

The Pride of Kent was held for six weeks by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Inspectors from the agency found it had 47 failures, a record number of faults These included dirty working conditions and problems with fire safety systems. It also ...

Ocean energy pioneer Sustainable Marine today announced it has successfully harnessed the enormous tidal currents in Canada’s Bay of Fundy, delivering the first floating in-stream tidal power to Nova Scotia’s grid. Sustainable Marine CEO Jason ...

The giant containership orderbook – equivalent to the extant fleets of Cosco, Hapag-Lloyd, Evergreen and Ocean Network Express (ONE) combined – is setting all manner of new records.According to brokers Braemar ACM, as of May 1 this year the capacity ...

Dutch sustainable shipping company EcoClipper revealed that its newly purchased ship, De Tukker, will start sailing from mid-August 2022. Bought in January this year, De Tukker is the first in a fleet of low-impact sailing ships which will tThe ...

Four of the cruise ships previously operated by Genting Hong Kong’s Star Cruises have been sold with reports indicating that at least three of them are expected to quickly arrive at the Asian scrapyards. The Joint Provisional Liquidators overseeing ...

C-Job Naval Architects have designed a brand new class of liquid hydrogen tanker that will revolutionize the renewable energy market. The tanker concept, developed in partnership with LH2 Europe, is a critical element in realizing a green end-to-end ...

Global Survival Technology pioneer Survitec is teaming up with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NCLH), Independent Maritime Advisors Ltd, and a major shipbuilder to deliver a cruise ship design incorporating Survitec's Seahaven, the world's ...

Swire Shipping buys US's Westwodo Shipping Lines expanding in Pacific NorthwestWestwood Columbia is one of four 45,000 dwt ships Swire Shipping acquires with Westwood Shipping Lines (WSL)
Swire Shipping announced that it has signed a definitive ...

In an interview with the US Naval Institute, the US Chief Of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Mike Gilday, addressed the issue of US Navy ships returning to port covered in rust, saying that rust-free ships are critical for deterrence and naval ...

SummaryOn 26 August 2018, Wight Sky suffered a catastrophic main engine failure as it prepared to enter the Lymington River on its regular crossing from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. This was the ferry’s second catastrophic main engine failure in less ...

DYT, formerly known as DOCKWISE YACHT TRANSPORT was founded in 1987. The first sailing was under the name of Wijsmuller, a shipping company that specialized in heavy, off shore bulk transport and tugboats. During the oil crisis of the 80’s, ...

On April 26, Asahi, the world’s first pure battery tanker to operate completely on electricity, supplied the car carrier Victorious Ace with fuel at the Daikoku Pier C-1 Wharf in Yokohama, Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) ...

UK-based Artemis Technologies, a spin-off from the Artemis Racing America’s Cup sailing team, has released the first pictures of its 100% electric, high-speed foiling workboat prototype on Belfast Lough. The 11.5-metre vessel named Pioneer of ...

Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) has started sea trials of the Stena Pro Patria, the first methanol-powered dual-fuel tanker constructed in China in what has been described as a 'watershed moment' in the development of methanol as an ...

The State of Maryland has asked Taiwanese liner Evergreen to establish a so-called responsibility fund to pay for costs related to the month-long grounding of its EVER FORWARD vessel in the state’s Chesapeake Bay.
 In a letter to Benjamin Tsai, ...

Seafarers are dying needlessly in lifeboat accidents when maritime legislation doesn’t actually require vessels to be manned during drills.
InterManager, the international trade association for ship and crew managers, is raising awareness of this ...

Leading Classification Society ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the design of an ammonia-ready LNG-fueled Panamax bulk carrier developed by Planning and Design Center for Greener Ships (GSC). Ammonia is expected to be used as ...

Brazilian law enforcement agencies arrested six people and confiscated 30 kilos of cocaine at the port of Santos, Brazil, according to the Brazilian news outlet G1 / Globo. The drug smugglers, five Brazilians and one Argentinian, were arrested at ...

At long last, the Ever Forward is free. After weeks of tugging, pulling, digging and dumping, the 1,095-foot cargo ship was pried from the muddy clutches of the Chesapeake Bay Sunday morning. Two pulling barges and five mighty tug boats manuevered ...

SynopsisOn 31 October 2020, 34 containers were lost overboard from the Netherlands registered general cargo vessel Francisca, near Duncansby Head in the North Sea. Francisca was on passage from Iceland to the Netherlands when severe weather ...