Some of the world’s biggest cruise lines are weighing plans to lay up portions of their fleets for an extended period due to the coronavirus outbreak.Cruise giant Carnival Corp., the parent company of nine of the world’s best-known cruise brands, ...

Construction of WALLENIUS SOL’s new RoRo ship has now officially begun. It will have the highest ice class, be LNG fuelled and enter operation in the autumn of 2021. “The ship will form an extremely important part of our fleet,” says Ragnar ...

On March 31, 2020, CIMC Raffles held a naming and departure ceremony for HAVFARM 1, the world’s largest and most advanced deep-water aquaculture workboat built for Nordlaks Oppdrett AS. The workboat, named JOSTEIN ALBERT, will be transported in the ...

Carnival is issuing $6 billion in stock and debt as the beleaguered cruise ship company tries to shore up its finances after suspending operations following COVID-19 outbreaks on at least three of its ships. The company said Tuesday it plans to ...

The delivery of 24,000 TEU containerships to South Korean shipping company HMM will not be delayed by the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the shipbuilding industry. The giant containerships, the largest ones in the world, were set to ...

The Captain of the COVID-19 plagued ship Artania is no stranger to the limelight. But Morian Hansen’s starring role in a long running Germany documentary series would have done little to prepare him for the health and diplomatic crisis in which he ...

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has launched a consumer protection investigation into Norwegian Cruise Line to determine whether the Miami-based cruise line made misleading statements about the novel coronavirus to customers. According to a ...

Cargo ships transiting the waters off the coast of West Africa have reported at least three suspicious approaches over the past two days. On Wednesday, a group of up to 8 men attacked the Greek-flagged bulk carrier MV Scarabe approximately 23 ...

24-Hour Remote Survey and Audit Coverage Available to Vessel Owners and Equipment ManufacturersABS is expanding its remote survey options for vessel owners and extending its remote survey and audit services for equipment and materials manufacturers ...

Eight crew members from a Norwegian-owned bulk carrier vessel have been brought ashore in Stornoway, after their ship ran aground in stormy seas in the early hours of this morning (Monday 23 March). The Russian crew were aboard the MV Kaami, a ...

The U.S. Coast Guard medically evacuated the Captain of the 734-foot Singapore-flagged containership M/V Maersk Batam, approximately 100 nautical miles south of Puerto Rico, Monday night. The containership captain, a U.K. citizen, was experiencing ...

The technology group Wärtsilä has initiated combustion trials using ammonia. The research will help the company to prepare for the use of ammonia as a fuel that can contribute to reducing both the shipping’s and energy sectors’ greenhouse gas ...

The coronavirus was found on a variety of surfaces in cabins of infected passengers on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship up to 17 days after cabins were vacated and before being disinfected, a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

The technology group Wärtsilä has delivered a navigation simulator and specific mathematical models to the Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) in the city of Rauma, Finland. These will be used as an essential enabler in the Intelligent ...

International car carrier Wallenius Wilhelmsen will cut its fleet by 14 vessels as automobile production and demand nosedive around the world amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Oslo-based shipowner, one of the world’s biggest car movers with a ...

Seven crew members of the Portuguese flagged containership MSC Talia F have been kidnapped off Gabon, Dryad Global informed on Sunday, March 22. The boarding took place some 52 nautical miles West of Port Libreville, the Gabonese Republic. “It is ...

Cruise liner giant Carnival Corporation & plc has offered select cruise ships from the company’s global cruise line brands to communities for use as temporary hospitals to help address the escalating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare ...

Grain LNG welcomed the LNG Merak, the 500th ship to the importation terminal on the 12th March. Simon Culkin, Importation Terminal Manager, at National Grid Grain LNG said:“We’re delighted to confirm that on Thursday 12 March, 2020, we welcomed the ...

Iona, a new LNG-powered cruise ship to be operated by British P&O Cruises, left Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, on March 18 to be conveyed on the river Ems to Eemshaven in the Netherlands.  The 180,000-ton newbuild is planned to arrive ...

On 4 August 2018, the UK registered container vessel, ANL Wyong, and the Italian registered gas carrier, King Arthur, collided in darkness, dense fog and an area of heavy shipping traffic, south-east of Gibraltar; both vessels were destined for ...

Container shipping will have a greater choice of communications technology with new constellations of satellites being launched and networks introduced Traditional L-band communications remain important to shipping for voice calls, messaging, email ...

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A Liberia-flagged bulk carrier was boarded by three perpetrators while sailing in the Singapore Strait on March 16, 2020. At the time of the incident, the 71,313 cbm Sam Jaguar was in the waters about 6.8 nautical miles east of Pulau Karimun Kecil, ...

Anglo-Eastern, one of the world's leading ship managers, has completed the successful roll-out of Navigator Port to its fleet of more than 600 vessels. Navigator Port software is used daily onboard several thousand ships worldwide for management of ...

Dubai-based port operator DP World posted 36.1 percent revenue growth and a 4.6 percent higher profit for the full year of 2019 compared with the previous year. The profit attributable to owners reached USD 1.32 billion and adjusted EBITDA grew ...

OOCL has announced earlier today that the Company has signed newbuilding contracts with shipyards Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (NACKS) and Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co. Ltd. (DACKS) for five new container vessels, each at a ...

Following the award of the contract, Alewijnse has begun preparation for the complete electrical installation on board what will be the world’s newest and largest offshore diamond recovery vessel. Designated an Additional Mining Vessel (AMV) by its ...

For centuries, the only female you’d find on most ships was wooden and nailed to the prow. Women on board were said to bring bad luck, and while this sailing superstition is mostly a thing of the past, the maritime industry is still predominantly ...

HMM announced that it plans to replace human labourers in a risky environment with underwater robots when it comes to hull cleaning work on its vessels. As part of the plan to use the automated robots to clean underwater parts of hull surfaces, HMM ...

The management of the cargo vessel identified as Huanghai Glory has lost contact with the ship’s crew after the ship sent out a pirate attack alert. The ship is believed to have been boarded by pirates some 84 nautical miles off South Lagos on ...

Abu Dhabi Ports is leading the charge towards digitalising the region’s maritime operations Abu Dhabi Ports announced today its collaboration with a global commercial vessel designer and tugboat leader, Robert Allan Ltd., to develop the world’s ...

China has overtaken Germany as the biggest nation in the container shipping sector in terms of total TEU.“The fact that China would overtake us in this respect was quite foreseeable: for one thing, the simple reason is that very much larger ...

Major port state regimes including Paris MoU, Tokyo MoU and the United States Coast Guard (USCG), plan to rigorously enforce the IMO’s Sulphur 2020 from March 1st, 2020. As such, ship owners and operators could face detention of ships should they ...

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has detained a Panama-flagged cargo vessel after the ship’s captain allegedly gave false port clearance information amid intensified maritime security measures against coronavirus. According to the initial report, ...

A very large ore carrier (VLOC) Stellar Banner operated by Polaris Shipping is listing badly off the northern Brazilian state of Maranhao. The 2016 built, 300,660 dwt VLOC Stellar Banner suffered damage to its bow after leaving port in the northern ...

There are 175 LNG-fueled ships currently in operation, with 203 on order and a further 141 LNG-ready vessels in operation and sitting on the order books, according to the latest figures from SEA\LNG, a UK-based multi-sector industry coalition aiming ...

On Feb19, the technology group Wärtsilä, together with project partners Carnival Maritime and HVCC Hamburg Vessel Coordination Center (HVCC), announced they have successfully implemented and tested a new solution for just-in-time sailing. Together, ...

Ten crew members have been kidnapped from a crude oil tanker off Cotonou, Benin, Dryad Global said. The incident occurred some 76 nautical miles southwest of Cotonou on February 20, 2020. At the time of the attack, the ship — identified as the ...

At 0811 on 21 October 2018, when navigating in severely reduced visibility in Cowes Harbour, the master of the ro-ro passenger ferry Red Falcon lost orientation when his vessel swung out of control, departed the navigable channel and was spun around ...

• Potential reduction of more than 8,000 tons of CO2 annually • Emissions and noise while berthed can be significantly reduced • Sustainable solution contributes to climate protection • 16-megavolt ampere shore power system to supply two ships ...

A vessel without a single soul on board ran aground near Ballycotton, Cork in Ireland, the Irish Coast Guard informed on Sunday, February 16. The ship has been identified as MV Alta and has been drifting for over a year at sea. The vessel’s 10 ...

India's Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has granted approval in principle for a new major port at Vadhavan near Dahanu in Maharashtra on India's west coast. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), also in Maharashtra, will be the lead partner in the ...

Shipbuilder Fincantieri presented Virgin Voyages' highly anticipated first ship, Scarlet Lady, in Italy on Thursday. The ship, which successfully completed its first round of sea trials in Europe late last year, is the first of four ordered by the ...

Several containers have fallen off a Handy containership in stormy seas 43 kilometers north of Ameland, one of the Dutch West Frisian Islands, the Netherlands Coastguard said.  The incident involving the 1,425 TEU OOCL Rauma occurred on February ...

Evergreen Line is planning to launch arbitration proceedings against the buyer of its containership Ever Unison, which was supposed to be dismantled in an environmentally-friendly way. The ship was sold for green recycling at a yard compliant with ...

The latest design from KNUD E. HANSEN is an innovative 212-metre RoPax ferry that can transport up to 700 passengers and 390 cars. The vessel also boasts 2955 lane metres for trucks and trailers. The layout and access arrangements makes it an ideal ...

At 2243 on 8 May 2019, the Isle of Man registered roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) freight vessel Seatruck Performance grounded while transiting the Greenore Channel in Carlingford Lough, Northern Ireland, soon after departing Warrenpoint for passage to ...

Coconut charcoal has been identified as the likely cause of last year’s fire on board the containership Yantian Express, according to a report published by Germany’s Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU).  However, the ...

Ocean Infinity is excited to announce the launch of a new pioneering marine technology and data company, Armada. Armada, with a focus on combining technology and sustainability, will initially add fifteen bespoke designed marine robots to Ocean ...

A total of 674 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units were sold to the scrapyards in 2019, according to new data released by NGO Shipbreaking Platform. Of these vessels, 469 large tankers, bulkers, floating platforms, cargo- and passenger ...

The technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to provide the complete system design and full equipment scope for two new 9300 DWT self-discharging bulk carriers featuring hybrid propulsion. The ships will be the first of their kind to be fitted ...

Passengers and families of victims of the ferry Estonia that sank in 1994 claiming the lives of hundreds of people are seeking an additional investigation into the causes of the tragedy. The Government of Estonia said that it will form a working ...

According to information from different sources, there were 16 people on board, all safely evacuated. Maintenance works mentioned as cause of fire, so assumedly, there were some hot works on cargo deck, or in cargo tank, which sparked off fire and ...

Japanese shipping major NYK is looking into using ammonia as marine fuel for zero-emission ships as part of the industry’s decarbonization drive. Speaking at a Green Ammonia Consortium last week, the company said it was part of a consortium ...

 Owner of the Post Panamax containership Northern Jupiter which suffered a fire in its main engine earlier this month has declared general average on its vessel, Ocean Network Express (ONE) said in an advisory. The 8,814 TEU ship is owned by German ...

The largest ships ever to sail between Dover and Calais, the first of the 230-metre super-ferries will be operational by 2023. David Stretch, Managing Director - Short Routes at P&O Ferries, said: “These remarkable images provide a glimpse of the ...

Following calls for great vessel versatility offshore Damen has developed a new concept vessel – the Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) 9020. The vessel features a stable platform with lots of accommodation, good station-keeping capability, low carbon ...

The autonomous-ship project being developed by the Norwegian maritime cluster has received around EUR 20.1 million (USD 22 million), one of the largest grants ever given to Norwegian players, from Horizon 2020, an EU research program. Under the ...

On the night of January 20, two Rotortugs® of KOTUG International picked up the Mayday signal of the container vessel EM-OINOUSSES, sailing from Maputo to Mombasa, having a devastating fire in the engine room. Although the vessel’s crew adequately ...

Nineteen crew members of the oil tanker Duke, who were kidnapped by pirates off Benin in mid-December 2019, have been released while one seafarer died in captivity. “We can confirm that 19 of the crew members taken hostage were released by the ...

At 0633 on Tuesday 18 December 2018, the roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) passenger ferry European Causeway rolled heavily in very rough seas and very high winds during its voyage from Larne, Northern Ireland to Cairnryan, Scotland. The violent motion ...

China’s Shanghai port has retained its rank as the world’s busiest container port, having handled 43.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units last year, Xinhua reports citing Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong. Shanghai has held its top-dog position for the ...

At about 0127 on 20 January 2018, the then UK flagged container ship CMA CGM G. Washington unexpectedly rolled 20° to starboard, paused for several seconds, then rolled 20° to port. The ship was experiencing very heavy seas in the North Pacific ...

One Sea, the industry alliance which aims to lead the way towards an operating autonomous maritime ecosystem by 2025, has appointed Capt Eero Lehtovaara as its new Chairman. Eero, a Master Mariner and Associate Fellow of the Nautical Institute, is ...

“If we can have our assets for up to 40 years we will,” said one senior cruise line executive at a recent industry event. Cruise ships have traditionally been built and designed with a 30-year service life for their first owner, before being sold ...

THE Los Angeles Port Police have given a presentation to the Los Angeles Harbour Department, extolling the benefits of drones for mapping and photography assignments. The meeting was the final step in an ongoing plan to deploy the drones. The Port ...

2020 promises to be another momentous year for deliveries of ultra large container vessels, with 23 newbuilding ships scheduled for delivery in the next 12 months. According to Drewry, a total of 1.2 million TEUs will be added to the fleet this ...

A giant LNG bunker vessel, which will be operated by French energy giant Total and owned by Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), has completed sea trials in China, according to an official from Bureau Veritas.  The 18,600 cbm ...

The six contractors that fell ill while on board the Vanguard-transported FPSO, one of them with a fatal outcome, consumed a cleaning liquid found on board of the FPSO, Boskalis said in a statement.  As informed, the liquid is a substance ...

British-American cruise operator Carnival has announced plans to launch four new cruise ships in 2020. The four new vessels are Iona for P&O Cruises UK, Enchanted Princess for Princess Cruises, Mardi Gras for Carnival Cruise Line and Costa Firenze ...

Chinese container vessel Cosco Pacific was forced to divert to the Sri Lankan Port of Colombo as fire within its cargo hold destroyed two container loads of cargo. Port of Colombo MD Captain Athula Hewavitharana, told Container News that by the ...

Armed pirates abducted eight crew members of the Greek-flagged tanker Happy Lady while the vessel was anchored around 2 nautical miles off the port of Limboh, in Cameroon, the Hellenic Coast Guard said on December 31. The kidnapped crew members ...

A Sandy Hook Harbor pilot fell while boarding the US-flagged containership Maersk Kensington in the early morning of December 30, 2019. The ship, part of Maersk Line’s fleet, arrived from Algeciras, Spain to the Port of New York and New Jersey when ...

Matson, Inc. (NYSE: MATX), a leading U.S. carrier in the Pacific, took delivery of its newest vessel on Dec 26, the largest combination container / roll-on, roll-off ("con-ro") ship ever built in the United States, from General Dynamics ...

The master of the bulker RAINBOW QUEST has pleaded guilty to U.S. federal charges of operating a commercial cargo ship while intoxicated. Capt. Vadim Humenyuk, 51, admitted that he was under the influence of alcohol while Rainbow Quest was in San ...

European short-sea and feeder ship operators are challenging efforts by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) to redefine container lashing as a cargo handling activity in order to bring it under the control of unionized ...

A cargo vessel crossing through the Bosphorus in Istanbul crashed into a bollard next to Aşiyan Cemetery on Dec. 27. Songa Iridium, a Liberian-flagged cargo vessel departing from Odessa port of Ukraine, ran ashore at the Rumeli Hisarı 25 minutes ...

The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) is disappointed with the slow growth of the South African Ship Registry, ascribed partly to lack of common vision and understanding among state entities. “We started the year with enthusiasm, ...

Rohan Ruparelia still has flashbacks from his kidnapping three years ago—and every time he hears news about pirate attacks, he fears for the victims. For the last few months, the merchant seaman from Mumbai has been studying at East Coast College in ...

Japanese shipping majors Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have signed long-term transport agreements with compatriot energy company Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) for LNG-fueled large coal carriers. The two vessels ...

Turkish Suezmax tanker Istanbul has foiled a pirate attack on Tuesday, December 24, while sailing some 180 nautical miles southwest of Brass, Nigeria. The ship was approached by a high-speed craft with 9 armed men aboard trying to board the vessel, ...

General cargo ship CDRY BLUE was pushed aground by storm in Sant’Antioco area, south-western Sardinia, late Dec 21. The ship left Cagliari bound for Spain with cargo of coffee, encountered rough weather and tried to shelter, but failed. She’s hard ...

Five ships were boarded by pirates in the past four days while underway in the eastbound lane of Singapore Strait, according to piracy watchdog ReCAAP. Of the five ships, three were bulkers and two were tankers. All seafarers were reported safe, ...

Port Everglades beat its own world record on December 1, 2019, with 79 more passengers than its previous record set in 2016. Once all the manifests were tallied, a total of 55,964 passengers sailed in and out of Port Everglades in a single day, ...

Two cruise ships have collided in the port of Mexico’s Caribbean resort of Cozumel, damaging the 952-foot-long (290-meter) vessel and leaving passengers stunned at the loud impact. Six people were lightly injured on the massive ship named Carnival ...

The European Commission has approved five schemes to support maritime transport in Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Poland and Sweden. As explained, the schemes encourage ship registration in Europe and contribute to the global competitiveness of the ...

On 17 August 2019, Stolt Groenland, a Cayman Islands registered chemical/ products tanker operated by Stolt Tankers B.V. sailed from Houston, USA for passage to Kobe, Japan via the Panama Canal. The tanker was carrying 20 different chemical cargoes ...

Twenty crew members have been kidnapped from a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker off Lome, Togo, Dryad Global said. The incident, described as “the largest kidnapping event in West Africa within 2019”, occurred some 115 nautical miles southeast ...

For 18 months DNV GL has worked with The Ocean Cleanup to establish a set of requirements and verification processes, designed to enable consumer trust and transparency, in the burgeoning ocean-plastic market The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit ...

Two new environmentally friendly vessels for the Norwegian ferry operator Norled will be propelled by high-efficiency azimuth thrusters from SCHOTTEL. One of these LMG Marin designed vessels – currently under construction at Westcon Yards, Norway – ...

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South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and compatriot telecommunications operator SK Telecom (SKT) have developed and verified a 5G-based autonomous and remote control navigation test platform using a test ship. The 3.3-meter-long ...

The first X-BOW® polar vessel for Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc., was launched into her right element on Saturday 7 December 2019. Due to Polar Class 5 (PC5), the ship can venture far into polar areas. The X-BOW® secures a comfortable transit ...

General cargo ship ARKLOW DAY left Aviles Port, Asturias, northwest Spain, at 2010 UTC Dec 9 after offloading cargo of slabs.  Shortly after leaving the ship encountered rough seas of Biscay with waves up to 9 meters high.  Stray wave broke the ...

The nine crew members that were kidnapped from the bulk carrier MV Bonita off Cotonou, Benin, early November have been released, after 35 days in captivity,  Norwegian shipowner J.J. Ugland informed. Following the release on December 6, the ...

A few weeks ago, John Delaney, president of Seattle-based Windstar Cruises, stood on a scaffold at a historic shipyard in Palermo, Italy, and took a blowtorch to the Star Breeze, a 30-year-old, 212-passenger motor yacht. With sparks flying, and ...

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted Approval in Principle to Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. (DSIC), and MAN Energy Solutions for an ammonia-fuelled 23,000 TEU Ultra-Large Container Ship (ULCS) concept design, the first ammonia as fuel design of its ...

Odfjell’s newbuilt chemical tanker, the 49,000 dwt Bow Orion, was tonight recognized with the ‘Tanker Ship of the Year Award’ at the Tanker Shipping & Trade Conference. The Riviera Maritime’s Tanker Shipping and Trade Awards honor ‘excellence ...

Nineteen crew members of a tanker vessel identified as Nave Constellation have been kidnapped by pirates. The attack occurred while the vessel was sailing around 100 nautical miles off Bonny Island, Nigeria on December 3, 2019, Dryad Global ...

Seafarers are increasingly alarmed by the prospect of being criminalized for problems through no fault of their own, linked to the enforcement of the 0.5% cap on the sulphur content of fuel, Maritime professionals’ union Nautilus International ...