The vessel has been undergoing final outfitting in Bremerhaven will soon enter dry dock in Rotterdam, shipbuilder Meyer Werft said. The passage from Bremerhaven to the Netherlands will also be used for technical and nautical test runs in the North ...

The International Chamber of Shipping is warning of reports of seafarers being denied medical evacuation or access to ports despite serious medical conditions, describing the practice unacceptable. “We’re receiving alarming reports of seafarers who ...

To ensure that hull cleaning can be carried out in a safe and environmentally sustainable way in the future, a global standard is essential, BIMCO, the world’s largest shipping association, believes.Biofouling, which is the accumulation of various ...

Norsepower Oy Ltd., the leading global provider of auxiliary renewable wind propulsion systems, and Scandlines, a market leader in green ferry operation, today announced the successful installation of Norsepower’s Rotor Sail Solution. This was ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Saturday’s 4-alarm fire on San Francisco’s Pier 45 threatened neighboring structures, including the World War II Liberty Ship the U.S.S. Jeremiah O’Brien. Matt Lasher, the executive director of the National Liberty Ship Memorial ...

Non-conformity incidents with the IMO and ILO regulations on board ships have dropped by 25% over the past year, according to the latest survey conducted by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). The information was collected via the users of ...

Qingdao Shipyard has launched the construction of China’s 1st autonomous containership, named Zhi Fei. The construction was launched with a steel cutting ceremony held on May 15, according to the reports from Chinese media. The 300 TEU feeder will ...

Seven companies—Asahi Tanker Co., Ltd., Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Exeno Yamamizu Corporation, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., Tokyo Electric Power Company, and Mitsubishi Corporation—Thursday (May 24) ...

China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has placed an order for the construction of two 307,000 dwt very large crude carriers (VLCCs) with compatriot Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC). China Merchants claims to be the world’s largest VLCC and VLOC ...

A Stolt-Nielsen chemical tanker sustained minor damages over the weekend after armed guards aboard Stolt Apal and pirates engaged in a brief gun battle while the vessel was underway in the Gulf of Aden. Confirming the incident to Offshore Energy, ...

A Spanish-flagged LPG tanker is anchored in Manilla Bay, the Philippines without a rudder and a crew of 15 seafarers running low on supplies, electricity, and wi-fi, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) informed. The ITF said that ...

On Monday morning an automated driverless truck for containers delivered containers to load a containership and collected unloaded containers from the vessel at the Port of Xiamen, passing a trial run as part of a project aimed at developing 5G ...

The UK Chamber of Shipping — the voice of the country’s shipping industry — has urged the UK government to exempt seafarers and maritime workers from any quarantine restrictions planned to be imposed. The trade association has also called on the ...

HMM said Sunday its containership HMM Algeciras departed for Europe from Yantian, China, on Friday with a full load of containers.The world’s largest container vessel entered Busan’s new port in April 28 and departed two days later with 7,156 TEUs, ...

International cruise line operators have included the Philippines in their Southeast Asian itineraries but this time, not to bring tourists but to send home Filipino crews brought on by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. The ...

Zero emission power and propulsion system for ships being prepared for installation. In another major step towards commercializing its Aquarius Marine Renewable Energy (Aquarius MRE®) solution, Eco Marine Power (EMP) announced today that it had ...

Brazilian miner Vale has decided to phase out the 25 very large ore carriers that were converted from very large crude carriers following numerous technical flaws on the ships. The ships would be phased out through early termination or amendments ...

The mv Trinitas has completed a first delivery of big bags with krillmeal in the port of Montevideo Transhipment in the Antarctic SeaLoading of the Trinitas was performed side by side with an old acquaintance of Wagenborg: the ex MV Vlieborg, a ...

Debi Chalik listened in horror as Vice President Mike Pence announced at a news conference that 21 passengers aboard the Grand Princess had tested positive for coronavirus. It was Friday, March 6, and her parents were on the cruise. She knew that ...

China's second amphibious assault ship, a Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) known as Type 075, was launched in Shanghai on 22 March by Hudong Zhonghua shipyard. The vessel is intended for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese ...

German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has obtained 9 percent in energy savings in the form of fuel by preventing fouling on the hulls of its ships. The company is using digital tools to detect water resistance increases on its ships caused ...

Oil tankers carrying enough crude to satisfy 20% of the world’s daily consumption are gathered off California’s coast with nowhere to go as fuel demand collapses. Almost three dozen ships -- scattered in waters from Long Beach to the San Francisco ...

HMM held a naming ceremony for a 24,000 TEU-class containership ‘HMM Algeciras’, the world’s largest containership, at the DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering)’s Okpo shipyard in Geoje, Korea. About 160 distinguished persons attended the ...

Leading the way in multi-hull applications, BMT has released details of its next generation ‘Pentamaran’ platform for autonomous applications. Offering a myriad of applications for defence and commercial innovators, these innovative vessels may be ...

Anthony Veder and Bureau Veritas have successfully completed a pilot for “live remote class surveys” using a wearable device and augmented reality technology. The success of this pilot opens up the way for fully remote class surveys and Anthony ...

Seafarers face continuing threats from pirates and armed robbers on the world’s seas, says the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB), reporting 47 attacks in the first three months of 2020, up from 38 in the same period last year. Pirates boarded ...

Wärtsilä, Stena, and Methanex Corporation are proud to mark five years of successful operation of the methanol-fuelled ferry Stena Germanica. This is the first ship in the world to run on methanol as a marine fuel, signifying a major milestone in ...

Stranded cruise ships have become a symbol of the COVID-19 pandemic. Passengers and crew are desperate to get off but the ports to which they’ve headed don’t want them. It is no exaggeration to suggest this crisis could spell the end of the line ...

CESMA NEWS March ...

In 2017, Raytheon Anschütz was contracted to deliver an integrated navigation system (INS) for a most advanced polar research vessel in the UK. Meanwhile, Raytheon Anschütz has delivered a state-of-the-art Synapsis INS and its long-term Norwegian ...

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has partnered terminal operator PSA Singapore, Keppel Offshore & Marine, Bibby Maritime Limited and The Ascott Limited to bring in and manage two floating accommodations to temporarily house foreign ...

The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) is working with South African Police Services on an investigation into an alleged throwing overboard of two stowaways by the crew of a foreign cargo vessel off South Africa. SAMSA said that the ...

David Reece and his wife Carolyn should be sipping cocktails somewhere in the Indian Ocean at the moment. But their latest cruise line holiday has been cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak. And they are missing it - as confirmed devotees ...

ABB signs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hydrogène de France to jointly manufacture megawatt-scale fuel cell systems capable of powering ocean-going vessels The MOU between ABB and hydrogen technologies specialist Hydrogène de France (HDF) ...

The Public Investment Fund from Saudi Arabia has taken 8.2 percent stake in the world’s largest cruise shipping company Carnival Corporation. The fund bought 43,508,895 of the class securities offered as part of Carnival’s debt and equity offerings ...

Container ship MILANO BRIDGE in the afternoon Apr 6 contacted gantry crane 85 at Busan New Port container terminal while proceeding to berth 7 with pilot on board, then she contacted berthed container ship SEASPAN GANGES, and moving on momentum ...

A Germany-flagged liquefied gas carrier grounded off Indonesia in 2018 due to the not fully developed electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS), a report by Germany’s Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU) shows. On ...

In times when the cruise industry is struggling to survive the coronavirus pandemic, a total of 114 cruise ships, carrying 93,000 crew members, are currently in or near US ports and waters. According to the US Coast Guard, 73 cruise vessels, with ...

It was on March 29th that two of Russia’s nuclear-powered icebreakers had to set course to rescue the 43-years old tanker “Varzuga” which had lost steering in shallow ice-covered waters east of the Yamal Peninsula. The oil tanker was reportedly ...

Sidelights February ...

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 ...

Seatimes March ...

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 ...