Santorini and Mykonos are set to increase fees and impose daily caps to limit cruise ship arrivals (Hellenic Ports Association) Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis detailed a series of steps the country plans to roll out to better manage ...

In the past 12 months, the maritime artificial intelligence (AI) market has seen an explosive expansion, nearly tripling in size, a new report shows. The report entitled “Beyond the Horizon: Opportunities and Obstacles in the Maritime AI Boom“ was ...

The Fremantle Highway on fire in the North Sea, July 26, 2023. Photo courtesy Netherlands Coastguard The global energy transition has led to an acceleration of new and innovative technologies designed to support decarbonization efforts across the ...

Combat Support Ship Asterix to be Fitted with Onboard Vegetable Farm (CNW Group/Federal Fleet Services) The technology, provided by Agwa, is set to revolutionize the availability of fresh produce during extended deployments at sea. The Agwa system ...

Italy-based hydrogen powertrain specialist Hydrocell has selected Genevos, a French specialist in hydrogen and fuel cell power systems integration for the maritime sector, to provide a fuel cell solution for the first hydrogen-powered passenger ...

Royal Caribbean ships use retractable funnels, massive ballast tanks and simply go for it With oceans covering 71 percent of the Earth’s surface, it’s easy to assume that cruise ships never have any issues maneuvering. However, the world’s largest ...

INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently laid the foundation stone of the Vadhvan Port project, a nine-terminal mega-seaport that will cost US$9.1 billion) to build, reports New York's Sourcing Journal. Vadhavan Port is a proposed deep sea port ...

Hanwha Ocean kicks off historic repair project for U.S. Navy  The USNS WALLY SCHIRRA , a dry cargo and ammunition ship of the U.S. Navy, arrived at Hanwha Ocean’s Geoje Shipyard on Sep 2., marking a significant milestone. This is the first time a ...

The British monarch has moved to save a historic World War II warship from scrapping by approving its name change, a development that could be instrumental in helping a charity organization keep the ship afloat on the River Thames. The renaming, ...

The agreement ensures safety of South African Navy’s submarine crew in times of distress or accident and “underscores a shared commitment to maritime safety and mutual support”. The navies of India and South Africa on Wednesday (September 4, 2024) ...

Bow section of Verity was lifted on Tuesday completing the removal effort (WSV photos) Germany’s Waterways and Shipping Authority (WSV) reports the salvage of the Verity, a North Sea cargo ship, was completed overnight nearly a year after the ...

Collapsed containers on the deck of the vessel in the Port of Cape Town. Source: Supplied MSC Antonia has arrived safely in Cape Town after losing 46 containers overboard and incurring damage to hundreds more while sailing in stormy weather off ...

  LNG-fueled car carrier Cerulean Ace operated by Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has received Additional Fire-Fighting Measures for Vehicle Carrier (AFVC) certification from classification society ClassNK for its voluntary ...

The authorities in the Canary Islands responded after the pilot working an arriving containership reported that the captain of the vessel appeared to be intoxicated. Local media reports from Gran Canaria said the vessel was having difficulty ...

Chinese shipping heavyweight COSCO Shipping has signed an investment, construction and leasing agreement for 42 bulk carriers in a major fleet expansion push. Under the agreement, signed on August 30, 2024, the company will entrust a subsidiary of ...

Regent received USCG approval for testing of a full-scale prototype with humans onboard (Regent) The application of wing-in-ground technology is a step closer to reality as the U.S. Coast Guard approved the application from Regent, a manufacturer ...

Prompted by the recent spate of container ship fires, international freight and logistics insurance provider TT Club has stressed the greater need for all players in the global supply chain to recognise their responsibility for accurate and ...

Passengers on a round-the-world cruise have been left stranded in Belfast for three months after their voyage was beset by delays. Villa Vie Residences' ODYSSEY arrived at Queen’s Island in the Northern Ireland capital to be outfitted before it ...

MSC Marie set a new capacity record transiting the Panama Canal (Panama Canal Authority photos) The Panama Canal Authority is highlighting a new record for the largest cargo capacity containership to transit the Canal. While the record is always ...

Expeditionary Fast Transport USNS Fall River in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, 2017. The 10-year-old vessel has been placed in reduced operating status (USN) Both the Royal Navy's Royal Fleet Auxiliary and the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command are ...

Sounion on August 28 (EUNAVFOR Aspides) The situation aboard the Greek-owned tanker Sounion in the Red Sea appears stable with Iran saying its proxy, the Houthi militants, agreed to permit a salvage crew to reach the tanker days after they set off ...

Smooth varnished steps, loose and frayed whipping, multi-piece spreader construction - a noncompliant and dangerous arrangement for boarding (Arie Palmer)   At least eight people died in boarding accidents last year, and bad ladders are part of ...

Three simultaneous detonations occur at evenly-spaced locations on Sounion's main deck (Courtesy Houthi Military Media) Two days after Houthi forces blew up the cargo tanks of the Greek-owned Suezmax Sounion, the flames emerging from the vessel's ...

In partnership with Norwegian telecommunications provider Telenor Maritime, compatriot technology company Kongsberg Maritime is to conduct a ‘significant’ trial of Eutelsat OneWeb’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet service on an autonomous ...

Figure 1: Indian Partnership partially submerged at anchor off Misool Island and (insets) rock fragments embedded in the hull Completed preliminary assessment (PA) summary 4/24: Indian Partnership xSynopsisAt 0409 on 23 April 2023, the UK ...

Japan’s NYK working in conjunction with IHI Power Systems has completed the conversion of a tugboat operating in Tokyo Bay to run on ammonia-fueled propulsion. The project which began four years ago marks the first successful deployment of a ...

Swiss shipping behemoth MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is investing heavily in fleet renewal, with agreements signed for up to 18 new containerships, all to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). Data published by Intermodal Shipbrokers ...

LR points out the rotors have led adoption as it sees growth in wind-assisted propulsion (Louis Dreyfus) Wind-assisted propulsion is “on the verge of a tipping point,” concludes Lloyd’s Register in a newly released analysis of the market. The ...

Cargo insurer TT Club says that while heavy weather is still the biggest reasons why container ships occasionally lose stacks of boxes over the side, more needs to be done at the shipper's end to ensure that containers are properly stuffed and ...

HGK Shipping, part of Germany’s integrated logistics group HGK, has developed a design for a river/sea-going gas tanker to better comply with new transport requirements in the energy transition era. Under the project name ‘Vanguard, the inland ...

The Taiwan-built, U.S.-flagged boxship Maersk Tennessee In a meeting in Denmark last week, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro had an unusual suggestion for A.P. Moller-Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc, one of the world's most prominent shipowners: ...

Saonisos (Saos Ferries file image) Once again the Greek ferry system has attracted international attention for the abnormal and poor operational standards that have become a “custom of the trade.” The master of a ro/pax ferry who saved his ship, ...

Candela, a Swedish maker of sustainable, electric hydrofoil vessels, has revealed that it will supply a fleet of P-12 electric hydrofoil ships for NEOM, a sustainable “megacity project” in Saudi Arabia. NEOM has procured an initial batch of eight ...

Adverse weather conditions have led to yet another large container vessel losing 99 containers off the east coast of South Africa, according to the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA). In response, a navigational warning to sailing ...

UK classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) and compatriot maritime and technology innovation company Core Power have launched a joint regulatory assessment study to determine the safety and regulatory considerations for a potential ...

A Deck gun aboard the lost WWII carrier USS Wasp, somewhere in the Coral Sea (File image courtesy Navigea / RV Petrel) So many Second World War ships and planes were sunk around Savo Island in months of conflict between the US and Japan, that this ...

Singapore-based dry bulk shipowner Berge Bulk has decided to install Wayfinder platform, developed by San Francisco-based maritime technology company Sofar Ocean, across its fleet, including new vessels equipped with wind propulsion ...

The AROYA in her new livery departing from Damen Verolme in Rotterdam-Botlek heading for Bremerhaven  Photo : Willem Holtkamp © The WORLD DREAM was abandoned when parent company Genting Hong Kong went bust, but it is now set for a re-launch after a ...

Walmart is offering B2B ocean shipping and logistics to its business partners (Walmart fulfilment center) Retailing giant Walmart is offering a new service, container shipping. It will not be found in the aisles which feature everything from ...

Russian Nuclear Powered Icebreaker YAMAL The following article has been circulated by Stuart Ballantyne who is a Naval Architect and CMMA member. Marine Industry and Nuclear Power     Author: Stuart Ballantyne The opinions expressed herein are ...

After WW2 enormous amounts of then surplus ammunition were simply discharged into the sea. In the German parts of the Baltic and North Sea alone there are an estimated 1,6 million tons of ammunition plus 5,000 tons of chemical weapons. More than 75 ...

  HD Hyundai Mipo kicked off its first building program for the emerging market of gas carriers to transport captured CO2. In addition to being the first LCO2 carrier to be built in South Korea, the vessel is significantly larger than the ones ...

An explosion occurred on the boxship YM Mobility at a container terminal in the Beilun Port area of Zhoushan Port. The cause of the accident was initially determined to be an explosion of a container on the ship, and there were no reports of ...

The first of twelve multi-fuel Aurora-class vessels ordered by Norway-based shipping company Höegh Autoliners, Höegh Aurora, was named and delivered at China Merchants Heavy Industry’s yard in Jiangsu, China. Höegh Aurora has a capacity of up to ...

Inmarsat’s newly launched fully managed service, NexusWave, integrates multiple high-speed networks in real time (Inmarsat)   Seafarers’ increasing dependence on digital technologies for both work and leisure highlights the need for onboard ...

The Icon of the Seas sails out of Miami on its first public cruise in January. Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP Experts say booming demand for holidays afloat mean ocean liners’ burden on the environment is growing The huge passenger vessels ...

Japan has resumed the hunting of the fin whales, killing the first in over 50 years. The whale, a 19.6-meter male weighing 55 tons, was captured by Japan’s state-owned Kyodo Senpaku using the newly commissioned whaling vessel, the KANGEI MARUThe ...

John J. Boland during discharge operations (NTSB file image) The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report on the double grounding of the laker John J. Boland in April 2023, and it found that a faulty load plan and inadequate ...

Fugro is set to soon deploy its autonomous uncrewed surface vessel (USV) Fugro Vaquita at the Beatrice offshore wind farm, the 588 MW Scottish offshore wind farm that has been in operation since 2019. The USV, which Fugro took delivery of at the ...

A new study reveals that the hijacking of ships is a business enterprise that generates millions of dollars. By The Economist Piracy remains a concern for ships passing the Horn of Africa, even though the number of incidents has plummeted since ...

CSSC Hudong Zhonghua, a prolific builder of boxships and LNG carriers for the global market, is constructing the world's largest amphibious assault vessel for the People's Liberation Army Navy - and unlike any other amphib, it has a catapult. New ...

Maritime startup Veer and Fosen Shipyard have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to develop, construct, sell and purchase two firm units of wind-powered and hydrogen-assisted containerships. This vessel is said to be the “world’s first” clean ...

RFA officers are set escalate their pay dispute with the first-ever full strike (RFA) For the first time in the history of the Royal Navy Auxiliary, the officers of the critical support service to the UK’s Royal Navy plan to stage a one-day strike ...

The members of AUKUS should expand the security pact to include South Korea. If they do, they will deepen and strengthen the partnership, enhance its technological capabilities and make the Indo-Pacific region more secure. South Korea’s impressive ...

The container fire aboard the MAERSK FRANKFURT a newly built containership chartered to Maersk continues after 10 days of a continuous firefight. The efforts are being led by the crew and the Indian Coast Guard with specialists now arriving to aid ...

Ultra Galaxy broke apart in storms over the weekend (SAMSA) The bulker that capsized and washed ashore on the west coast of South Africa broke up during storms over the weekend. The South African Maritime Safety Administration (SAMSA) is working ...

After seeking to challenge a finding by the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. division, Maersk Line, Limited, has agreed to change its safety reporting policies and compensate a terminated seafarer for ...

Navigator Holdings Ltd. (Navigator Gas) (NYSE: NVGS) and Bumi Armada Berhad (Bumi Armada) announced today that Bluestreak CO2 Limited, the 50/50 joint venture relating to the previously announced non-binding memorandum of understanding between ...

Sophia was among the ships driven ashore The strongest typhoon to hit Taiwan in eight years has left multiple vessels in distress with six crewmembers from a small cargo ship registered in Tanzania missing while three others were found along the ...

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply a hybrid-electric propulsion system for an 11,000 dwt limestone carrier being built for Canadian shipping company Canada Steam Ship Lines Group (CSL Group). Wärtsilä has been closely ...

The following is the July 16, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia-Class Submarine Program and AUKUS Submarine (Pillar 1) Project: Background and Issues for Congress. From the report   Virginia-class submarine program. The ...

The report details the circumstances around the January 7, 2023, incident aboard the American Mariner, a 1980-built laker registered in the United States, owned by American Steamship, and operated by Grand River Navigation. Visibility was good and ...

A team of private maritime security contractors aboard a merchant ship recently shot and destroyed a Houthi suicide drone boat as it approached their vessel, and the video of the encounter has gone viral on social media.  The footage shows three ...

Switching ships to ammonia fuel under current legislation can have a worsening effect on air quality and impact public health, leading to about 600,000 additional premature deaths each year, a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

Carnival Corporation signed with Fincantieri to build three mega cruise ships which will each be approximately 230,000 gross tons rivaling the largest in service today. The ships, which will also be the largest passenger ships ever built in Italy ...

Converted container ships might not last long in a hot war, but
could vastly expand the range of trouble that Iran seeks to stir. An Iranian warship sailing the deep waters of the Indian Ocean should set alarm bells ringing. The IRGC Navy (NEDSA) ...

Maersk and the Indian Coast Guard are confirming that a firefight is underway aboard one of the company’s chartered vessels sailing off the coast of India. Few details are available, but it appears to be a container fire that started at the forward ...

Tailwind Shipping Lines, founded two years ago by German supermarket chain Lidl to battle covid-related shipping chaos, has grown its fleet to nine ships, and now operates three services designed to bring goods from Asia to Europe. In a market ...

Two large oil tankers were on fire on Friday after colliding in waters near Singapore, the world's biggest refueling port, with two crew members airlifted to hospital and others rescued from life rafts, authorities and one of the companies ...

SummaryAt 0436 on 25 October 2022, the Malta registered oil and chemical tanker Ali Ka made contact with the westernmost section of Oikos Jetty 2 at Canvey Island on the River Thames, England. The vessel was departing the berth under compulsory Port ...

Large rafts of floating trash can be used to track areas of ocean-litter concentration with standard satellite-based infrared imaging, according to a new study published by a team at Universidad de Cadiz and Barcelona's Institute of Marine Sciences. ...

MAERSK Line has agreed to pay US$150,000 daily to charter Taiwanese regional carrier TS Lines' 7,000 TEU newbuilding in Kota Valparaiso for three months, reports Chennai's Businessline. Just two weeks ago, CMA CGM chartered its sister vessel, KOTA ...

Construction of the sixth 86-meter ammonia-ready robotic vessel ordered by Houston-based marine robotics company Ocean Infinity has begun at Vard Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam. Vard Vung Tau officially started building vessel No 958 on July 8, 2024, ...

MV Sea Change, the first hydrogen fuel cell-powered ferry in the United States, is set to begin service to the public on July 19 in San Francisco Bay. Regional public transit agency San Francisco Bay Ferry and partners launched the MV Sea Change on ...

  Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has launched the trial operation of the world’s first electric abra manufactured using 3D printing technology. The abra – a half-boat half-raft used to transfer people across the Dubai Creek in Dubai — ...

From the frigid waters of Russia’s Baltic Sea to the Pacific shores of Vladivostok, dozens of tankers that previously moved Moscow’s oil are now sitting empty and idle.The vessels have become inactive after being hit with US, UK and European ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is reporting a strong increase in the recovery of stolen vehicles being smuggled out of U.S. ports often hidden in containers. Just over 1,300 stolen cars were recovered, a 6.5 percent increase, nationwide before ...

Heavy seas and strong winds are continuing to batter shipping along the South African coast and the massive containerships on route to sail the Cape of Good Hope due to Red Sea diversions. CMA CGM is reporting that one of its vessels, CMA CGM ...

Spokesman Major General Patrick Ryder said US troops had tried to reconnect the pier to Gaza's shoreline, but failed because of "technical and weather-related issues". Bad weather at the end of June had led to the floating pier being removed ...

The U.S. Navy has relieved the commanding officer of the expeditionary sea base USS Herschel "Woody" Williams of command of the vessel's Gold Crew following an investigation into the ship's grounding earlier this year. On May 9, the Williams ran ...

Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense plans to invest 284 billion Taiwanese dollars (around $8.75 billion) to construct seven new attack submarines, according to local media on Sunday. The planned submarines will feature an improved design based on the Hai ...

The majestic Icon of the Seas entered service on January 2024, and she is the largest cruise ship ever built. There are a lot of features that make her iconic and innovative, including the door hinges. Antti Marine delivered over 3,200 e-hinges to ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report on the grounding of an ATB cargo barge on a rock just off Kodiak Island last year. The casualty was caused by improper use of an electronic chart system (ECS), according to NTSB: the ...

The crew of a Panama-registered general cargo ship abandoned their vessel early on Monday after it took on a severe list in heavy weather off the South African coast. The region is being impacted by a series of strong cold fronts causing widespread ...

THE ultimate goal is unmanned ships, which would solve the issue of crew food, reports Times of India. However, for now, low shipping costs come at the expense of crew members' deteriorating conditions. Recently, some of the Indian crew from the MV ...

China is reportedly offering to sell Indonesia a half-built submarine originally ordered by Thailand, and claims it will include a German-made engine if that is what Jakarta wants. The news was reported this week by Janes, an authoritative ...

Risk Intelligence examines security incidents and concerns in Asian waters in the second quarter of 2024. Judging from reports published during the second quarter, one might assume that the greatest maritime security concerns for operators of the ...

The Chinese grab dredge that allegedly desecrated the wrecks of two famous WWII warships off Malaysia has run into trouble with the law once more. The notorious Chuan Hong 68 has been detained by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) ...

Belfast Harbour-based maritime technology company Artemis Technologies (ATL) has announced a new partnership with UK domestic ferry operator Red Funnel, which operates between Southampton and the Isle of Wight. The partnership between the green ...

Family-owned shipping company Terntank has decided to exercise the option to order the fifth next-generation oil and chemical tanker with wind-assisted propulsion and dual-fuel engine capable of operating on MGO, biofuels, and methanol. In March ...

With a growing orderbook that is already at record levels and an overheated charter and secondhand market, the container shipping segment is going through rapid changes. The market has expanded to its largest overall capacity with significant ...

Greek owners A M Nomikos, bulk carrier, Cypriot flag FILISOFIA SB (ex Daryma Parma) has been fitted with solar panels around the accommodation block. It is understood the panels were fitted recently but it is not clear what services are being ...

The rise of small modular reactors (SMRs) points to a step change for nuclear applications in shipping if regulatory hurdles can be overcome, classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) said in a new report. Nuclear power could transform the ...

The aging tanker Lavant, which sustained uncontrollable flooding off the southeastern coast of Yemen in June, appears to have disappeared and has likely sunk, multiple intelligence sources have confirmed to Reuters. The 30-year-old ship's loss is ...

As demand for global shipyard capacity rises, the Indian shipbuilding industry is seeking to attract more work from European shipowners. With the support of the Indian government, the industry is positioning for an expanded role in the global ...

Offshore wind has become a staple of renewable energy production. But so far it has been mostly limited to shallow waters, restricting how many countries can take advantage of it. That could soon change thanks to floating wind. The technology ...

A Houthi fighter abandons ship from a remotely-controlled drone boat, leaving it to navigate in an unmanned configuration (Houthi Military Media) In a concerning new development for the security of merchant shipping in the Red Sea, a bulker has ...

Trafigura Group Pte Ltd (Trafigura), a market leader in the global commodities industry, has successfully completed its first ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of ammonia. This took place last week in international waters close to the port of Ceuta in the ...

A recreational fisherman has been fined $34,000 for multiple breaches of the rules of the Dover Strait Traffic Separation Scheme, which caused considerable disruption in one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. On September 14, 2022, HM ...

Volatile weather is a peril of the high seas. Volatile markets are similarly treacherous for the container-ship industry, which carries 80% of the volume of internationally traded goods. A global pandemic, which kept people at home with little else ...