Post Date: 02/05/2021 Seafarers have been the invisible victims of COVID-19. Thanks to local restrictions and logistical challenges, hundreds of thousands have been stranded at sea – marooned on vessels Read More...
Post Date: 26/04/2021 General cargo ship SAGA FAITH had to divert to Montevideo while under way in Rio de la Plata, in the morning Apr 26, in need of immediate medical assistance to sick crew, who lost consciousness whi Read More...
Post Date: 22/04/2021 LPG tanker CLIPPER VENUS suffered engine failure at around 1900 UTC Apr 21 southeast of Bosphorus in Marmara sea, ballasting from Morocco to Yuzhniy Uraine. SAR tug responded, and towed tanker to A Read More...
Post Date: 16/04/2021 Two crew members aboard the cargo vessel that blocked global shipping in the Suez Canal last month will be allowed to return to India owing to urgent personal circumstances, the Suez Canal Authorit Read More...
Post Date: 09/04/2021 Iran released the South Korea tanker and its crew that it had been detaining for the past three months while it investigated what it said were potential environmental violations in Iranian waters. Read More...
Post Date: 05/04/2021 Cruise operator Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd said on Monday it would require mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all guests and crew when it restarts trips from U.S. ports in July.
Post Date: 30/03/2021 For a week the world was gripped by the extraordinary sight of a massive container ship that had run aground in the Suez Canal in Egypt. The Ever Given is 400m long (1,312ft) and weighs 200,000 Read More...
Post Date: 26/03/2021 The technical manager of the MV Ever Given, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), has provided its latest update in the ongoing effort to refloat the ship from the southern end of the Suez Canal.< Read More...
Post Date: 22/03/2021 The Red Sea Port Authority of Egypt has shirked its responsibility in the shocking case of Mohammad Aisha and the Bahraini-flagged MV Aman. They have a moral duty to act Read More...
Post Date: 18/03/2021 Damen Shipyards Group said it has booked an order from South Port New Zealand for the delivery of a Damen Azimuth Tractor Tug (ATD) 2412. The vessel, with 65 tonnes bollard pull, will replace an ol Read More...
Post Date: 14/03/2021 Two people died and ten were rescued after the Russian cargo ship Volgo Balt 179 sank in the Black Sea off Romania early morning on Thursday, according to reports from Romania.
Romanian o Read More...
Post Date: 09/03/2021 Container ship was disabled, adrift after reportedly, collision, in South China sea. The ship seemed to be under way at 5 knots speed as of 0800 UTC Mar 9, proceeding by changing courses. Collision Read More...
Post Date: 04/03/2021 An international search and rescue operation involving the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards and the Royal Canadian Air Force was successful in rescuing 31 fisherman from a disabled fishing vessel ove Read More...
Post Date: 27/02/2021 The U.S. Navy is responding to COVID-19 outbreaks aboard two of its ships based in Bahrain.
In a statement, the U.S. 5th Fleet said about a dozen service members aboard the USS San Diego Read More...
Post Date: 23/02/2021 General cargo ship ASAHI MARU collided with commercial fishing boat at around midday LT Feb 23 off Chiba Prefecture coast, northeast Honshu, Japan. Fishing boat bow was seriously damaged, but boat Read More...
Post Date: 18/02/2021 More than 60 vessels remain stranded off China in an unofficial ban on Australian coal imports with some seafarers having served as long as 20 months onboard.
After over six months of fai Read More...
Post Date: 13/02/2021 Looking back on the legacies of some of the amazing women who have contributed to the field of technology at sea. Trailblazers in their fields, these women broke down barriers, defied expectations, Read More...
Post Date: 09/02/2021 The fire erupted in the engine room of container ship VERA RAMBOW in the morning Feb 8, shortly after the ship left Hamburg container terminal. Master informed authorities, the crew tried to exting Read More...
Post Date: 05/02/2021 Maersk Drilling has received a conditional letter of award from Tullow Ghana for 2014-built drillship Maersk Venturer.
The contract will commence in the second quarter of 2021, and w Read More...
Post Date: 01/02/2021 All of the crew who were kidnapped by pirates from the 1982-built 11,900 dwt general cargo vessel Stevia have been released, according to an update provided by maritime safety consultancy Read More...
Post Date: 28/01/2021 Pirates who kidnapped 15 sailors from a Turkish-crewed container ship in the Gulf of Guinea on Saturday have made their first contact with the shipping company to discuss a ransom, Turkish state me Read More...
Post Date: 23/01/2021 The crew of a bulk carrier abandoned by its owner and flag state is staging a hunger strike to call attention to their plight according to the International Transport Workers’ Federatio Read More...
Post Date: 18/01/2021 The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the active search for 10 missing crewmembers from a Taiwanese fishing vessel off of Midway Island in the Pacific Ocean.
Rescue crews from the Coast Guar Read More...
Post Date: 13/01/2021 According to the Philippine Port Authority (PPA) Pakistan, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Oman, and the People's Republic of China are the most recent countries to be added to the list which bars f Read More...
Post Date: 08/01/2021 The UK and Ireland are contending with another wave of COVID-19, driven by a new and more virulent strain. An estimated one out of every 30 residents of London now have the virus, according to Read More...
Post Date: 03/01/2021 Post Date: 29/12/2020 The Icelandic Coast Guard has come to the rescue of a stranded containership which they currently have under tow. The 11,800 DWT Lagarfoss, owned by Iceland’s Eimskip, is expect Read More...
Post Date: 25/12/2020 Britain’s Royal Air Force released new images of the world’s largest iceberg reporting significant changes confirmed by the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) during its rout Read More...
Post Date: 22/12/2020 By Hugh Bronstein and Maximilian Heath (Reuters) Argentina is the No. 1 international exporter of soymeal livestock feed used to fatten hogs and poultry from Europe to Southeast Asia. Contract talk Read More...
Post Date: 18/12/2020 Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) was called to deal with the fire at about 10:45am.
Eleven fire appliances were sent to the scene, with ship engineers joining firefighters onboard th Read More...
Post Date: 13/12/2020 Due to a confluence of factors, COVID-19 has adversely impacted merchant mariners more than virtually any other profession. The merchant marine is an international profession from a wide variety of Read More...
Post Date: 09/12/2020 A Liberian-flagged tanker has suffered an engine fire off Orchid Island, Taiwan, prompting a helicopter rescue by authorities.
The Taiwanese Coast Guard Administration reports that the MT Read More...
Post Date: 05/12/2020 Ferry firm Stena Line’s role in the roll-out of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is going well, and the firm is prepared to deal with any eventuality of Brexit trade talks, the company’s Read More...
Post Date: 02/12/2020 Courtesy: Splash 247.com
Diamond S Shipping has confirmed that four crew have been kidnapped from its product tanker Agisilaos.
The vessel, managed and crewed by Capital Sh Read More...
Post Date: 29/11/2020 Courtesy: BIMCO, Safety4Sea
The leaders of the major shipping bodies met virtually to discuss the most pressing issues facing the industry as we move into 2021. The Round Table chairs rei Read More...
Post Date: 26/11/2020 Courtesy:MarineLink
An explosion damaged a Greek-managed tanker at a Saudi Arabian terminal on the Red Sea just north of the Yemeni border, the ship's manager said on Wednesday, in an Read More...
Post Date: 22/11/2020 Courtesy: gCaptain
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed to loosen Obama-era safety regulations for the oil industry in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska to ease the way for petroleum e Read More...
Post Date: 17/11/2020 Courtesy: The Maritime Executive
On Saturday, after the pirate attack on the heavy lift ship Zhen Hua 7 in the Gulf of Guinea, the Italian Navy frigate
Post Date: 13/11/2020 Courtesy: Seatrade Maritime News
Lars Ostergaard Nielsen, Head of Americas Liner Operations Cluster, Maersk, explained to the audience how transhipment hubs had provided a platform for th Read More...
Post Date: 08/11/2020 Courtesy:gCaptain
JP Morgan has placed an order for 40 self-propelled LNG-fueled tanker barges for charter to Shell.
The order was placed Concordia Damen, the inland waterway sp Read More...
Post Date: 03/11/2020 Courtesy: The Maritime Executive
Finland and Sweden are working jointly to support the development of a new generation of icebreakers. The goal of the project is to select the desig Read More...
Post Date: 28/10/2020 Courtesy : Offshore Energy
Japanese shipping major Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has taken delivery of Sakura Leader, the first large LNG-fueled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) buil Read More...
