“Vision of The Fjords, a futuristic carbon fiber tourist vessel operated by The Fjords DA, has won the coveted Ship of the Year 2016 accolade at SMM in Hamburg. The 40-meter (130-foot) long,…
” Hanjin Shipping elected to file for court receivership on Tuesday, the first step towards what will be the largest container line bankruptcy in history – six times larger than the collapse of United States…
” On Wednesday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard and local police evacuated 512 passengers and crew from the American Cruise Ferries ro/pax Caribbean Fantasy,which caught fire about two nm off of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Rescued passengers were transported to San Juan…
” The number of accidents reported to the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) dropped to 1,057 casualties and incidents in 2015 compared to 1,270 in 2014. The total number of accidents to UK vessels or in…
“Plans to develop two major container terminals in Nova Scotia, on Canada’s East Coast, are slowly moving forward. Harbour Port Development Partners (HPDP) of Sydney, Nova Scotia have plans to develop a terminal…
“On Tuesday, Rolls Royce and its partners in the Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications (AAWA) initiative released a white paper on their vision for the future of computer-controlled merchant vessels – and they believe that…
“ECUADOR – Global marine terminal operator DP World, has won a 50 year concession for the development of a greenfield multi-purpose port project at Posorja, Ecuador, 65 kilometres from the country’s main business…
“On Wednesday evening, the 1993-built asphalt carrier Infinity 1 developed a crack in her hull and began flooding and listing in heavy weather 20 nm off the coast of Goa, India. The Indian Navy…