” 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…
” IATA’s latest monthly Airlines Financial Monitor, that for July, has highlighted the fact that freight data it has collected points to “an improvement from the weak conditions seen earlier in 2016”. However, it…
“The latest amendments to the MARPOL Annex I for the prevention of oil pollution are scheduled to come into effect on October 1, 2016, according to Marine Department of the Government of Hong Kong. The amendment regulation…
” 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…
“Export Shippers Final Questions Answered Before SOLAS VGMs Required on Shipping Containers – Latest industry shipping news from the Handy Shipping Guide WORLDWIDE – Following up from last week’s report on how ports…
“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…
“Irish period drama series ‘Vikings’ is returning to Ashford Studios for a fifth time to film a larger 20 episode order this week. The show, airing on History Channel in the US and…