By Yimou Lee ON BOARD THE TAIWAN COAST GUARD SHIP PP-10062, East China Sea, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Taiwanese coast guard commander Lin Chie-ming is on the frontline of… Weiterlesen »China’s Latest Weapon Against Taiwan: The Sand Dredger

Australia has convicted Norway-based shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen with criminal cartel conduct and fined the company $24 million. The conviction brings to a close a… Weiterlesen »Australia Fines Wallenius Wilhelmsen $24 Million for Criminal Cartel Conduct

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL, Feb 5 (Reuters) – South Korea unveiled a 48.5 trillion won ($43.2 billion) plan to build the world’s largest wind power… Weiterlesen »South Korea Unveils $43 Billion Plan to Build the World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

by Ben Blanchard (Reuters) – A U.S. warship sailed near the Chinese-controlled Paracel Islands in the disputed South China Sea on Friday in a freedom of… Weiterlesen »USS John McCain Patrols Disputed Paracel Islands

By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – Far beneath the ocean surface, a cacophony of industrial noise is disrupting marine animals’ ability to mate, feed and even… Weiterlesen »Science Publishes Ocean Noise Pollution Warning

A drill ship broke its moorings at a terminal in southwest Scotland on Tuesday night and drifted into a channel before its crew was able… Weiterlesen »Drillship Breaks Moorings in Heavy Weather in Scotland

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Yang Ming has taken charge of the fourth in the series of ten 12,690 teu neo-panamax vessels three months ahead of schedule.  The Taiwanese… Weiterlesen »Yang Ming Takes Early Delivery of Transpacific-Bound Containership

The Port of Long Beach has reported its busiest January on record as the cargo boom continues into 2021. Dockworkers and terminal operators at the… Weiterlesen »Cargo Boom Continues at Nation’s Second-Busiest Port

A ship carrying liquefied petroleum gas struck a Washington State wharf in 2019 because the pilot approached with excessive speed and at too steep an… Weiterlesen »NTSB Blames Poor Bridge Resource Management for LPG Tanker’s Wharf Strike

By Ira Breskin –  The popular notion that the Congress is dysfunctional has been dispelled, somewhat, given recent legislative “wins” for the U.S. maritime industry.… Weiterlesen »U.S. Maritime Industry Quietly Landed a Pair of Key Legislative Victories in Congress