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

Press Release – North P&I Club has elected James Alexander Tyrrell as its new chair of the board, succeeding Pratap Shirke, in a seamless change at… Weiterlesen »North P&I Club names Arklow Shipping’s James Tyrrell as chair

COPENHAGEN, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Denmark approved a plan on Thursday to build the world’s first energy island in the North Sea that will produce… Weiterlesen »Denmark to Build North Sea ‘Energy Island’

Oslo-listed seismic survey shipping company Polarcus (OSE: PLCS) has announced its intention cease operations and terminate all employees after its lenders withdrew support after taking… Weiterlesen »Polarcus to Cease Operations and Terminate All Employees