William Tillman was the first black hero of the American Civil War. He was not a soldier but rather a 27-year-old cook-steward on the schooner… Weiterlesen »Black History Month – From Cook To Captain To Hero, The Incredible Story Of William Tillman

WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – The United States is concerned by China’s recently enacted coast guard law and that it could escalate maritime disputes and be invoked… Weiterlesen »U.S. Concerned China’s New Coast Guard Law Could Escalate Maritime Disputes

by Angus MacSwan (Reuters) – Iran and Russia on Tuesday embarked on joint naval exercises in the Indian Ocean which will include thwarting a mock pirate attack… Weiterlesen »Iran And Russia Start Joint Naval Drill

By Ari Rabinovitch (Reuters) – Israel is trying to find the ship responsible for an oil spill that drenched much of its Mediterranean shoreline with… Weiterlesen »Israel Investigates Ships As Source Of Mystery Offshore Oil Spill

By Sergio Chapa and Michael Tobin (Bloomberg) — Right now there are no liquefied natural gas tankers docked and loading at any of the six U.S.… Weiterlesen »No LNG Carriers Loading at Texas Export Terminals

LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – British police have seized over 2 tonnes of cocaine in one of the country’s largest ever drug busts after they… Weiterlesen »UK Hails Biggest Drug Bust as Cocaine Worth $250 Million Found in Shipment of Bananas from Colombia

Florida-based Crowley says it has fully integrated its naval architecture subsidiary Jensen Maritime into a new engineering services group under the Crowley umbrella. Crowley says… Weiterlesen »Crowley Integrates Naval Architecture Subsidiary Jensen Maritime Into Shipping Unit

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers are determined to keep container spot rates at their highly elevated levels for as long as possible, as they… Weiterlesen »Container Rates Buck Usual Post-Chinese New Year Slump

A fire continues to burn on board a 225-foot fishing vessel docked at the Port of Tacoma in Washington as multiple agencies including the Coast… Weiterlesen »Commercial Fishing Vessel Burning at Tacoma, Washington Pier

Press Release – Robert Allan Ltd. is pleased to announce that Shanghai Harbour Fuxing Shipping Service Company Sanlin Shipyard has successfully completed the 3680 kW… Weiterlesen »First Robert Allan Ltd. tug to operate in China’s busiest port, the Port of Shanghai