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Mauritius Oil Spill: Ship Operator To Pay $9.4 Million To Help Restore Marine Environment

Mauritius Oil Spill: Ship Operator To Pay $9.4 Million To Help Restore Marine Environment

Japanese Bulk Carrier MV Wakashio owned by Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) caused huge amount of oil spill due to running...
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Log Carrier Loses Power After Leaving Port Tauranga, Master And Chief Engineer Found Guilty

Log Carrier Loses Power After Leaving Port Tauranga, Master And Chief Engineer Found Guilty

Maritime New Zealand on July 6th, Monday reported that log carrier MV Funing lost its power after leaving Port of...
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Ro-Ro Vessel Rolls Heavily And Tips Trucks

Ro-Ro Vessel Rolls Heavily And Tips Trucks

A shortsea ro-ro passenger and freight service operated up to seven sailings per day with a crossing time of about...
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Remotely Controlling A Vessel From Shore, Enabled By Marlink’s Smart Satellite Network

Remotely Controlling A Vessel From Shore, Enabled By Marlink’s Smart Satellite Network

Marlink, the leading provider of Smart Network Solutions, is providing a special purpose highly resilient satellite network solution for the...
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ReCAAP: Six Armed Robbery Incidents in Asia During August

ReCAAP: Six Armed Robbery Incidents in Asia During August

ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre released the August 2020 Report on the situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in...
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MSC seals deal to take 49% stake in Messina

MSC seals deal to take 49% stake in Messina

MSC has finally taken a 49% stake in the Ignazio Mesina & C. shipping group, with the deal formally announced...
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Port Of Rotterdam Takes First Steps Towards Environmentally Responsible Degassing Of Ships

Port Of Rotterdam Takes First Steps Towards Environmentally Responsible Degassing Of Ships

In the near future, the Netherlands will no longer allow ships to remove vapours from their holds – known as...
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ECSA & ETF Call EU To Coordinate For Solidary Solution Of Rescued Migrants On Board Maersk Etienne

The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) wrote to EU Vice President Margaritis Schinas...
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Huge Fire Breaks Out At Beirut Port, A Month After Deadly Explosion

Huge Fire Breaks Out At Beirut Port, A Month After Deadly Explosion

After a month of the devastating Beirut blast, a huge ball of smoke and flame re-erupted in the port’s duty-free...
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Piracy, other high seas crimes rise in Asia: report

Piracy, other high seas crimes rise in Asia: report

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, piracy and other crimes have surged in Asian waters in the first seven months of the...
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PSA Mumbai Launches First Ever Digital Online Payments For Direct Port Delivery Customers With Odex In Jawaharlal Nehru Port

PSA Mumbai Launches First Ever Digital Online Payments For Direct Port Delivery Customers With Odex In Jawaharlal Nehru Port

Committed to supporting the Digital India and Ease of Doing Business initiatives, PSA Mumbai has launched a digital online payments...
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Mansukh Mandaviya launches ‘SAROD-Ports’

Mansukh Mandaviya launches ‘SAROD-Ports’

Union Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) Shri Mansukh Mandaviya launched ‘SAROD-Ports’ (Society for Affordable Redressal of Disputes - Ports)...
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MV Wakashio Diverted Its Navigation Plan In Relation With Crew Member’s Birthday – Investigation

MV Wakashio Diverted Its Navigation Plan In Relation With Crew Member’s Birthday – Investigation

The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP), through a delegation of experts in maritime accidents relocated to Mauritius, collaborates with the investigation...
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Bunker Spill Reported From VLCC, As MT New Diamond’s Rear-Portion Sinks By 3 Feet After Reignition Of Fire

Bunker Spill Reported From VLCC, As MT New Diamond’s Rear-Portion Sinks By 3 Feet After Reignition Of Fire

Sri Lankan authority and Indian Coast guard are continuously performing boundary cooling in response to the fire, which had re-ignited...
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Govt could make locally manufactured barges mandatory for Coastal & Inland Waterways movement

Govt could make locally manufactured barges mandatory for Coastal & Inland Waterways movement

The Government could make domestically manufactured barges mandatory for coastal and inland waterways movement, as part of the plan to...
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MSC Partners with WAVE for Wide Adoption of its e-Bill of Lading in India

MSC Partners with WAVE for Wide Adoption of its e-Bill of Lading in India

MSC’s electronic bill of lading (e-BL) solution, offered via the WAVE platform, enables its customers to continue shipping goods despite...
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ONE adopts electronic delivery order facility on Port Community System

ONE adopts electronic delivery order facility on Port Community System

ONE (Ocean Network Express Pte Ltd), a global container shipping company, jointly owned by Japanese shipping companies Nippon Yusen Kaisha,...
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Fire reignites on laden VLCC off Sri Lanka

Fire reignites on laden VLCC off Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan authorities have spent the last 20 hours fighting to contain a reignited fire on the laden Panamanian-flagged VLCC New...
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Fuel Cell Industry’s First Commercial Zero-Emission Module To Power Ships Introduced By Ballard

Fuel Cell Industry’s First Commercial Zero-Emission Module To Power Ships Introduced By Ballard

Ballard Power Systems announced the launch of the fuel cell industry’s first module designed for primary propulsion power in marine...
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World Biggest Container Ship Welcomed On Its Maiden Voyage At Jebel Ali Port

World Biggest Container Ship Welcomed On Its Maiden Voyage At Jebel Ali Port

Global trade enabler DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali Port welcomed HMM GDANSK, one of the world’s largest container vessels, which...
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