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Hyundai Heavy suspends operations at Ulsan yard due to coronavirus outbreak

South Korean yard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has temporarily suspended operations at its Ulsan yard after three workers tested positive...
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Maersk Etienne Stuck At Sea With 27 Rescued Migrants For A Month; 3 Jumped Overboard, Rescued Now

The situation onboard Maersk Etienne escalated further this morning when three migrants jumped overboard. The captain and crew were quick...
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Deadly Explosion Rips Open Product Tanker In Dung Quat Port Area, One Crew Dead

In a deadly explosion onboard the product tanker Trung Thao 36 BLC has resulted in the death of one crew...
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Filipino Seafarer Dies Falling From Ship At Chittagong Port

A Filipino seafarer got critically injured when he fell in the jetty from the ship docked at Chittagong port. The...
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India’s IOC unlikely to seek replacement crude after oil tanker fire doused: source

Indian Oil Corp., or IOC, is unlikely to seek any replacement crude oil cargo in the regional spot market after...
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Bahri boosts Dry-Bulk fleet with addition of newbuild Alanood

Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation, today announced that it took delivery of its new dry-bulk carrier ‘Alanood’...
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JNPT upgrades its existing Ship Maneuvering Simulator in a major technological push

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s premier container port, in a major push and with a vision of augmenting the...
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Shreyas Shipping signs a “unique and advantageous” ship chartering deal with Unifeeder

Mumbai-listed Shreyas Shipping & Logistics Ltd, the Indian flagged vessel owning unit of Dubai’s Transworld Group, has struck a unique...
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PIL founder dies aged 102

Chang Yun Chung, the 102-year-old founder of Pacific International Lines (PIL), passed away peacefully at home in Singapore on Friday...
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New Diamond VLCC blaze extinguished

The fire onboard New Shipping’s New Diamond VLCC off Sri Lanka’s eastern waters was finally extinguished, nearly 79 hours after the incident...
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Maersk Etienne crisis escalates as three migrants jump ship

The month-long refugee crisis on the Maersk Etienne has dangerously escalated over the weekend after Maersk Tankers revealed that three migrants had...
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Piracy in 2020: the trends you need to know

Piracy has existed for as long as there has been maritime trade; it conjures images of sail ships, the jolly...
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More ammonium nitrate found at Beirut port

The Lebanese army found another 4.35 tonnes of explosive ammonium nitrate yesterday near the entrance to Beirut port, one month...
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India: Major Ports To Use Only Indian Built Tug Boats Now Onwards

The Ministry of Shipping has directed all major ports to procure or charter tug boats which are only made in...
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BIMCO To Develop A Free-Standing Force Majeure Clause For Use In Variety Of Contracts

With an increasing focus on force majeure due to the COVID-19 outbreak, BIMCO has gathered a drafting team to develop...
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One Crew Dead in VLCC Fire Accident

As per the reports of the VLCC ship New Diamond fire, the Indian and Srilankan authorities are conducting a joint...
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Two Crew Rescued, One Dead And 41 Still Missing From Livestock Ship Gulf 1

The Japanese coast guard was able to locate two survivors from the ill-fated Livestock Carrier Gulf 1 till now. However,...
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Chemical Leak Reported On The Ship Spirit Of Auckland

Container ship – Spirit of Auckland, reported chemical leakage from one of its IMDG container pre-arrival Port of Tauranga which went...
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Global Activists Demand Immediate Ban On Cruise Ships Sailing

Community members from around the world have launched the Global Cruise Activist Network, a worldwide group of activists who are...
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VLCC Carrying 270000 Tonnes Of Oil Catches Fire Off Sri Lankan Coast

A very large crude oil tanker (VLCC) ship which is carrying 2,70,000 tonnes of oil cargo coming from Mina Al...
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