After three fires involving four ships in two weeks, port stakeholders in Chittagong are having serious conversations about local firefighting capacity - and whether it makes sense to import sanctioned energy cargoes aboard questionable vessels. Last weekend, a major fire broke out aboard two LPG carriers...
After major fires broke on two gas tankers during a ship-to-ship transfer of suspected Iranian cargo, the Bangladeshi government is...
To state the obvious, the maritime industry is struggling to sustain qualified seafarers in sufficient quantities, struggling against a backdrop of evolving technology and myriad commercial concerns such as ESG. This chaotic patchwork is framed by what can only be described as an all-out panic...
Collaboration has been the central theme of seven years of discussions within the Global Maritime Forum, but are the basics...
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has released its first video of the wreck of the lost survey ship HMNZS Manawanui, along with images of the slight fuel sheen on the surface near the site. Encouragingly, the agency believes that the limited fuel leak seen...
Cargill: shipping decarbonisation will stall without clear regulation | US broadens Iran targeting as it sanctions dozens of ‘ghost fleet’...
The U.S. Coast Guard has begun evacuating personnel from the distressed bulker Pan Viva, which is fully functional but still at risk of potential grounding near Dutch Harbor. On Saturday, a large winter storm (mid-latitude cyclone) swept over the Aleutians, bringing winds of 60 knots and...
Ship transits through the Panama Canal were flat in September versus August, as the waterway continued to handle fewer vessels...
[By: Kongsberg Digital] Kongsberg Digital’s 2024 Maritime Simulation User Conference, held from 24-26 September at Linnaeus University in Kalmar, Sweden, saw over 200 global maritime leaders come together to explore the future of simulation technology. Kongsberg Digital’s Managing Director of Maritime Simulation, Are Føllesdal Tjønn, opened the...
The US has announced its most aggressive round of Iran sanctions in years, targeting 39 tankers and companies in response...
