Shipping giant Angelicoussis Group, which has a fleet of 141 ships operating under Maran Gas, Maran Tankers, and Maran Dry brands, is starting what is being called a landmark effort toward sustainability. Greece’s largest shipping company signed a “favored customer” contract with Seatrium that could...
In comments to the press on Thursday, the Philippine military's top officer said that if Chinese forces assaulted Philippine troops in the South China Sea again, his forces would respond in kind - not with the restraint they showed last time. "What we’ll do is we...
After a search spanning more than two days and covering hundreds of miles in the Pacific, the U.S. Coast Guard was informed that the suspected missing crewmember was found safe aboard his ship. Teams had been urgently searching while the USCG coordinated an effort from...
Norway’s DOF Group will pay approximately $1.1 billion to acquire Maersk Supply Service further consolidating the offshore service sector focusing on the oil and gas sector. The deal comes just a year after A.P. Moller-Maersk sold the company to A.P. Moller Holding and is a...
The first ship-to-ship transfer of ammonia was completed last week demonstrating the potential for the shipping of ammonia as well as hydrogen as future fuel sources. Trafigura Group, the global commodities trader that contracted for the shipment, highlights that current regulations for ship-to-ship transfers were...
In a concerning new development for the security of merchant shipping in the Red Sea, a bulker has reported an encounter with a large swarm of suspicious small craft off the coast of Mokha, Yemen - some of which appeared to be unmanned. For at least...
[By: Med Marine] MED MARINE, a top-tier shipbuilder and tugboat operator, is honoured to reveal that the cutting-edge RAmparts 2300MM design series support tug has been delivered to ARRENDADORA CONTINENTAL, S.A. This marks the third tug delivery of MED MARINE to Guatemala. The Med Marine exclusive RAmparts...
As demand for global shipyard capacity rises, the Indian shipbuilding industry is seeking to attract more work from European shipowners. With the support of the Indian government, the industry is positioning for an expanded role in the global shipbuilding market. Last week, the state-owned Garden Reach...
An Indonesian freighter with a past history of port state bans has caught fire and sunk in the Java Sea, according to Indonesia's sea transport directorate. At about 1400 hours local time, the freighter Noah Satu (IMO 9313620) reported an engine room fire as it transited...
A cargo ship has gone aground on the River Nene near Cambridge, wedging itself diagonally into both banks and fully blocking the narrow waterway. The grounding has attracted public attention to the UK thanks to its apparent similarity to the Ever Given casualty, which fully...
