A court in Lagos, Nigeria has sentenced 10 pirates to prison for the kidnapping of the crew of the fishing vessel Hailufeng II last year. The Chinese fishing trawler Hailufeng 11 was captured by pirates on May 14, 2020 within the Ivorian EEZ. She had 18...
South Africa's logistics company Transnet SOC has announced that its IT system was hit with a "disruption" that halted operations at container terminals. The post South African port operator...
[By Sam Purkis] The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird life rim tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles from any continent. Just below the waves, coral reefs stretch for miles...
Renewable electricity has been a remarkable success over the past 20 years, but the same cannot be said for other energy uses. However, the global energy transition trend stands to change this as...
The first-in-class carrier USS Gerald R. Ford has passed her second shock trial, marking the midpoint in the explosive test regime the Navy uses to prove survivability in the event of a near miss. For the second time, the service detonated a 40,000 pound bomb...
Bermuda-based bulker owner and operator Berge Bulk has launched a pilot test to trial the maritime application of solar technology. The post Berge Bulk ship tests solar panels appeared first on...
The U.S. Coast Guard is used to handling unusual search and rescue requests in Alaska, including extreme storms, vast distances and - occasionally - bear attacks. On Friday, an aircrew out of Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak rescued the survivor of a bear attack near...
Stena RoRo has signed an agreement with China's CMI Jinling (Weihai) to order an LNG-powered E-Flexer roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) vessel that will be chartered out to Marine Atlantic, a...
The flood of import cargo arriving at the main U.S. gateway ports has started to overwhelm the intermodal rail network, which carries a substantial share of the import volume to inland markets in the Midwest. Number-two ocean carrier MSC announced Monday that with record-setting import volumes...
Japan's JFE Steel has signed long-term charter deals with NYK Line, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines for three 210,000-tonnes LNG-fueled bulk carriers. The post JFE Steel sings charter...
