[By: Sanmar Shipyards] Sanmar Shipyards has delivered a fourth Bogacay series compact and powerful tug in two years to South American operator SAAM Towage. Like its three sisters SAAM VALPARAISO, SAAM PALENQUE and ALBATROS, Bogacay XLVIII, which its new owners have renamed HALCON lll, is based on the...
Dutch shipbuilder Damen has signed its first contact with Greek ballast water treatment systems manufacturer Erma First. The post Damen opts for world’s smallest BWTS appeared first on Offshore...
Demonstration tests were completed yesterday in Japan on what is being called the world’s first fully autonomous ship navigation systems deployed on a large car ferry. The demonstration, which was conducted in southern Japan on a 15,500 gross ton Ro-Pax ferry, is part of the...
South Korean antitrust regulator has sanctioned 23 domestic and foreign container shipping companies for fixing maritime freight rates. The post South Korea: 23 shipping companies fined $81M for...
Italian ferry operator Moby S.p.A. filed for bankruptcy in a U.S. Court on January 14 as the latest step in a drawn-out reorganization process in Italy. Controlled by Italy’s Onorato family, Moby has been working to gain acceptance of a reorganization plan that would permit...
Conley Container Terminal welcomed Evergreen’s Ever Fortune, the biggest containership ever to call on the Port of Boston in Massachusetts, on 16 January 2022. The post Spotted: Ever Fortune is the...
The world witnessed record-breaking climate and weather disasters in 2021, from destructive flash floods that swept through mountain towns in Europe and inundated subway systems in China and the U.S., to heat waves and wildfires. Typhoon Rai killed over 400 people in the Philippines; Hurricane Ida caused an estimated $74 billion in...
NGO Shipbreaking Platform, a coalition campaigning for clean and safe ship recycling, has joined K'ómoks First Nation (KFN) and the local residents in calling on the authorities to look into...
Sea Shepherd has renamed its patrol vessel Sam Simon after the environmental foundation Age of Union, which has announced a $4.5 million grant to support Sea Shepherd's environmental conservation work. The funds are sufficient to cover the vessel's cost of operations for three years and...
Singapore has retained the number one spot in the Leading Maritime Cities (LMC) report conducted by Norwegian classification society, DNV and Norwegian consultancy Menon Economics AS. The post...
