smoldering containers on ZIM KIngston

VIDEO: Fire breaks out in containers on Zim box ship off Victoria, B.C.

The Canadian Coast Guard reported Sunday night that a fire that broke out in 10 containers aboard the containership Zim Kingston near Victoria, B.C., had been stabilized and that emergency tow vessels,

Bonhomme Richard ship fire

Navy: Loss of Bonhomme Richard “completely preventable”

The U.S. Navy yesterday released two reports into the fire aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) on July 12, 2020, that caused such extensive damage that it was subsequently decided to decommission

Nucleat submarine

Navy nuclear engineer and wife arrested on espionage charges

Jonathan and Diana Toebbe, both of Annapolis, Md., were arrested in Jefferson County, W.Va., by the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) on Saturday, October 9. They will have their

Seafarer and Mariner Mental Health

Eastern Pacific Shipping tackles mental health head-on

Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has partnered with Mental Health Support Solutions (MHSS) to break the mental health taboo and provide professional psychological support to its 5,000-strong and growing workforce across sea and

Cover of Abandonment of Cargo publication

Abandoned cargo: Growing risk

While major cargo shippers are going to the FMC with their irritations over port delays and rising detention and demurrage charges, shippers at the lower end of the spectrum may take another

Peter Stanley

IFAN invests $1.2 million to future-proof safe navigation

he International Foundation for Aids to Navigation (IFAN) has announced a near $1.2 million investment in safe navigation in the Middle East Gulf. It will see significant recapitalization of the Differential Global

Goldem Ray following capsize

Why the Golden Ray capsized

The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that an error in entering ballast water quantities into a stability program is the probable cause of the September 8, 2019 capsizing of the car

Lars Thrane GMDSS system

Mackay Marine is now an Iridium GMDSS global service provider

Raleigh, N.C., based Mackay Communications, Inc., (Mackay Marine) has been selected as a service provider for Iridium’s new Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) service. Mackay is also a global partner

New York on 9/;;

20 years later: NY Waterways looks back at rescue efforts on 9/11

As people gathered on the New York Harbor waterfront in Manhattan to remember and honor the victims of the 9/11 attack on its 20th anniversary, many vessels from the “Great Boatlift” rescue

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USCG opens Lower Mississippi River to all vessel traffic following Hurricane Ida

The Coast Guard captain-of-the-port, New Orleans, Capt. Will Watson, has opened the Lower Mississippi River to all vessel traffic in New Orleans and key ports throughout Southeast Louisiana, following Hurricane Ida. After

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