NTSB report report implicates bank effect

NTSB: Propeller blade flaw led to containership Maunalei losing propulsion

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on an August 2022 incident in which the 681 foot, 1,992 TEU Matson Navigation containership Maunalei incurred $3 million in damages after a

OSG president & CEO Sam Norton talks Saltchuk acquisition

OSG set to be acquired by Saltchuk

Shares in NYSE-listed U.S.-flag tanker and ATB operator Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (OSG) were trading up this morning on news that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement that will see

female cadet

Female cadets find growing acceptance in maritime sector

As maritime faces a growing seafarer shortage, the Limassol, Cyprus, headquartered Columbia Group sees the integration and empowerment of women within the industry as “an evolution that is as necessary as it

11 tugs atop one BigLift vessel

BigLift brings 11 Damen tugs from Asia to Europe on one ship

Putting the big into BigLift, Spliethoff Group’s heavy lift specialist BigLift Shipping has used a single vessel to transport 11 Damen tugs from the shipbuilder’s yards in Vietnam and China to Europe.

LCO2 carrier design

ECOLOG has an LCO2 carrier design ready for shipyard tenders

Athens-headquartered carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS) specialist ECOLOG has taken its plans to build a fleet of liquified CO2 carriers another step forward. It now has an LCO2 carrier design ready

RO/RO freight ferry before and after drawings

Stena Line boosts the capacity of two RO/RO freight ferries

Two RO/RO freight ferries operated by Sweden’s Stena Line are each to undergo conversions that will increase their capacities by 30%, not through a midbody insertion stretch, but through the addition of

Guilty plea in Austal USA fraud case

Two tanker engineers plead guilty to pollution charges

The chief engineer and second engineer of the 47,999 dwt, Greek-flagged oil tanker M/T Kriti Ruby, which is operated by Avin International, pleaded guilty May 7 to charges related to the concealment

Rendering of SpaceShip

Bollinger starts building ULA’s new SpaceShip

ULA (United Launch Alliance) has a next generation Vulcan rocket. With lot of work already lined up for the rocket, ULA is building a new RO/RO ship, called SpaceShip to carry the

A key pillar of U.S. and G7 countries’ sanctions policy implemented in response to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine is the Oil Price Cap.

Op-Ed: A look at Oil Price Cap and new sanctions

By Manuel Levitt, senior associate, of Miller & Chevalier The global maritime shipping sector continues to feel the geopolitical shock waves from the unrest and violent conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle

Seaspan Corporation COO

Seaspan Corporation rolls out Starlink fleetwide

SpaceX’s Starlink LEO satellite connectivity continues to make inroads into the maritime satcom market. Vancouver, B.C, based containership leasing giant Seaspan Corporation reports that it has completed a groundbreaking initiative to equip

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