Canadian Coast Guard starts Great Lakes icebreaking season

The Canadian Coast Guard’s annual icebreaking season on the Great Lakes, which provides assistance to the shipping industry, is underway. Working in partnership with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) District 9,

Shippers urged to take more responsibility for supply chain safety

International freight transport and logistics insurer TT Club wants cargo owners to be more aware of safety issues arising from poorly packed containers and misdeclared goods. TT Club’s analyses consistently indicate that

VIDEO: Stern section removed from Golden Ray wreck

The St. Simons Sound Incident response team today completed the removal of Section Eight, the stern, of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray. The heavy lift vessel VB-10000, which had earlier completed

Japan Marine United delivers third in series of advanced 3,055 TEU box ships

Shipbuilder Japan Marine United Corporation has delivered Wan Hai 323 the latest in a series of eight new 3,055 TEU containerships being built for Taiwan’s Wan Hai Lines. The ships are the

ClassNK advises: Install BWMS early on

Shipowners waiting too long to install ballast water management systems (BWMS) by the deadline set by the IMO BWM convention may face problems. Classification society ClassNK has been periodically analyzing the retrofitting

Cleaves: “Panama Canal just made VLGC transits harder”

High traffic, seasonal fog and COVID-19 related issues had already led to congestion and long waiting times for VLGCs transiting the Panama Canal, reports Norway’s Cleaves Securities. In an advisory note dated

Iran seizes South Korean tanker

Tensions are ratcheting up in the Middle East as Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps announced that it had stopped a South Korean-flagged ship “for environmental pollution in the Persian Gulf,” adding that

Golden Ray: Stern section separated from wreck

The St. Simons Sound Incident response team has completed cutting operations to separate a second section —the stern, designated as Section Eight—from the wreck of the capsized car carrier stern Golden Ray.

U.S. Merchant Marine

Senate overrides Trump NDAA veto

For the U.S. maritime industry, the 2020 legislative year did not end until January 1, 2021. That’s when the Senate held a session at which it completed, by a vote of 81

“Suspicious object” discovered on tanker

The crew of a Liberian flagged tanker have found what appears to be a limpet mine attached to the vessel’s hull while conducting ship to ship operations 6 nautical miles south of

LOAD MORE