AUGUST 10, 2018 — According to Yonhap news agency, Arirang News and other reports, a state panel assigned to investigate Korea’s 2014 Sewol ferry disaster has failed to pinpoint the exact cause
AUGUST 8, 2018 – Cyber security and risk mitigation specialist NCC Group and Moran Shipping Agencies, Inc., the largest independent steamship agency in North America, have formed a strategic alliance in maritime
AUGUST 7, 2018 – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today released its preliminary report on the July 19, sinking of the amphibious passenger vessel Stretch Duck 7 in Table Rock Lake,
AUGUST 3, 2018 — European shipowners have welcomed a European Council decision to extent the mandate of EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation Atalanta until December 31, 2020. The objectives of Operation Atalanta are
AUGUST 2, 2018 — Port state control authorities are to launch a Concentrated Inspection Campaign on MARPOL Annex VI, which sets limits on sulfur and nitrogen oxide emissions from ship exhausts and
AUGUST 1, 2018 — The U.S. Coast Guard commandant has convened a formal Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) into the loss of the U.S.-flagged amphibious passenger vessel, Stretch Duck 07, which occurred
AUGUST 1, 2018 — Spanish ferry operator Baleària is to invest 60 million euros (about $70 million) to switch the engines in five of the current ferries in its fleet to LNG
AUGUST 1, 2018 — Legal problems are mounting for the companies involved with the Ride the Ducks Branson operation On Monday, the Kansas Star reported that the Missouri Attorney General’s office had
JULY 31, 2018 — Shipbroking giant Clarksons has disclosed that a November 2017 cyber security incident may have affected the security of certain personal information. Clarksons says that it is working to
JULY 30, 2018 — The Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Center has received its 16th application for Ballast Water Management System type approval. This newest application is for the inTank BWMS manufactured by