The UK P&I Club has appointed Richard Offord as the new chief executive of its Singapore branch, where he will replace Yiah Soon Ng (YS), who retires Dec.1 after leading the Singapore
The U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has now published its accident investigation report into the girting [girding] and capsize of the tug Biter off Greenock, Scotland on February 2023. Biter was
If you thought things had quietened down in the Red Sea, think again. Today, United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported an incident bearing all the hallmarks of a Houthi attack in
Kenner, La.-based Karl Senner LLC has reached an agreement with Rauma, Finland-headquartered propulsion specialist Steerprop that appoints Karl Senner LLC as the Steerprop reseller throughout the U.S. for the inland waterways, and
Leonard Glenn Francis – the “Fat Leonard” who masterminded a bribery and fraud scheme that rocked the Navy, was yesterday sentenced in federal court in San Diego to 180 months in prison.
The U.S. Department of Justice Department has announced that Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited, the Singaporean corporations that owned and operated the containership Dali, have agreed to pay
The U.S. Coast Guard has released dramatic audio from an incident Friday in which five people were rescued from the 130-foot commercial tug Luther after it lost steering off the coast of
Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten has released updated plans for its Sea Zero project, the zero-emission cruise ship scheduled to debut in 2030. Using large batteries, sails, and other innovative solutions, the ship
Finnish dry bulk operator ESL Shipping , a subsidiary of Aspo plc, has placed an EUR 186 million (about $204 million) order with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Nanjing) Co, Ltd. for a
As wind assisted propulsion (WASP) continues to make inroads across all sectors of shipping, Schiedam, Netherlands-based Jumbo Maritime reports that it has successfully installed two mechanical sails on the heavy lift vessel
