Fremantle Highway

VIDEO: One dead in Fremantle Highway car carrier fire

The Netherlands Coast Guard is continuing to respond to a fire aboard the Shoei Kisen pure car carrier Fremantle Highway that broke out at 11.45 p.m., local time yesterday. The Coast Guard

Spanish Minister comments on FuelEU

Europe’s FuelEU aims to kick start shift to greener fuels

Europe’s FuelEU legislation has now been adopted by the European Council and will come fully into effect from January 2025, though some requirements will come into effect from August 31, 2024. The

Stena Polaris sister ship

MARAD still seeks 10th ship for new Tanker Security Program

The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced that nine ships have now been enrolled in the Tanker Security Program (TSP). The Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with minor

Ship fitted with VentoFoil wing sails

NYK to fit bulker with VentoFoils

With interest in wind-assisted propulsion growing as decarbonization pressures on shipping mount, Japan’s NYK Line reports that its Antwerp, Belgium, based NYK Bulkship (Atlantic) N.V. subsidiary is to retrofit a Cargill-chartered bulk

Commercial ship nuclear propulsion applied in a containership

New ABS study explores potential of commercial ship nuclear propulsion

Is the “nuclear option” the magic bullet that could solve shipping’s GHG emissions issues? New reactor designs have seen the possibilities draw increasing attention. Now, a new study underscores the huge potential

Armada Risk Partners CEO Ed McNamara, Cleveland Ohio port insurance broker

5 top tips for sourcing port cyberattack insurance cover

Armada Risk Partners CEO Ed McNamara, Cleveland Ohio port insurance broker, on why a port cyberattack is a real concern for operators. A port cyberattack is now one of the biggest and

One Big Beautiful Bill

Offshore Energy Security Act aims to get offshore oil and gas lease sales moving

While the Biden administration has been all systems go on offshore wind leasing that’s not been the case with offshore oil and gas lease auctions. Two U.S. senators want to change that.

OSHA awards whistleblower seaman

Maersk Line Limited ordered to pay whistleblower seaman more than $700,000

A federal whistleblower investigation has determined that the Maersk Group’s U.S.-flag operation, Maersk Line Limited, suspended and terminated a seaman illegally after he had reported numerous safety concerns about a company vessel

Putin talks about return to Black Sea grain deal

Russia follows grain deal pull out with missile strikes, demands and threats to merchant ships

Following two nights of missile and drone strikes that reportedly destroyed 60,000 tonnes of grain in Ukraine’s port of Odesa region, Russian President Vladmir Putin today set out his demands for renewing

NTSB reports on City of Boston

NTSB releases report on fishing vessel Grace Marie sinking

The failure of the doubler-plated hull under the engine room likely caused the flooding and sinking of the 1978-built fishing vessel Grace Marie near Gloucester, Mass., last year, the National Transportation Safety

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