DECEMBER 5, 2014 — The European Court of Human Rights yesterday ruled that nine Somali pirates apprehended by French forces should get thousands of euros because they were not immediately brought before
NOVEMBER 24, 2014 — Ferry industry trade association Interferry has welcomed a decision at last week’s IMO Maritime Safety Committee meeting (MSC94) setting out rules for the location of fuel tanks on
NOVEMBER 21, 2014 — The lead Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78) looks likely to be delivered late and over budget. The Navy will try to use smoke and mirrors to minimize the
NOVEMBER 19, 2014—Equity research firm Cowen and Company says publicly traded offshore drilling contractor Transocean’s November Fleet Update Summary has “negative implications for the stock.” Traded on the New York Stock Exchange
NOVEMBER 10, 2014 — This year’s United Seamen’s Service (USS) 2014 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Awards (AOTOS) were presented Friday to Stephen Cotton, General Secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation
NOVEMBER 5, 2014 — Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (Oslo: AKPS) today released third quarter results (read them here) and reported that its Board of Directors has appointed Steinar Nerbovik as President and
OCTOBER 14, 2014 — A decision by governments to wind up the 1971 International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (IOPCF) threatens the smooth running of the well-established global regime for compensation from oil
OCTOBER 13, 2014 — Although, back in July, the Madras High Court yesterday quashed the criminal case against all 35 crew members and security guards of the Seaman Guard Ohio (see earlier
OCTOBER 9, 2014—Fifty-two workers from the Beatrice oil platform in the North Sea were evacuated as a precautionary measure, following a fire aboard a ship carrying nuclear waste began drifting in the
SEPTEMBER 26, 2014—Jack-up rig safety can be severely compromised by jacking gear failure. An incident in which a rig tilted in a Singapore shipyard last year injured 90 workers. In that incident,
