South Africa’s problem with overboard containers increased yet again last week with reports that a passing MSC vessel lost a few empties overboard. It adds to a total of more than 200 containers that have been lost overboard during this…
A crewmember aboard the carrier USS Harry S. Truman died last week due to a medical emergency, the U.S. Navy confirmed Tuesday. The sailor, identified as Florida resident Electrician’s Mate (Nuclear) 1st Class Jelani Hill, had an unspecified medical event on October…
A new industry collaboration is being launched by North Star, Vard, and others to solve the challenge of delivering high-performance operations and maintenance ships tailored for floating offshore wind farms. They look to leverage the collective expertise to develop a…
ESL Shipping, a dry bulk cargo carrier in the Baltic, highlights its new ship order as part of its ambition to lead the “green transition,” in the the Baltic region. The company which has been in business for 75 years…
The African nation of Namibia revoked the docking privileges granted to a Portuguese-flagged general cargo ship. It was the second vessel that officials suspected of transporting materials to Israel with government officials saying their country would not be complicit with…
The Canadian Marine Industries and Shipbuilding Association (CMISA) this week issued a call for the Canadian government to impose a 100 percent tariff on Chinese-built ships as a step to protect domestic capabilities and national security. The move comes after…
The authorities in the Canary Islands responded after the pilot working an arriving containership reported that the captain of the vessel appeared to be intoxicated. Local media reports from Gran Canaria said the vessel was having difficulty carrying out a…
In an attempt to keep tensions between Iran and Israel from boiling over into large-scale conflict, the Pentagon has extended the deployment of the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, which is operating alongside the USS Abraham Lincoln in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.…
On Friday, two seafarers lost their lives in a confined-space accident aboard a freighter at the port of Bandirma, Turkey. The Russian freighter Navis 2 arrived in Bandirma on August 21 with a cargo of five thousand tonnes of animal feed, and…
In a pioneering project, Eidesvik Offshore as the vessel owner, Equinor as the charterer, and Wärtsilä will proceed with the conversion of an offshore supply vessel (OSV) to operate as an ammonia-fueled vessel. The companies believe it will become the…