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…
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 a meeting in Denmark last week, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro had an unusual suggestion for A.P. Moller-Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc, one of the world’s most prominent shipowners: Del Toro recommended that Clerc buy American-made ships…
The U.S. Coast Guard is leading an operation to raise and remove a sunken fishing vessel from the harbor in Harpswell, Maine, in order to fix an ongoing source of pollution. The 1949-built sardine boat Jacob Pike went down in…
When recreational divers Nathan and Kim Maker went on a trip off the coast of Texas last Wednesday, they thought that it would be a brief day outing. It turned into a multiday ordeal, afloat in the Gulf without a…
SEA.AI, the prime mover in maritime machine vision, has partnered with TimeZero, the leading provider of navigational software solutions, to integrate its AI-based vision technology into TZ Professional software. This collaboration is designed to bridge the gap in situational awareness…
Asurvey carried out by the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) and sponsored by The Shipowners’ Club indicates that the rapid changes brought about by decarbonisation technologies and regulatory regimes are having a substantial impact on workload, fatigue and…
We are thrilled to announce our customers significant enhancements to our NWUK and SCUK services connecting Spain via the port of Bilbao with Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands, effective from June 21st, 2024. These improvements not only aim to…
The academy aims to provide smart learning through in-person, hybrid, and online lessons, as well as work environments with a holistic curriculum developed with partner organisations. The academy was launched on 7 June by Chee Hong Tat, Singapore’s Minister for…