Vitol Trader Pleads Guilty to Second Set of Bribery Charges
Former Vitol energy trader Javier Aguilar has pleaded guilty to a second set of charges related to a sprawling bribery scheme involving…
Ripple Operations Acquires AdonisHR to Expand Maritime Software Offering
Ripple Operations, a leader in maritime software, is continuing its efforts to consolidate the sector to improve customer offers through the acquisition…
Wan Hai Joins Rush to Build Containerships Inking Nearly $2.5B in Orders
While the containership orderbook has already reached record levels, leading owners and operators continue to place a new wave of orders in…
Saudi Arabia Orders its First Deep Sea-Capable Research Vessel
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulla University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has tapped the Spanish shipyard Freire to build its new research vessel,…
India Launches Roadmap for Green Tugboat Transition
Last week, as part of its Green Shipping Policy, India’s government launched new guidelines for the Green Tug Transition Program (GTTP). This initiative…
Freighter Reports Approach from Vessel Saying it is Eritrean Navy
The situation in the Red Sea and around the Bab al-Mandeb remains complicated and sometimes confusing with the latest incident raising more…
CMA CGM Vessel on MV Losses 99 Containers During Storm off South Africa
For the second time in approximately a month, one of CMA CGM’s large containerships, the newly inaugurated CMA CMG Belem (13,000 TEU)…
Court Rejects Bid to Delay Date to Finalize Plan to Move SS United States
The S.S. United States Conservancy lost its latest court bid to extend the date to move the once famed ocean liner from…
Resolve Mobilizes Crane to Remove $3M Yacht From Reef off Puerto Rico
The multimillion-dollar yacht that ran aground on a reef off Culebra, Puerto Rico was lucky enough to survive Storm Ernesto unharmed, and…