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A fire broke out aboard a bulker at the port of Vancouver on Tuesday, prompting a region-wide response call-out for marine firefighters.At about 2100...
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Wreck of Three-Masted Cargo Ship Discovered in Lake Erie
The Great Lakes are a source of inspiration for wreck hunters, and new finds turn up every year. The latest, announced this week by the National Muse...
Turkey's State Oil Company Joins Shell in Black Sea E&P Venture
Turkish energy company TPAO has signed up with Shell for the exploration of the Khan Tervel field, a promising formation off the coast of Bulgaria. T...
Kongsberg Discovery Pushes Electromagnetic Sensing Envelope
Kongsberg Discovery has upgraded its innovative Kongsberg Listen electromagnetic sensor system, setting new standards for inspections, surveys and kno...
White House Maritime Action Plan Shows OMSA Leadership on Regulatory Reform
The Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA) welcomes and applauds the Administration’s continued focus on strengthening the American maritime indus...
ACC & AWO Renew Agreement Aligning Safety Practices Across Supply Chain
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) and the American Waterways Operators (AWO) today announced the renewal of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that re...
Court Orders Italy to Pay Migrant Rescue NGO for High Profile 2019 Run-In
An Italian court has ordered the government to pay $89,000 in compensation to the migrant rescue NGO Sea-Watch for a 2019 run-in that ended in the det...
Port Builds on Effort to Strengthen its Safety Culture to Reduce Injuries
The Port of Virginia® is using a layered approach to strengthen safety throughout its operation by identifying the most common critical risks at its t...
DP World & APM Terminals New Strategic Partnership at Jeddah Islamic Port
DP World and APM Terminals, an independent subsidiary of A.P. Moller–Maersk, today announced a strategic partnership in the Southern Container Termina...
Report: Israeli Regulator and Union Threaten Sale of Zim to Hapag
Reports from Israel continue to cite pockets of opposition to the agreement to sell Zim to Hapag-Lloyd in a deal valued at $4.2 billion and then split...
Chagos Islanders Return Home as UK Weighs Their Fate
As the UK debates the fate of the Chagos Archipelago deal which transfers sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, a party of Chagos Islan...
Russian Military Cargo Ship Continues Mysterious Maneuvers
After having spent five days east of Sardinia, the Russian-flagged military cargo ship Sparta IV is again drawing attention, now maneuvering west of...
Iranian and Russian Navies Carry Out Anti-Piracy Drills, Without China
The Russian Navy, the regular Iranian Navy (Nedsa) and the IRGC Navy (Nedsa) have completed a morning’s anti-piracy exercise in the Gulf of Oman.The...
Op-Ed: IMO Guidelines Are Quietly Weakening the Basel Convention
International law depends on a basic understanding that obligations accepted by states cannot be set aside by administrative preference. Treaties are...
DOJ Files Appeal on Court Blocking Trump’s Moratorium on Wind Energy
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment & Natural Resources Division filed notice with the district court in Massachusetts for an appeal on the c...
Austal USA Appoints its Fourth President in Five Years
Naval shipbuilder Austal USA announced Thursday that president Michelle Kruger has stepped down from running day-to-day operations and assumed an adv...
Drug Smugglers Throw Cargo Overboard and Flee USCG Near Puerto Rico
The U.S. Coast Guard is reporting it was successful last week in interrupting a drug smuggling effort involving a go-fast boat in the Atlantic Ocean...
From Compliance to Foresight: Updating Audits to Drive Real-World Safety
If you manage ships, you already pay handsomely for compliance—ISM verifications, statutory checks, Port State Control (PSC) readiness, and a thicket...
Mare Island Dry Dock Files Bankruptcy to Save, Reorganize Its Business
Nearly two months after saying it was likely to close after losing a key U.S. Coast Guard contract, California’s Mare Island Dry Dock (MIDD) has come...
Denmark Detains Shadowy Boxship Linked to Iran Questioning Registration
The Danish Maritime Authority confirmed to local media that it has placed a detention order on a shadowy containership until the vessel can prove its...
