It was a picture of a brand new pilot boat in Work Boat World that got me thinking; a beautiful and powerful craft, clearly built for heavy weather and the efficient ..
Hong Kong-based Seaspan Corporation has purchased a 2010-built 9,600 TEU containership and entered into a fixed rate time charter agreement for the vessel with Ocean ..
An international investigation has resulted in the largest ever seizure of heroin in the UK, denying vast sums of money to organised crime groups. Nearly 1.3 tonnes of ..
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding has delivered the first unit of the company’s newest series of 1,900TEU container carrier built to adhere to the restrictions of the largest ..
There are many factors within the whole process of pilot embarkation. There remains an excellent focus on ships’ rigging of pilot ladders – to minimise their ..
I have a dim and distant memory of a black and white war film that we probably watched on deck in the tropics to great enthusiasm. “Damn the torpedoes – full ahead ..
Global economic growth continues to slow with recession warnings sounding in many corners of the world, none of which points to high global trade volume growth for the ..
Major shipping industry trade associations BIMCO, ICS, Intercargo and Intertanko met in London yesterday to consider the transformational issues affecting the sector. Top ..
Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding has delivered a newbuild 13,500TEU vessel to COSCO Shipping Container Transportation. Named COSCO Shipping Orchid, the vessel has an LOA of ..
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