Japanese officials have reported that a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship has gone missing while underway in the Sea of Japan earlier this week. Officials said the unnamed ve ..
There is a rather sad letter from a member in the current issue of the Nautical Institute’s Seaways magazine asking a question for which there does not appear to be ..
China Merchants Jinling Shipyard launched a new freight-only Ro-Ro vessel into the water at its Jiangsu facilities on Monday, November 22. Finneco III is the third hybrid ..
Houston, Texas-based shipping company Kirby Inland Marine has agreed to pay US$15.3 million in damages and assessment costs under the Oil Pollution Act to resolve US fede ..
Brittany Ferries and Haropa Port have launched a new freight service between Normandy and the town of Rosslare in Ireland. The cross-channel service provides one weekly r ..
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Company (ISSC) will receive UK government funding totalling £48.4 million (US$65 million) to support the construction of two new vessels to ..
Norwegian shipowner United European Car Carriers (UECC) has taken delivery of the world’s first dual-fuel LNG battery hybrid pure car and truck carrier (PCTC). Buil ..
It is funny how different items of news mesh with each other. COP 26 is over, thank goodness and the thousands of delegates have jetted off to their homelands, leaving a ..
Contractors will soon commence major landside works on Australian operator Spirit of Tasmania’s passenger and freight terminal precinct in anticipation of its plann ..
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