Pilot boarding from the ice
A pilot boarding the M/V Tavastland, a 2006 built Ro-Ro cargo vessel owned by Svenska Orient Linien. According to the YouTube video this occurred on April 2, 2018 in Hailuoto, […]
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SCI anchor handler sinks off coast of India – crew safe
Reports in the Indian media say an anchor handler, SCI Ratna, operated by Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), has sunk off the coast of Mumbai. There were no casualties. In […]
DP World Buys Spanish Towage Firm
DP World subsidiary P&O Maritime has bought international Spanish towage company Reyser, with operations in Canada, Yemen and Trinidad and Tobago. DP World’s purchase will consolidate its Spanish market position […]
New shipping routes along Belgian – Dutch (south) North Sea coast
As of 01 June 2017 00:00hrs UTC new shipping routes along the Belgian and Dutch (south) coast will apply. The North Sea is one of the busiest seas in the […]
Maersk Line Looking to Buy German Container Shipping Operator Hamburg Süd
The shipping arm of Danish conglomerate A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S is looking to buy German peer Hamburg Süd, people with knowledge of the matter said, a deal that would help Maersk […]
Deepest blue hole found in South China Sea
In case you aren’t already well versed in the realm of deep blue holes, aka oceanic sinkholes, there’s a massive one near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea scientists recently […]
Scafi takes over towage business in Rijeka port
Croatian company Jadrinska Pomorski Servis which owns a concession contract for towage services in the port of Rijeka, at crude oil terminal Omišalj and in the port of Zadar will soon become […]
Obama administration opens up Long Island to offshore wind development
The federal government has designated an 81,000-acre area off of Long Island for possible commercial offshore wind development. The move by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Wednesday […]
Rimorchiatori Riuniti takes over Augustea’s towage arm
Rimorchiatori Riuniti will take over Augustea Holding’s subsidiary Augustea Imprese Marittime e di Salvataggi in a deal worth some €75m ($85m). Following this agreement due to be finalised in the coming days, the […]
RWE inaugurates 295MW offshore wind project in German North Sea
RWE Innogy has officially started operations at the 295MW Nordsee Ost wind farm in North Sea Germany. The offshore power plant is located nearly 35km north to Heligoland. It covers […]
Hoegh Osaka cargo ship ‘grounded deliberately’ in Solent
A car transporter ship was grounded in the Solent deliberately after it began to list, its owners have said. The Hoegh Osaka was run aground off the Isle of Wight […]
Lyubov Orlova: Russian ghost ship full of cannibal rats is adrift in the Atlantic
The Lyubov Orlova, an unmanned cruise liner, has been drifting across the north Atlantic for the better part of a year, and salvage hunters say there is a strong chance […]