Innovation & technology
New 43m Contract for Kitsap Fast Ferry Service Signed by BMT
The custom design project will once again see the UK’s leading engineering design consultancy partner...
Events
Maritime Cyprus 2019 Conference 6th – 9th October
The “Maritime Cyprus” Conference is an established biennial event in Cyprus organised by the Shipping...
Climate Change
Climate Change: Greener Global Shipping Promoted by Leading International Banks Through New Principles
The Poseidon Principles are a global framework for assessing and disclosing...
Oil spill
Oil Spill: Containment, Recovery and Consequences
Oil spills are considered one of the major forms of pollution,...
Environmental compliance
Auramarine Reaches New Milestone As It Secures Its 15,000th Order For Fuel Management Auxiliary Units
With so little time remaining before the regulation comes into force,...
Anti Piracy
Piracy: The Face Of A Modern Pirate
Say the word pirate to anyone these days and many would automatically think of Captain...
Ballast water
To Verify Ballast Water Treatment Systems Commissioning, MEPC73 Places Luminultra’s B-Qua in Pole Position
Until now, there was no requirement to prove that treated waters were compliant with the...
Marine Pollution
Pantone’s Glowing, Glowing, Gone Campaign Reminds Us That Corals Are Dying
It all started with a documentary called “Chasing Coral” where a team from The Ocean...
News
New 43m Contract for Kitsap Fast Ferry Service Signed by BMT
The custom design project will once again see the UK’s leading engineering design consultancy partner...
Will England Finally be Plastic-Free in 2020?
Currently, 316 million plastic drink stirrers, 4.7 billion plastic straws and 1.8 billion plastic-stemmed cotton buds are used in England each...
Climate Change: What Does It Mean For Marine Life?
Climate change has had a startling effect on the rising temperatures of the oceans. Scientists predict that water temperatures will hit...
Living Underwater: A Possibility?
For years people have looked up at the sky and wondered what it would be like to travel into space. The...
Threatened Bat and Marine Species Granted Protection under CMS
Good news for the bats and some marine species because the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) has recently granted them protected...
Blockchain: Blockchain Consortium Launched by Maritime Blockchain Labs and Rainmaking to Tackle Mis-declaration of Dangerous Goods
According to the Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS), nearly 25% of all serious incidents onboard containerships were attributable to mis-declared cargo.
MacGregor to Deliver Another Eight Complete Hatch Cover Sets to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
These build on contracts secured earlier this year to supply 18 hatch cover sets for the same series of containerships, bringing...
Thordon Retrofits Solves Navenor’s Bearing Problems
Thordon Bearings has completed a range of water-lubricated and grease-free bearing installations to a third salt lugger in the Salinor/Navenor fleet,...
Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen Supporting Construction of Offshore Substation
The Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm, owned by Northland Power, will be an impressive wind farm with 33 turbines, situated 95...
Piracy: The Face Of A Modern Pirate
Say the word pirate to anyone these days and many would automatically think of Captain Hook, arch nemesis of Peter Pan,...
Sea Piracy: The Impact on Seafarers and Their Families
Modern-day pirates may not wear an eye patch or wave a sword in your face, but they are more real and...
Anti Piracy: Seychelles – Paradise Under Attack by Pirates
By Lilly Black Seychelles has long had a reputation for being a honeymooner’s paradise. Beautiful beaches, palm trees, year round sunlight...
Panel Proposes New Jobs to Root Out Piracy
Piracy is the by-product of unemployment and disregard faced by entire generations of young men and women in Somalia, according to...