The captain of a sinking Indonesian ferry managed to steer his ship onto a reef to enable the evacuation of more than 100 passengers, but 31 people drowned as the vessel floundered in stormy seas, officials said on Wednesday.…
Most of us use them every day, the thin plastic bags used by almost every retailer we visit. Whether we’re shopping for groceries or the newest Prada, you can almost guarantee that you’ll be leaving the store with a plastic…
Family members of missing victims of a capsized ferry mourn during a mass memorial service at Lake Toba in North Sumatra on July 3, 2018. Photo: Lazuardy Fahmi / AFP Authorities in Indonesia were scrambling on Tuesday to rescue about…
Credit: Mathew Waters A new study has predicted that future global warming will lead to an increase in extreme sea levels, with consequent flood risks to coastal infrastructure and human populations. Extreme sea levels occur through a combination of…
M/V Ansac Splendor. File Photo: MarineTraffic.com/Les Blair Two people were killed when a vessel’s mooring line snapped at the Port of Longview in southwestern Washington State last Thursday. The accident occurred as the Panama-flagged bulk carrier M/V Ansac Splendor was…
International shipping industry organizations, with military support, have launched a new website dedicated to providing comprehensive maritime security guidance to companies and mariners. Launched yesterday, the new website www.maritimeglobalsecurity.org provides security-related guidance produced by the industry as well as…
Around 100 people are thought to have drowned from a migrant boat off Libya’s western coast, a coastguard official said on Friday. The coastguard picked up 14 survivors from the boat just east of the capital, Tripoli, the official said.…
Image Courtesy: Pixabay under CC0 Creative Commons license The level of customers’ satisfaction with the service quality of container shipping companies has dropped since 2016, according to the shipper satisfaction survey conducted by Drewry and the European Shippers’ Council (ESC).…
The second edition of the Ghana Shippers Awards was held to celebrate individuals and companies that are playing a significant role in the growth and development of the Ghanaian shipping industry. The awards seek to recognize shipping companies which have…
Illustration. Image Courtesy: Pexels under CC0 Creative Commons license Today, once again, marks the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Day of the Seafarer, focused this year on seafarer wellbeing. 2017 and 2018 have seen strong momentum in the industry to address…