By MarEx 2017-01-16 18:52:04 Specialty and offshore shipbuilder Vard has signed a letter of intent for one expedition cruise ship, its seventh to date. The $120 million vessel will be about 145 ...
More Than Offshore: Vard Builds Another Cruise Ship
Less Pain, Not Much Gain for Dry Bulk
By MarEx 2017-01-16 18:39:05 The dry bulk market’s strong end to 2016 is unlikely to last long into 2017, according to the latest research from Maritime Strategies International. In its latest ...
A Change of Command for HMS Daring – By Camelback
By Royal Navy News 2017-01-16 17:55:20 Nearly three years in charge of HMS Daring came to an end on a Bahrain beach on the back of a camel for Cdr. Phil Dennis. Rather than a sports car or vintage ...
Car Carrier Fire in Gulf of Mexico
By MarEx 2017-01-16 17:48:34 A U.S.-flagged car carrier caught fire on Monday and is now adrift in the Gulf of Mexico with 20 crew on board. The 199-meter (653-foot) Alliance St Louis is operating ...
Is Hull Fouling as Harmful as Untreated Ballast?
By MarEx 2017-01-16 15:48:58 At a presentation at the World Ocean Council's Sustainable Ocean Summit last month, IMO technical officer Dr. Theofanis Karayannis suggested that hull biofouling could ...
Head of Samsung May Face Arrest
By MarEx 2017-01-16 12:56:39 Lee Jae-yong, the de facto leader of Korean industrial conglomerate Samsung, faces allegations that he funneled $36 million in bribes to the president of South Korea in ...
China, Vietnam Pledge South China Sea Peace
By MarEx 2017-01-16 01:38:02 China and Vietnam issued a joint statement on Saturday, pledging to manage their maritime differences and safeguard peace in the South China Sea. The statement came ...
ECSA Calls for Global Ship Recycling List
By MarEx 2017-01-15 19:06:33 The European Commission recently published its first edition of the E.U. list of approved ship recycling facilities. At this stage, it only features yards situated in ...
Greek shipping companies fined USD2.7 million for oil dumping
Two Greek shipping companies have been ordered to pay a combined USD2.7 million for dumping oil and attempting to hide the evidence. Athens-based ship manager Oceanfleet Shipping has been fined ...
ECSA calls on EU to encourage Asian ship recyclers
Shipowners’ body the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) on Friday called on the European Union to include on its approved ship recycling list Asian shipbreaking yards that ...