Investigators continue to probe the cause of a fire on Ao Nang Princess 5 as Thailand tightens rules on ship safety. The ferry caught fire on 8 April en route from Krabi to Phuket with 116 passengers ...
Thai fire ferry had no safety breaches say investigators
Grounded freighter in St Lawrence River blocks traffic
The US Coast Guard and Seaway Development Corp are investigating the grounding on 20 April of the Juno, a 621ft bulk carrier operated by Polsteam, near the American section of the Thousand Islands ...
Mexico touts Gulf port expansion
Mexico's top port official expects energy sector reforms to fuel a surge in growth at ports along the country's Gulf coast. Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa, general co-ordinator of Mexican Ports and Merchant ...
Saudi Aramco Rumored to be Buying VLCCs
By MarEx 2015-04-21 04:44:25 Board members of Saudi Aramco visited the headquarters of South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd on Tuesday, as the shipping arm of Saudi Arabia's state oil firm ...
Distressed Drilling Assets Sales Expected
By MarEx 2015-04-21 04:38:22 The oil drilling industry faces a wave of take-overs in the next two years as crude prices are expected to remain under $85 per barrel, said Claus Hemmingsen, chief ...
Australia’s East Hit by Cyclone-Like Storm
By MarEx 2015-04-21 03:29:46 A cyclonic storm battered Australia's east coast on Tuesday killing three people, washing away houses, cutting power to more than 200,000 homes and stranding a cruise ...
Myanmar Port Plan Goes Ahead
By MarEx 2015-04-21 03:26:48 Italian Thai Development and Rojana Industrial Park will sign a $1.7-billion deal to develop the first phase of the long-delayed Dawei industrial zone in southeastern ...
Top Ten Maritime News Stories 21/04/2015
Posted on: Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 By: Szymanski Seacurus Daily: Top Ten Maritime News Stories 21/04/2015 1. Rescuers May Have Caused Deaths The boat that sank in the Mediterranean over the ...
Maersk Drilling boss: Oil production costs the problem, not prices
A rebound in oil prices is meaningless unless production costs come down, said Maersk Drilling CEO Claus Hemmingsen. Speaking at Sea Asia 2015 in Singapore on 21 April, Hemmingsen said, "Oil ...
Private school registration revoked over errant diplomas
Kings International Business School (KIBS), a private education institution (PEI) in Singapore, will have its registration cancelled for issuing errant diplomas to several of its students, the Council ...


