New Zealand Faces Expected Ship Officer Shortages Head-On
Worldwide shortages of over 42,500 officers expected by 2019 has prompted New Zealand’s maritime industry and ...
read more →ITLOS to Hear Asia Maritime Disputes in Singapore
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) and Singapore’s Ministry of Law have signed a Joint ...
read more →Iranian Fishermen Flee from Somali Pirates
An Iranian fishing dhow and its crew members managed to escape from Somali pirates after being held hostage ...
read more →Warmest Year Ever Prompts NOAA Climate Change Strategy
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has taken a first step in providing regional fisheries ...
read more →Faroe Islands Deny Entry to Sea Shepherd's Vessel
Sea Shepherd’s anti-whaling activist vessel Bob Barker, which arrived in the Faroe Islands on Monday, August ...
read more →Abengoa Wins Deal to Build Port Terminal in Uruguay
A consortium led by Spanish multinational corporation Abengoa has been awarded the construction of the new port ...
read more →Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is a Ticking Time Bomb
Scientists and volunteers at the Ocean Cleanup have concluded the so-called ”Mega Expedition” aimed at ...
read more →First Deepwater Horizon Compensation Funds Allocated
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, a new U.S. federal entity created by the RESTORE Act consisting of ...
read more →Vard Hooks Two Shipbuilding Contracts
Norwegian shipbuilder and ship designer Vard Holdings Limited has secured contracts for the construction of one ...
read more →Spotted: Smaragd Comes Home
Norwegian shipbuilder Havyard Ship Technology held a naming ceremony for Smaragd, a combined purse purse seiner / ...
read more →Spotted: Live Fish Carrier Taking Shape at Besiktas Shipyard
A Live Fish Carrier designed by Skipsteknisk and currently under construction at Turkey’s Besiktas Shipyard ...
read more →Hawaii Islands Bracing for Tropical Storm Guillermo
The U.S. Coast Guard continues to monitor and prepare for the arrival of Tropical Storm Guillermo in the main ...
read more →Sea Shepherd Volunteers Arrested in Faroe Islands
Two volunteer crewmembers from a ship operated by the conservationist group Sea Shepherd, Sam Simon, have been ...
read more →Readers’ Picks of the Week (4-8 of July)
Greek Shipowners Can’t Buy Fuel Due to Capital Controls Capital controls introduced by the Greek government could ...
read more →Spotted: Afrika All Made Up
The Jaczon-operated fishing trawler, Afrika, left Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen on July 9, fresh from a period in ...
read more →Seas Could Rise 6 Meters Despite UN Global Warming Cap
Sea levels could rise by 6 meters (20 feet) in the long rung even if a United Nations goal of limiting global ...
read more →European Parliament Adopts Amended Directive on Seafarers
The European Parliament’s Plenary session has adopted the agreement on the European Commission’s proposal for a ...
read more →Hong Kong Braces for Typhoon Linfa
Hong Kong’s marine department has issued a Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 3 ahead of Typhoon Linfa, ...
read more →Monsoon Storm Sinks Three Vessels in Andaman Sea
A container ship, a fishing boat and a barge have sunk in the Andaman Sea off the coast of Phuket, Thailand, in the ...
read more →Stolt-Nielsen Squeezes Higher Profit out of Falling Revenue
Oslo-listed Stolt-Nielsen Limited reported USD 42.5 million net profit for the second quarter ended May 31, 2015, a ...
read more →First Nations Slam Quebec Maritime Strategy
The Government of Quebec, Canada, has introduced a CAD 1.5 billion Quebec Maritime Strategy, to the delight of ...
read more →Japan Not Backing Down from Whaling Plans
Japan has declared its intent to continue hunting whales in the Southern Ocean regardless of the conclusion of the ...
read more →Indonesia to Ban Ordering Ships from Foreign Shipyards
Indonesia’s state-owned companies, ministries and institutions will be banned from ordering ships abroad as ...
read more →Nautilus Applauds Progress on Seafarer Rights
International maritime union Nautilus has welcomed news that the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has ...
read more →Gulf of Mexico ”Dead Zone” Unchanged
This year’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone, also called the”dead zone,” will be approximately 5,483 square ...
read more →Hong Kong Sulphur Switch to Cut Harmful Emissions by 60%
A new regulation under which ocean going vessels are required to switch to marine fuels with less than 0.5% sulphur ...
read more →Iceland’s Whale Meat Heading for Northern Sea Route?
A freighter carrying 1,800 tonnes of fin whale meat arrived in Tromso, Norway late last week, non-governmental ...
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