Crackdown on recycling of EU-flagged ships in Asia
Europe’s biggest shipowner body, the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), is supporting a controversial proposed amendment to the EU’s...
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Horrifying moment oil tanker explodes in Bangkok
An oil tanker has exploded as it was preparing to depart a port in Bangkok, killing one man and...
Lloyd’s Register withdraws services to Russia
Lloyd’s Register (LR), the technical and business services organisation and maritime classification society, has cut ties with all Russian...
UK injects £4bn into shipbuilding industry
Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Cammell Laird dockyard in Merseyside last week, as he announced over £4 billion of...
Ship carrying 4,000 luxury cars sinks in Atlantic after fire
After burning for almost two weeks, the abandoned cargo ship holding around US$401m (£295m) worth of supercars has sunk...
‘Frozen in time’ – wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance found after 107 years
Endurance, the lost ship of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, has been found 107 years after it sank. Widely...
Marco Polo Marine to develop delivery drones for offshore wind farms
Marine logistics company Marco Polo Marine and Singapore-based F-drones have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to co-develop electric...
Fears grow for all seafarers caught-up in Russian aggression
The Merchant Navy Welfare Board (MNWB) has launched an emergency sim card fund of £5,000 to ensure Ukrainian seafarers...
ICS: Seafarers could become ‘collateral damage’ in Russia sanctions
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the shipping industry’s principal international trade association, has urged shipowners to ensure seafarers...
Hackers rename Putin’s superyacht ‘FCKPTN’ in maritime data breach
A group of Anonymous hackers have renamed the superyacht reportedly owned by Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘FCKPTN’ and changed...
UK bans all Russian vessels
The UK has told its ports to restrict access to any Russian flagged, registered, owned, controlled, chartered or operated...
