The opening conference at Nor-Shipping sought to try and illuminate the disruption that shipping faces with opinions from both industry and non-industry voices. For the generally very practically minded shipping executive the presentations took us...

When it comes to Asia and ship management the cities of Hong Kong or Singapore are most likely to spring to mind, not Bangkok. However, the Thai capital is home to Highland Maritime, which since 2010 has been growing itself a nice little business...

The navigation systems on your vessel shutdown or malfunction at a critical time due to a cyber event and it crashes into the wharf leaving a huge gash in the hull. It’s a nightmare scenario that is becoming all too real in the interconnected...

The New York and global ship finance markets are in a “wait and see” mode was the message from Evercore Group md Yohan Minaya in a recent presentation.

Heerema Marine Contractors and Sembcorp Marine have showcased the world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV), featuring dual-fuel engines and two main cranes with a combined lifting capacity of 20,000 tonnes.

The Sri Lankan cabinet is expected to meet today to ratify a tripartite deal with India and Japan for the operation and maintenance of the much-delayed East Container Terminal (ECT) at Colombo’s deep-draughted South Harbour.

Digitalization is happening now in the shipping ecosystem. Big words aside, what this means to shipowners is that information about equipment, processes, you name it... can be generated, stored and analyzed in larger quantities, with more...

After all the hype and public protests those familiar with the workings of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will not be surprised to learn there were no major announcements coming out of last week’s Marine Environment Protection...

Bright sun and blue skies greeted the record numbers of attendees at this week’s two-day Tugnology 2019 technical conference taking place in Liverpool, UK, reflecting the current upturn in the tug newbuilding market.

The crashes involving the Boeing 737 Max aircraft linked to an automated system illustrate why the autonomous ship is long way off, says Frank Coles, ceo of Wallem Group.