Following maintenance on the Gatun Locks in the first half of April the Panama Canal Authority plans to gradually increase transits to close to normal levels.

The Indian Register of Shipping has recruited a new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) responsible for accelerating its digitalisation initiatives.

“IMO is not slow”, was the reply of Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez when asked to respond to those impatient with its pace on regulation for decarbonisation of shipping.

Twenty years after adoption the full implementation of the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) is due in September but there are concerns that a significant number of vessels will still not meet the requirements.

Shipping has reached a watershed moment as regulation and digitalisation have combined to alter the nature of the relationship between owners and charterers.

Recent analysis by UK-based marine assurance specialist, MIS Marine, has revealed that longer voyages undertaken by LNG carriers re-routed round the Cape of Good Hope to avoid the risks of the Red Sea, are having a negative impact on the ships’...

In the wake of the Baltimore bridge tragedy Michael Grey explores stricter tug requirements, machinery testing, and the causes of shipboard power outages.

A vessel master and shipowner Fu Ye Shipping have been convicted by the Australian courts for an accident that led to serious injuries to a ship pilot.

Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has made a bid for Australian yard group Austal but faces an uphill struggle on approvals.