The Port of Antwerp has unveiled a 3% increase in throughput to 143m tonnes the first nine months of the year compared with the same period for 2012. Main reason for the growth was a 32% increase in liquid bulk cargoes, to 44.4m tonnes, with oil...

North Korean officials have been in Panama for a two-day visit to discuss the fate of the 35 seafarers from the Chong Chon Gang, held at a former military base since July.

Businesses at the Port of Antwerp are to establish a taskforce to defend the port from cybercrime by the end of the year, in response to a recent, sustained two year attack on the port by organised criminals.

Drydocks World has signed a strategic alliance agreement with German firm NSC Holding for the management of 56 vessels.

Rickmers Maritime Trust saw a boost to its bottomline in the third quarter as net profit rose strongly over the same period of last year.

Damen has secured a contract for two Seismic Research Support Vessels (SRSVs) for Dutch offshore services firm Redrijj Groen.

Kleven has secured a contract with offshore firm Østensjø Rederi worth NOK1.4bn ($236m), the largest ever order in the builder’s history, for an offshore construction vessel (OCV).

Piracy and good news are not terms that normally go together, but piracy figures for the first nine months of the year would indeed at first glance appear to be just that. Unfortunately appearances can be deceptive.

Royal Australian Navy vessel HMAS Melbourne has apprehended nine alleged pirates suspected to be the culprits of the recent attack on Island Splendor.

The piracy situation in Asia has improved in the first nine months of the year according to ReCAAP.