The City of New York's famed Staten Island Ferry will be seeing one of its vessels converted to LNG propulsion in a pilot project nearing the end of its planning stages, according to James DeSimone, the ferry's chief operating officer, who spoke...

Qatar: Milaha has reported full-year net profits of $229m for 2012, versus $195m for the same period in 2011.

Dubai: Recently released chemical tanker Royal Grace has docked at Salalah port, ending a 12 month ordeal as the hostages of pirates for its 20 crew.

Singapore: A collision in Singapore waters on Wednesday between a containership and a harbourcraft has left one dead and one injured.

Athens: Leading Greek shipping advocate and European Union rapporteur, Anna Bredima, has called for more pressure to be put on the European Union and legislative authorities in general in a bid to raise the public awareness of maritime piracy.

Singapore: The Panama Canal could lose up to half its container line services from Asia to US East Coast (USEC) as line cascade 7,000 – 9,000 teu vessels off the Asia – Europe according to Maersk Line ceo Soren Skou.

Dubai: Unconfirmed media reports are claiming that crude oil tanker Smyrni and her crew of 26 have been released by Somali pirates and are heading to Salalah.

Dubai: The Royal Grace and its 20 crew have been released by Somali pirates after it was hijacked a year ago, EU Navfor reports.

Singapore: A seafarer is missing after an Indonesia coaster Budi Jasa 18 collided with a ferry and sank off Singapore early on Saturday morning.

Singapore: Singapore's Keppel Shipyard has undertaken the country's first ballast water treatment system (BWTS) retrofit project for a VLCC owned by Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL).