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A video has been released on the Panama Canal YouTube page which exhibits the ongoing progress of expansion of the famous waterway.

Commercial ships passing through the Malacca and Singapore straits have been warned to be alert for possible theft by local people and pirates while ...

Commercial ships passing through the Malacca and Singapore straits have been warned to be alert for possible theft by local people and pirates while ...

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced that a successful test has been completed on the third set of locks on the Panama Canal...

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Israeli navy veteran Ami DANIEL points at his computer screen and explains why the ship he was tracking should have been stopped and searched.

Owners of the new breed of mega vessels have been warned that the lack of hydrographic data for vast parts of the world's shipping lanes creates a real threat of grounding.

As they sailed on the turbulent tides of the sea off the coast of Cote D'Ivoire, several thoughts ran through the minds of the 18 crew members on board MT MAXIMUS, a Saudi-Arabian ship. Perhaps, some of the thoughts could have been when they would return home to their loved ones , having spent six months on the sea.Then, an incident that punctured their thoughts and truncated the sailing escapade occurred, with the unprecedented invasion of some armed pirates right inside the ship!

More than 4,600 people have been plucked to safety from unseaworthy boats off the Libyan coast over the past three days, the Italian coastguard said Sunday, as migrants took advantage of calmer waters to attempt the perilous journey across the Mediterranean.

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A fourth known lawsuit has been filed against vessel owners Tote for the loss of container ship El Faro in Hurricane Joaquin on October 1, according to Reuters.

Updated December 02, 2018 10:09:23 Photo: The giant waterslide at Kulin in WA's Wheatbelt is attracting tourism dollars. (ABC Great Southern: Mark Bennett) As capital cities get bigger and country towns get smaller, the question of how to attract skilled people to regional Australia has never been so pertinent. Key points The tiny town of…

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing safe steering for the remote-monitored and controlled autonomous ships of the future. The new technology has been developed for navigation systems and ship autopilots, which steer ships automatically.

Race Control for the Volvo Ocean Race has been informed by Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag of a man overboard incident on Monday afternoon at approximately 13:42 UTC

If ship hulls were coated with special high-tech air trapping materials, up to one percent of global CO2 emissions could be avoided. This is the conclusion reached by scientists from the University of Bonn together with colleagues from St. Augustin and Rostock in a recent study. According to the study, ships could save up to 20 percent of fuel as a result of reduced drag. If so-called antifouling effects are also considered, such as the reduced growth of organisms on the hull, the reduction can even be doubled. The study has now been published in the journal "Philosophical Transactions A".

The Panama Canal Authority has been monitoring AIS messages and have encountered that many vessels were transmitting incomplete or incorrect data.

"Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet" has been selected as the World Maritime theme for 2020. This will provide an opportunity to raise awareness of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and showcase the work that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and its Member States are undertaking to achieve the targets.