The world’s first Masters degree in Maritime Security has been launched by the University of Greenwich.

SMI first revealed plans for the course last October and the university will be taking on new students this September in the hope of…

Shipping noise causes chronic stress to whales, scientists have shown for the first time.

Researchers used the two days following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 to carry out a unique experiment when shipping traffic ground to a halt in…

Drewry Maritime Research’s latest edition of its Dry Bulk Forecaster has pulled no punches in its assessment of a market that looks certain to continue hitting dry bulk ship owners hard.

Tonnage supply hit a massive 605 million dwt at…

Spot rates for AG/West VLCC voyages have dropped by 25% in the past seven years according to figures recorded by Braemar Seascope.

With so much discussion of poor freight rates available to VLCC owners hiring their ships out for voyages…

InterManager, the international trade association for the ship management industry, has started 2012 with significant expansion.

Last month it welcomed two Full Members – ship management companies Histria, based in Romania, and Green Wave, from Singapore – and two…

The Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), whose member national shipowners’ associations represent all sectors and trades and more than 80% of the world merchant fleet, met in London yesterday (6th February), where issues as far-reaching…

Videotel Marine International has launched a new training programme, Ship Call – Visiting a Ship in Port, designed to provide all those who visit ships with the training needed to reduce the risks involved in any ship call.

Claiming that…

As the Baltic Dry Index plumbs all-time depths, those with long memories are recalling the dark days of the 1980s for the shipping markets. However, steel traders can look forward to a bumper year of supply of vessels for recycling…

Resolve Maritime Academy is to deliver state-of-the-art simulator-based safety and navigation training for Royal Caribbean Cruise ship personnel, to include simulation-based training to enhance safety at sea for the cruise line’s personnel and guests.

Royal Caribbean Cruise has selected Resolve…

Container service reliability reached a new high in the final quarter of 2011 with an on-time average of 69% across all the trades covered by Drewry’s Schedule Reliability Insight report, just published.

The latest result was up by six percentage points…