Videotel Marine International, a leading supplier of training software solutions to the maritime industry, has responded to the growing importance of Electronic Charts Display Information Systems (ECDIS) by launching a brand new course designed to explain current international law and…

H.M.S Bounty pictured transiting the Panama Canal through the Pedro Miguel and Miraflores Locks as part of a world wind promotional tour celebrating the ship’s historic significance. Crossing Canal waters for the first time since the 1990s, the Bounty left…

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement has condemned claims by the International Transport Workers Federation that the 12 Filipino seafarers onboard the Liberian registered 27,350 dwt chemical oil tanker Lady Chiara had no fresh food and only contaminated water to drink and has…

Up to 10% or 15% of the world ship orderbook is at risk of not being built because contracts will fail to achieve refund guarantees, according to one of the industry’s largest shipbroking groups.

The situation is worst in China,…

A lawmaker close to Silvio Berlusconi has been nominated as Italy’s man in the European Commission following the departure of Franco Frattini to join Berlusconi’s new government, the Commission said.

Antonio Tajani, the head of Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party in…

The European Commission has confirmed it has written to a number of companies to outline its suspicions that they have been participating in a cartel suspected of controlling the market for marine hoses.

The Commission did not name any of…

Top US broker and CMA stalwart Basil Mavroleon has stepped down as Managing Director of Charles R. Weber claiming it was time to hand over to someone younger.

The company announced on Monday that it had chosen James L Ford…

Nasdaq-listed bulker owner Paragon Shipping has started charter negotiations on six of its 11-strong bulker fleet and is looking to place them on longer term three year charters instead of the traditional one year deals to take advantage of the…

Ireland has launched a public consultation process to pave the way for the creation of a new ship register that will enforce legislation on safety and living conditions aboard and help improve maritime safety.

Noel Dempsey, Irish Minister for Transport…

Harry Vafias has suggested his publicly-quoted vehicle StealthGas will adopt a conservative approach to expansion over the next 12 months because of the effects of the credit crunch but has not ruled out a foray into the larger tanker sector…