Port of Cork is host to a United Nations capacity building programme on international trade TrainForTrade Port Training Programme focussing on ‘Modern Port Management’ which kicked off yesterday (Tuesday, 22nd May ) and which will run in the city for…

Fathom, the leading provider of market intelligence products and services for the marine, energy and environment industries, today announced the launch of CTech – the first online tool to provide a fully searchable and impartial critical analysis of all available…

The American P&I Club has released a new e-learning module, Vessel General Permit (VGP), to enable members to comply with the US Environmental Protection Agency’s discharge requirements for all vessels trading to the US.

The 2008 VGP concerns discharges which…

Dynamic positioning (DP) is essential to an ever increasing number of maritime sectors. Today there are over 1,000 DP-capable vessels, and whilst the majority of them are operationally related to the exploration or exploitation of oil and gas reserves, DP…

Piracy was top of the agenda at this year’s Asian Shipowners’ Forum annual meeting in Douglas, Australia with participants coming together to demonstrate their support for the Save our Seafarers campaign.

Over the past seven years, more than 62 seafarers…

Graig China Ltd (GCL), part of the Cardiff-based Graig Group, has been contracted by Hong Kong-based Global Union Shipping Limited to supervise the construction of 10 157,000 dwt suezmax crude oil tankers building at Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries Co Ltd…

The International Transport Workers’ Federation  (ITF) has applauded Tuesday’s EU NAVFOR airborne operation to destroy pirate equipment on the Somali shore.

Commenting on the attack, Dave Heindel, chair of the Federation’s seafarers’ section, said: “This appears to have been a…

In April, Cargotec secured new contracts  to deliver MacGregor anchor-handling, mooring and towing solutions for 15 offshore support vessels (OSV) of various types being built in China for Asian customers. The ships are being built in several shipyards in China…

The SaveOurSeafarers campaign has applauded yesterday’s EUNAVFOR airborne operation to destroy pirate equipment on the Somali coastline – action against known pirate supply bases on the shore which is expected to disrupt Somali pirates’ efforts to launch attacks on merchant…

INTERTANKO is to open discussions with insurers and charterers about reclassifying the pirate infested waters off Somalia as a ‘war zone’ as opposed to a war-risk area to allow its owner members to legitimately avoid transiting the Gulf of…