Read marine industry news about shipping and the maritime sector. This archive contains marine shipping stories.
GT Green Technologies, in collaboration with Carisbrooke Shipping and The University of Bristol, believes it’s set to revolutionise commercial shipping with its groundbreaking wind propulsion solution, AirWing. The project has been awarded a substantial £3.7m grant to install a 20-metre AirWing unit on a Carisbrooke Shipping vessel in the UK. The grant is from the […]
Waiting times for the Panama Canal have risen dramatically after the number of crossings have been capped due to serious drought, with the numbers in the queue steadily increasing. The canal uses three times as much water as New York City on a daily basis and needs rainfall to replace it. But the rainy season […]
Nominations and registrations are now open for the Robban Assafina Maritime Awards Night, to be held on June 20, 2023 at the Hilton Beirut Habtoor Grand, Beirut-Lebanon. The Robban Assafina Maritime Awards – organised by the bimonthly maritime magazine Robban Assafina – honour international and regional maritime figures of significant roles, accomplishments and valued milestones […]
A consortium led by zero-emission vessel provider ACUA Ocean in partnership with zero-emission infrastructure provider Unitrove has won a multi-million pound UK government grant in a major push to decarbonise the maritime sector. The Hydrogen Innovation – Future Infrastructure & Vessel Evaluation and Demonstration (HI-FIVED) consortium will receive over £3.8m of funding to build and […]
A Chinese freighter ran aground on a large coral reef just off the Japanese island of Ishigaki, 125nmi to the east of Taiwan. It’s reported that the freighter Xin Hai Zhou 2 lost power between Ishigaki and Kohama Island, with the crew requesting assistance from the Japan Coast Guard. High winds caused the ship to […]
Tankers, cruise ships, ports, and the wider maritime sector are being encouraged to find ways to slash emissions and boost economic growth, thanks to £60m of funding for the UK maritime industry. To mark this year’s World Maritime Day (29 September), transport secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan is announcing funding for the third round of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC), which will […]
Over the last two years, there has been a ‘worrying’ break in the downward trend for losses, with the average number of containers lost at sea per year increasing by 18 per cent to 1,629. Figures in the new World Shipping Council (WSC) Containers Lost at Sea report, covering 2020-2021, shows that containers lost overboard […]
A livestock vessel carrying thousands of sheep sank in Sudan’s Red Sea port of Suakin yesterday (12June22), drowning most animals onboard, but with all crew surviving. “The ship, Badr 1, sank during the early hours of Sunday morning,” a Sudanese official told The Guardian. “It was carrying 15,800 sheep.” “The sunken ship will affect the […]
After burning for almost two weeks, the abandoned cargo ship holding around US$401m (£295m) worth of supercars has sunk off the Azores Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean. Felicity Ace‘s cargo is said to be some 4,000 vehicles, including Porsches, Audis, Lamborghinis and Bentleys. The Panama-flagged ship caught fire in the middle of the Atlantic […]
A man swam for his life after nearly being mowed down by a 195,000 ton cargo ship in Southampton Water early Sunday morning (6Mar22). Passengers onboard a Red Funnel car ferry captured the harrowing moment shortly before 09:50. Three men in two dinghies were attempting to move out of the way of 400m long container […]
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the shipping industry’s principal international trade association, has urged shipowners to ensure seafarers do not become ‘collateral damage’ of Russian sanctions following the Ukraine invasion. The ICS, which represents 80 per cent of the world’s merchant fleet, has also warned of supply chain disruption should the free movement of […]