Outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis are rare but traumatic events for the cruise industry, with the potential for itineraries to be shortened and hundreds of passengers to be infected on the...
What is good for the world isn’t necessarily good for shipping as we know it. That, arguably, is the key takeaway from a recently published study looking into the effects...
PSA Corporation began the development of S$20bn ($14.5bn) Tuas Port project in Singapore, the University of Southampton in the UK and Shell Shipping & Maritime established a maritime research centre...
The UK Government is planning to establish up to ten ‘free ports’ across Britain after Brexit to boost trade, though many claim these areas could facilitate money laundering and tax...
In just three years, 37 cases of whales colliding with ships were recorded off the US east coast alone. Could a new, smart sensor-based marine tracking system, developed by a...
In this issue: the IMO’s Hong Kong Convention, reducing whale collisions at sea, and asking leading women in shipping how the maritime sector can help attract more female employees.
Germany has become the 13th member of the Hong Kong Convention, the International Maritime Organisation’s treaty covering the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships – but will the legislation...
Singapore has topped the 2019 Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development Index, which ranks cities that offer port and shipping business services, for the sixth consecutive year. Here is a look...
Isolation while at sea can mean seafarers fall prey to depression. While technology is often thought of as a solution for keeping people connected it is also often the reason...
The Big River Coalition has been highlighting the importance of dredging in the Mississippi River Channel so it is deep enough to support the larger ships that navigate the waterways...
