Somalian pirates have demanded a ransom of 400,000 US dollars to release an Indian cargo ship with a 21-member crew they had hijacked off the coast of Somalia last month.
A Norfolk-based guided missile cruiser helped a Panamanian diesel tanker last week when it was fired upon and illegally boarded in the Arabian Gulf.
Lockheed Martin launched Lider, the first of two SLICE(R) Crew Transport Vessels (SCTV) the company is building for Hoteleria y Servicios Petroleros, S. A. de C.V. (HSP) of Mexico on Saturday.
Aker Arctic, which started operations as a new company in the beginning of 2005, has erected a modern new office and ice model test facility in the Vuosaari district of Helsinki.
Most managers in the US maritime industry are relaxed about the takeover of P&O
Proposals for a massive deep water terminal on Teesside could result in up to 7,000 new jobs, port bosses claim.
Bloemsma & van Breemen has announced the signing of a contract to build a 41-metre (134
An Australian cruise ship carrying 1,500 passengers is on its way to a Malaysian port for repairs after spending 30 hours stranded in the Malacca Strait.
Over the course of the seven-night trip on Explorer of the Seas, 243 of the 3,252 guests and 19 of the 1,184 crew members experienced what is believed to be a norovirus, according to a statement released by the cruise company.
A cargo ship sank after colliding with another vessel in Estonian waters early today, but the crew of 14 was evacuated safely to a Russian icebreaker.
Hamworthy, a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative marine and offshore fluid handling systems, has won an order from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) to supply five liquid natural gas reliquefaction systems (“LNG-RS”),
Ship timbers from a mothballed Middle Kingdom industrial shipyard at Wadi Gawasis in Egypt provide the most ancient direct evidence for seafaring in complex watercraft anywhere in the world.
A North Korean cargo ship that led the Australian navy on a four-day sea chase is to be destroyed despite its captain being acquitted of heroin smuggling charges, police said on Monday.
A crew member on a Hong Kong-based container ship died Sunday after being critically injured during a routine lifeboat-safety drill at Terminal 18 on Harbor Island.
