Ignoring industry leaders and human rights and environmental organisations, ship owners continue to profit from dangerous and dirty shipbreaking practices on South Asian beaches in 2015, according to new data released today by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform. 768 large

The Nautical Institute and CIRM (the principal international association for marine electronics companies) yesterday launched a joint initiative to improve the usability of navigation and communication technology on board ships. Speaking at the International e-Navigation Underway

The World Health Organization has declared the recent outbreak of Zika virus a “global public health emergency”. This change in the status of this epidemic reflects the gravity with which the spread of Zika virus is now being viewed by international health organisations. The Pan American Health Organization is publishing updates

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder and a leading marine engine maker, announced today that it produced the world’s first High Pressure Selective Catalytic Reduction (HP SCR)

Under Maltese law, all sorts of vessels can be registered under the Malta flag, hence the type of vessel which may be considered for registration can vary and amongst others may include yachts, oil rigs, and also vessels under construction.

The Paris climate agreement’s target of limiting global warming well below 2°C will be impossible without measures to curb shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions, MEPs told industry representatives last week. Including shipping CO2 in the EU’s emissions trading system (ETS)

While China’s slowing economic growth had negative impacts on a number of major shipping sectors in 2015, Chinese seaborne crude imports still expanded robustly by 9% y-o-y to 6.2m bpd. China is the world’s largest seaborne crude importer, accounting for more than 15% of global

Well, 2015 was really quite a year. Brent opened in January at c.$49/bbl, the price having tumbled in Q4 2014; the subsequent rally, which saw it pass $65/bbl, was cut short, and in December, it fell past $37/bbl. Expectations of a brief correction were confounded, and with E&P cuts biting and oil still falling,

Any shipowner who has had the unfortunate experience of having one of its vessels detained for purportedly falsifying the oil record book, bypassing mandatory anti-pollution equipment or discharging oil waste directly overboard

An EU-funded project has shown how smart materials and structures can be used by the European shipbuilding industry to produce vessels that are more adaptable to a variety of maritime environments. The ADAM4EVE project, which ended in December