SwissMarine Hires One of Diana Shipping’s Capesize Vessels

The technology group Wärtsilä has acquired Burriel Navarro, S.L, a company operating in underwater services in the main ports of Spain. The acquisition supports the growth of Wärtsilä’s underwater services and expands the company’s local presence in the European market. Burriel Navarro will be part of Trident, a Wärtsilä company. Burriel Navarro has 20 employees…

The Canadian Senate is giving consideration to legislation — Bill C-48 — that would prohibit large tankers carrying crude and heavy oils from stopping, loading or unloading at ports in northern B.C. The area covered by the proposed ban would extend from the Canada-Alaska border to the northern tip of Vancouver Island. “Such a dramatic…

It was announced by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) that they will be developing a new vessel imagar recognition and recording system and the system’s installation for demonstration testing aboriad the cruise ship “Nippon Maru” jointly with SenseTime Japan Ltd. By incorporating MOL’s knowledge and putting in artificial iintelligence, the systems graphic recognition engine was…

Huge ships an cruises docking in ports are some of the most exciting things for a maritime lover. it’s a sheer delight to see these behemoths navigating in to narrow ports. Let’s watch how a huge cruise ship navigates a narrow port. Just recently,  Royal Caribbean displayed this beautiful maneuvering with Oasis of the Seas,…

Maersk and other carriers in the industry are working to improve safety and reliability in the Containerized Maritime Supply Chain, by verifying that cargo descriptions match actual contents of the container and that the contents of the container are correctly stuffed, lashed and secured. As part of this work, we have recently implemented a Physical…

AMSA Releases NESMP Review For Improved Marine Protection AMSA has released the 2019 Review of the North-East Shipping Management Plan (NESMP). The review is released to enhance the protection of the Great Barrier Reef, Torres Strait and the Coral Sea region. In 2014, the NESMP was developed jointly with industry and key interest groups by…