The environmental catastrophe predicted when salvage surveyors inspected the Russian dark fleet Supermax, the Cameroon-flagged Caroline Bezengi (159,168 dwt), beached on rocks off an Omani island, is beginning to unfold.
A long-simmering dispute over the Netherlands government plans to cut social security benefits is heating up as the union FNV Havens declared a national strike day for port workers.
The Port of Shanghai, which has been the busiest container port for the past 16 years and continues to set records, smashed the record for daily container throughput.
Cargo fires rank at the top of the list of hazards aboard a modern container ship, in part because the operator has limited control over the cargo.
Swedish prosecutors confirmed over the weekend that they had requested that the captain of a Norwegian cargo ship be arrested and detained on charges of having caused a death when the ship, the Misje Verde, ran down a small pleasure…
The Ministry of Reconstruction, Infrastructure, and Transport of Ukraine asserts that Russia is now trying to intimidate international shipowners and undermine confidence in the safety of civilian shipping.
