Two oil rig workers died in an accident on Saturday, October 18th on board Ensco 104…
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Hong Kong port volumes plunge 7.3% in September
Container throughput at the Port of Hong Kong plunged 7.3% in September, falling to 1.79 million…
Shipping earnings index plunges
The Drewry All Earnings Index, which covers the main bulk shipping markets, fell 25% in September…
IMO agrees to industry push for ballast water convention review
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and Intertanko have praised IMO’s decision to implement a more…
Carnival: Quarantined Dallas nurse has no Ebola symptoms
A Dallas hospital nurse travelling on board Carnival Magic who was denied entry to Belize on the…
Sweden hunts mystery foreign submarine spotted in its waters
Sweden said it is responding to a new security situation and won’t tolerate breaches as the…
Boskalis wins $1.5bn Suez Canal dredging contract
A consortium consisting of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis), Van Oord, NMDC (Abu Dhabi) and Jan de Nul (Belgium)…
Guinea: 18 bodies recovered from shipwreck
The bodies of 18 persons of the 43 passengers who went missing after their boat sank…
Turkey ratifies Ballast Water Management Convention
Turkey has ratified the the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, becoming the…
Singapore container volumes rise 3.5% in September
The port of Singapore recorded 2.81 million TEU of box volumes in September, increasing from a…
Panama Canal tonnage rises by 2%
The Panama Canal registered an increase in tonnage to 326.8m PC/UMS (Panama Canal/Universal Measurement System) tonnes…
Oil prices continue to fall as output hits levels not seen since the ’80s
West Texas Intermediate extended its rout from the lowest price in 22 months amid speculation that…