Ferry with hundreds aboard capsizes in Bangladesh

A ferry with about 200 passengers on board capsized in Bangladesh yesterday in a river southwest…

Whale watching cruise passengers stranded overnight

A planned three-hour whale watching cruise off the Massachusetts coast turned into an all-night affair for…

Mitsui OSK Lines sees profits squeezed in first quarter

First quarter profits for Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) fell to JPY8.51bn ($83.97m) as shipping markets remained…

Singapore port authority launches safety at sea campaign

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has launched a Safety@Sea Singapore campaign on Thursday to…

UN blacklists North Korea arms ship operator

The UN Security Council has blacklisted the operator of a North Korean ship seized in July…

Costa Concordia arrives safely in Genoa, completing historic salvage operation

The wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner limped into its last port on Sunday, when it was…

Kenyan Police kill two men suspected of plotting ferry attack

Kenyan police said on Friday they shot and killed two armed men suspected of planning an…

Sewol ferry survivors recount ordeal

Students who survived South Korea’s ferry disaster have described escaping from flooded cabins as the ship…

Container volumes up at DP World

DP World Limited handled 29.4 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container…

Typhoon washes tanker ashore in Taiwan

Product tanker Sheng Chang, sailing under the Belize flag, ran aground on a beach off the…

IMB warns on ‘worrying trend’ of small tanker hijacks in Asia

The number of piracy attacks worldwide fell in the first half 2014 according to the International…

Antwerp to set up new LNG bunkering facility

The Port of Antwerp is calling for tenders to set up a new LNG bunkering station…