Marine insurers record strong drop in hull losses

The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has released its Spring Statistics which found the percentage…

Costa Concordia heads to the scrapyard

Maneouvres began early yesterday to remove the rusty hulk of the Costa Concordia cruise liner from…

S’Korea finds body of fugitive ferry owner

South Korean police have said that a body found last month in the south of the…

APM Terminals sells Virginia facility

APM Terminals has sold its Virginia terminal to two investment funds in the US and the…

European forwarders report mixed expectations for summer

European freight forwarders have reported a strong volume performance last month and optimism for July but…

Britain floats biggest aircraft carrier in history

Britain’s biggest ever warship HMS Queen Elizabeth took to the water for the first time last…

African migrants suffocate on voyage to Italy

Italian rescuers have found 18 bodies on a boat carrying hundreds of asylum-seekers and another died…

HHI shipbuilding orders down in first half

Hyundai Heavy Industries’ (HHI) new shipbuilding orders for the first half have fallen 15% from the…

Jaenichen confirmed as U.S. maritime administrator

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Paul “Chip” Jaenichen as Maritime Administrator of the U.S. Maritime Administration.…

John Hayes appointed as new UK shipping minister

A member of the British Parliament, John Hayes, has been announced as the new shipping minister,…

U.S. woman rescued at sea with family sues satellite phone company

A U.S. woman rescued with her family from a Pacific Ocean sailboat after her infant daughter…

Kenya makes record heroin haul from ship in Mombasa

Kenyan police on Tuesday seized 341.7 kg of heroin hidden in the diesel tank of a…