Court orders payout to Somali pirates

A European court has ordered France to pay thousands of euros to a group of Somali…

US lawmakers approve bipartisan Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation bill

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed H.R. 5769, the Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime…

Liberian Registry releases mandatory MLC compliance report

The Liberian Maritime Authority has just released the mandatory MLC Annual Report for 2013. This report…

Billionaire Sir Richard Branson launches Virgin Cruises

Eccentric billionaire Sir Richard Branson has made good on rumors of launching his own Virgin cruise…

Smuggled cigarettes found aboard abandoned ship in Greece

Authorities in Greece are trying to piece together the source of a large quantity of smuggled…

DP World gets $2.6b contract of Dubai’s Jebel Ali port

DP World, one of the largest port operators said that $2.6b acquisition would help flourish Jebel…

Cosco shipyard wins order for $30m livestock carrier

Cosco (Guangdong) Shipyard has won an order to build a livestock carrier valued at approximately $30m…

Qatar to build $4bn container port

Qatar has awarded construction contracts worth $3.8bn for a new container port, which is to be…

Seafarers largely unprotected from infectious diseases

Estimating the threat from infectious diseases in seafarers and identifying occupational infectious diseases requires well-designed and…

Video shows Captain Francesco Schettino trying to flee Costa Concordia

Prosecutors in an Italian court released video yesterday purportedly showing captain Francesco Schettino boarding a lifeboat…

UK port seizes 300kg of cocaine

Cocaine with a likely U.K. street value in excess of £40 million ($62.7 million) has been…

India: Parliament passes two bills on shipping industry, ship workers

The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill, 2013 and the Merchant Shipping (Second) Amendment, Bill 2013, which were…