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