Five crew members died in an emergency drill on a cruise ship in the Canary Islands on Sunday, reported Reuters. The cables on a lifeboat snapped during a mock rescue exercise on the Thomson Majesty causing it to plunge 65 feet into the ocean where it fell upside down – killing the five and
Read moreToday Al Seer Marine and 5G International announced the introduction of a new family of unmanned surface vessels, a family ranging from the 3m Sea Serpent to the 11m monohull Eclipse. The USV family is designed to rapidly penetrate a vibrant Middle East defense market and to offer affordable, dependable USV options for commercial
Read moreA British-owned cargo ship has been attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea. Three crewmembers have been taken hostage. The UK-flagged ESTHER C was boarded by pirates yesterday. The assailants took some valuables from the vessel, and fled with the three hostages. Carisbrooke Shipping, the owner of ESTHER C, confirmed that the nine
Read moreA passenger ferry has capsized along the Meghna River in Bangladesh following a collision with a cargo, leaving dozens missing. The ferry, which had left Narayanganj Friday morning bound for Matlab, struck the sand-carrying ship about 22 miles south of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Hundreds of locals have gathered at the scene of
Read moreMitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) announced plans to collaborate, along with Shell, BP, Maersk, Stena NYK and “K” Line with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support job creation and skill development projects in Somalia. The industry partners will provide funding of US$ 1 million to the UNDP, which will
Read moreChristened after a Scottish poetry, the MV Hallaig is the first vessel in the world to be built under the ‘Low Emissions Hybrid Ferries Project.’ The advanced ship project is an initiative carried out in collaboration between the Scottish government and private shipping companies to enable the sustenance of the maritime ecology. MV Hallaig is
Read moreHolland’s Feadship launches the 44.65-metre ‘Blue Sky’ in a ceremony combining the Chinese & Dutch maritime cultures. Feadship say that this is the first superyacht to be built by a Western shipyard for a client in mainland China. The owner sent his personal representative to accept delivery of the new megayacht that comes with
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