MOL has made history as it became the first Japanese shipping company to have received a 3rd party certification from ClassNK for its human resources-related social data.
The achievement highlights that the data collected by MOL and its group companies between April 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024, is...
On July 25, 2024, the MV Huahine arrived in the Visakhapatnam Port, setting a new record for the largest single cargo shipment ever delivered to an Indian port.
The vessel, transporting a record-breaking 199,900 metric tons of manganese ore from Gabon, Central Africa, is a significant milestone for India’s port and maritime industry.
The Newcastlemax-sized vessel, measuring 300 meters overall (LOA) and 50 meters in beam width, with an arrival draft of...
Rescue officials are searching for a cargo ship that sank off Taiwan’s southern coast during Typhoon Gaemi.
Fu Shun, a Tanzania-flagged vessel carrying nine Myanmar citizens, capsized near Kaohsiung.
The incident occurred when Typhoon Gaemi hit the region, killing many and causing severe devastation.
Taiwan’s Coastguard Administration claimed that three more foreign vessels ran aground at the time of the typhoon but were unharmed.
Meanwhile, in the Philippines,...
Iran has released the oil cargo from the Greek-owned, Marshall-Islands flagged tanker MT St. Nikolas seized earlier this year in the Gulf of Oman.
The vessel carrying 1 million barrels of crude oil destined for Turkey is still under Iranian control.
The cargo was released after negotiations and was transferred to a Turkish vessel this week, according to shipping sources.
The cargo acquired from Iraqi state oil company SOMO by Turkish refiner Tupras was...
Saga Farmann, a replica Viking ship, has docked in Montenegro’s Adriatic port of Bar as part of its extended tour around European seas, inspired by the Norse sailors who conquered, explored and traded over a millennium ago.
Saga Farmann, a full-size archaeological recreation of a 10th-century Viking cargo ship or Knarr, was built out of oak and pine.
The original ship was discovered in Norway in 1893 but wasn’t explored until the 1970s.
Linda Sten...
Polish divers from the Baltitech diving group discovered a 19th-century shipwreck 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Sweden’s island of Öland.
The wreck, which was initially considered to be a fishing boat, was a sailing ship “loaded to the brim” with champagne, wine, mineral water, and porcelain.
When divers investigated the site, they discovered over 100 bottles of champagne, as well as cartons of mineral water.
Tomasz Stachura, Baltitech’s leader, expressed surprise, stating, that he has been a...
The MT Terra Nova, an oil tanker carrying 1.4 million litres (370,000 gallons) of industrial fuel, sank in Manila Bay, Philippines, on July 25, 2024.
The incident resulted in the death of one crew member and raised concerns about an extensive oil spill impacting Manila.
The tanker capsized amid heavy rainfall and rough seas followed by Typhoon Gaemi, which has already caused severe damage across the archipelago.
The tanker was travelling from Bataan...
Hafnia, the operator of the fire-damaged oil tanker Hafnia Nile, is currently in discussions with Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) to safely transfer the vessel’s naphtha cargo to a safe location, according to a statement provided by the MPA on July 24, 2024.
On July 19, 2024, the Singapore-flagged Hafnia Nile collided with the Sao Tome and Principe-flagged Ceres I, catching fire around 55 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Singapore’s Pedra...
Scientists have revealed a ground-breaking discovery of dark oxygen being produced in the deep ocean, confounding earlier assumptions that oxygen is only derived from photosynthesis.
According to a recent study published in Nature Geoscience, metallic nodules on the seafloor at depths of 4,000 meters (approximately 13,000 feet) in the Pacific Ocean’s Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) produce oxygen in the absence of sunlight.
For decades, it was believed that...
A breaching whale capsized a fishing boat off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on July 23, 2024.
The frightening occurrence captured on a camera reflects the sudden marine wildlife encounters by people.
The 23-foot boat was flipped upside down when a humpback whale breached the surface, landing on the boat’s stern and port-side overboard engine.
The boat soon went to port, throwing the two fishermen, Ryland Kenney, 44, of Dover, New Hampshire...