Maritime

MSC’s Master Maksym Cherniy has won Seafarer of the Year in the inaugural CrewConnect Global Industry Awards, held at the CrewConnect Global conference in Manila, in the Philippines.CrewConnect Global Industry Awards ,

The U.S. Navy christened its newest Expeditionary Fast Transport, the future USNS Puerto Rico (T-EPF 11) on Saturday.

The US Navy has awarded Science Applications International Corp.  a contract for the production and delivery of integrated C5ISR systems

Rates for LNG carriers have boomed of late, with ship owners, active in this niche market, already reaping the benefits.

Global Ship Lease a containership charter owner, has announced that Poseidon Containers, with which Global Ship Lease has entered a definitive merger agreement, has agreed five-year charters with CMA CGM

Greece-based ship-owning company TOP Ships announced that it has agreed a new time charter employment contract for 2 years with BP Shipping Ltd for its product/chemical tanker M/T Eco Revolution.

Following an audit process this year, the certification company DNV GL confirmed that all MSC cargo shipping agencies worldwide are now certified to ISO 9001:2015, the business assurance standard related to Quality Management Systems.

Stril Mar, a Simon Møkster-owned PSV, is participating in a NATO exercise to trial using civilian vessels to support military operations.

The International Transport Forum has released a report The Impact of Alliances in Container Shipping highlighting the link between alliances and overcapacity, declining schedule reliability and longer waiting times.

Shipbuilder Fincantieri has officially established a cruise hub in Baoshan, China, focused on its shipbuilding activities in the region.

Canada's Public Services and Procurement has spread $7 billion in maintenance and repair contracts for Royal Canadian Navy frigates across three shipyards

German shipping company MST Mineralien Schiffahrt Spedition und Transport GmbH (MST) pleaded guilty and was sentenced in Portland, Maine