US flagged Great Lakes vessel operators are about to spend $65 million, in order to modernise their vessels at Great Lakes shipyards this winter and reduce their carbon footprint. As a result, the fleet will be ready to meet the needs of commerce during spring.

ClassNK reminds of the graphical symbols requirements on fire control plans which apply to all Maltese flagged ships as per Malta's Technical Notice SLS.7. The classification society stresses that, from 1st of January 2018 and onwards,  ClassNK surveyors are to confirm compliance at the first periodical Safety Equipment survey

The director of the research, Conor Seyle, and the research team surveyed over 450 seafarers from the Philippines, Ukraine, and India and concluded that one quarter of the seafarers that had been taken hostages, are likely to develop PTSD.

New England Coast is experiencing severe weather conditions, as a strong coastal winter storm, including high winds and dangerously cold temperatures is expected to hit the area, the US National Weather Service informed.

Namely, Greenpeace and Nature and Youth sued the Norwegian government, saying that its acts are unconstitutional and do not comply with the Paris Agreement, in which Norway participates. Greenpeace will now decide whether or not to appeal the court's decision.

The hijacking of a small Iranian fishing vessel off Somalia, was the latest incident in a series of hijackings in the so-called High Risk Area (HRA) off Somalia. Although the region had seen piracy incidents decreasing, in recent times they have been revived.

According to the investigation, PSA identified serious  deficiencies in systems and processes for materials handling and Maersk Drilling Norge has accordingly been given notice of an order. During the investigation of the incident, PSA was on board the unit from 9 to 13 December 2017.

The South Korean government has given incentives to Korean shipping firms to construct gas fueled ships, as any firm which will look into this possibility, will receive financial assistance from the government. Namely, South Korea will allocate a fund of $1.9 billion.

SM Line will use the freight monitoring technology to enhance service quality along its key Asia-US shipping route, thus becoming the first Korean container shipping company, monitoring the condition of items in a container in real time. Namely, they will be able to collect the temperature and humidity of the container and track it on shore in real time.