The Directorate General of Merchant Marine (DGMM) of the Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) has successfully renewed its ISO 9001:2015 certification for its Quality Management System.The recertification, awarded by Bureau Veritas following an external audit…
Greater vehicle sophistication is pushing surveys and offshore energy inspections further towards autonomy.When the Norwegian Offshore Directorate set its new HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to work in June, there was a moment’s reflection…
By Richard Gunn and Julia Cyrson, Reed Smith LLPIn the largest penalty the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has ever levied, a Special Chamber ruled unanimously against Equatorial Guinea on May 27, 2026, ordering it to pay…
A.P. Moller - Maersk has entered into an agreement to sell Maersk Training and its subsidiary Maersk H2S Safety Services to Open Gate Capital, an industrial, corporate carve-out specialist.For more than four decades, Maersk Training has provided specialized training…
Ukraine and Russia accused each other of lethal attacks on Sunday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Moscow was targeting global food security by striking Odesa's seaport.Three people were killed and 37 wounded in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv…
More workers joined a strike at BHP's Port Hedland operations in Western Australia on Sunday, a union spokesperson said, in the first major industrial action at the iron-ore export hub in a quarter-century.On the second of the planned two days of stoppage…
Ships are passing smoothly through the Turkish straits to the Black Sea despite heightened concerns about safety, two Turkish government officials told Reuters on Sunday.On Saturday, Bloomberg News reported that Ankara had restricted commercial…
Iran said it was nearing a final pact with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz but repeated that the U.S. must meet other conditions, including compensation and an end to sanctions and military threats…
The Baltic Exchange's dry bulk freight index rose to a more-than-two-month high on Friday and posted a weekly gain, supported by stronger capesize and panamax vessel rates.The main Baltic index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels…
This year's annual meeting for the National Waterways Conference will be held in Moline, Illinois, co-hosted by Corn Belt Ports. This marks the first non-coastal state to host since Memphis, Tennessee in 2019.Attendees will be able to connect with water and waterways leaders…
Euronext wheat fell on Thursday as hefty global supplies cooled concerns over war disruption to Black Sea export flows, traders said.December wheat on Euronext was down 1.7% at €227.75 ($262.23) a metric ton by 1623 GMT, giving up gains from Wednesday when it had rebounded from a three-week low…
The Liebherr LHM 550 has been selected to enable Patimban Global Gateway Terminal to commence container operations while permanent quay equipment is progressively introduced. With its flexible working ranges and high handling performance, the…
Argentina's grain ports returned to normal operations on Wednesday after a strike by maritime pilots paused the country's foreign trade for roughly 24 hours, Guillermo Wade, the head of a ports industry chamber said.The stoppage was lifted on…
Scottish maritime technology company Tymor Marine has completed a lightweight survey and inclining test aboard the Global Mercy using Tymor’s own digital survey technologies.With 7,000 square meters of medical facilities, six operating theatres and 200 hospital beds…
'During the last two weeks of July, dirty tanker loadings from Russian Black Sea and Sea of Azov ports fell 62% compared to the previous four weeks’ average. Exports averaged 0.98 million barrels per day (mbpd) compared to 2.59 mbpd in the previous four weeks…