18 Tall Ships from around the world to navigate into the Western Basin of Lake Erie for 'The Battle of Lake Erie Bicentennial,' Aug. 29, 2013.From Norway to Duluth, Minnesota, the tall ships of the past now call ports from all over the world home…
National Maritime Day is May 22; & this year celebrates the thousands of civilian mariners who support freedom as part of the Navy’s Military Sealift Command.Rear Adm. T.K. Shannon , commander, Military Sealift Command, wrote in honor of Maritime…
Three Royal Navy warships are in London to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic.HMS Edinburgh, the last of the fleet’s Type 42 destroyers, is on her first stop on a round-Britain farewell tour which ends nearly 30 years of service…
Adm. Bob Papp was present as City of New London, Conn., and the National Coast Guard Museum Association unveiled the plans and location of the museum.As the oldest U.S. maritime service, and the only U.S. military service without a national museum…
Family members & dignatories join in Portsmouth, Maine, to remember the loss on sea trials of the nuclear-powered attack submarine.On April 10, 1963, Thresher began post-overhaul trials following lengthy testing and throughout evaluation of…
The 'SS United States' is sending out what may be its final distress call.The conservancy working to secure a home and purpose for the 990-foot-long ship tells the Associated Press that it could be sold for scrap within two months unless they can raise $500…
Vandals have damaged the wreck of a Japanese midget submarine in Sydney Harbour and made off with protected relics.The submarine, known as the M24, is a key piece of Australian World War II history and was one of three midget submarines that entered Sydney Harbour on May 31…
It is with deep sadness and regret we report that Mr Björn Lagerkvist, former President of the International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA) passed away on Friday 1 March 2013 after a long-suffering illness. Mr Lagerkvist…
The Noble Maritime Collection is set to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Staten Island seaman artist.John A. NobleFrom 1928 until 1945, Noble worked as a seaman on schooners and in marine salvage. In 1928, while on a schooner that was towing out down the Kill van Kull…
CSC Jinling Shipyard Co Ltd in Nanjing is to build a replica for Blue Star Line of the liner that notoriously sank in 1912.The project, which will take the state-owned CSC Jinling Shipyard Co Ltd in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, three years to complete…
The National Archives Administration (NAA) of Taiwan launch a website featuring aspects of the country's shipbuilding history.Since 2004, the NAA has digitized the historical files of eight state-run enterprises that were set up in the 1960s and 1970s but were later privatized…
Inspectors from the Navy's Board of Inspection & Survey (INSURV) conduct a survey aboard the floating museum ship.After a storied history beginning in World War II, the battleship received its last official INSURV inspection in 1992, before becoming a floating museum on the James River…
Work at the Peene shipyard is proceeding according to schedule – the Volkswerft shipyard will resume production on 21 JanuaryOn January 17, 2013, insolvency administrator Berthold Brinkmann gave a report about current developments at the…
Iconic cruise liner to be restored to the former splendor of her glory days after refurbishment into elegant five-star 500-room hotel. QE2 Dubai announced that MS Queen Elizabeth 2 - known popularly as QE2 - will be moved to Drydocks World…
Ray Holubowicz, Father of Shipping Containerization and founder of UK based Marine Ventures Ltd, Dies at 88. Romuald Paul, better known as 'Ray' Holubowicz, a prime mover in the shipping industry's changeover to the use of shipping containers…