After the car carrier Baltic Ace sank in the North Sea in December 2012, its wreck threatened shipping and the marine environment. This article explains how salvors removed fuel, cut […]
A ship’s lifeboat is a self-contained survival craft designed to carry people away from a vessel during an emergency. This guide explains its controls, davit-launching arrangement, release system, emergency rations […]
Some ships become famous because they win battles or cross unknown oceans. Others are remembered because they sink—and expose failures that the world can no longer ignore. A rare few […]
Bridge Resource Management (BRM) training addresses one of the most consistently identified root causes in maritime casualty investigations — not equipment failure or a single officer’s technical incompetence, but breakdowns […]
Understanding EEXI and CII in theory is one thing — actually managing an existing fleet’s compliance day to day is another. Here’s a practical breakdown of what these regulations require […]
07/21/2026 Electric foiling vessels are moving beyond the leisure market, with developers targeting passenger ferries, pilot boats and high-speed workboats where lower resistance could deliver substantial energy and operating-cost savings. […]
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas cooled to about -162°C so that it becomes a liquid occupying roughly one six-hundredth of its gaseous volume. Liquefaction makes long-distance transport possible […]
Environmental compliance has become a major operational responsibility in modern shipping. Ships must comply not only with the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships—MARPOL—but also with flag-state […]
07/02/2026 The updated mandatory performance standards introduce significant changes to design, construction, and operational requirements for pilot transfer arrangements. Existing vessels installed before January 2028 face retroactive compliance deadlines of […]
07/02/2026 The Climate Resilience Framework evaluates how exposed individual ships are to a wide range of plausible regulatory and market futures, addressing a gap left by today’s backward-looking assessment tools […]
