South Korea has unveiled a breakthrough in shipboard fire safety technology, successfully trialling an AI-based autonomous firefighting system capable of detecting and extinguishing oil fires aboard ...

A Malta-flagged products tanker has been boarded by armed pirates in the Indian Ocean. According to maritime security specialists Vanguard Tech and Ambrey, the Hellas Aphrodite was attacked early ...

Petrovietnam Drilling and Well Service Corporation (PV Drilling) has won a contract for one of its jackup rigs from Phu Quoc Petroleum Operating Company (PQPOC). The rig in question is the 2015-built ...

EuroHoldings, the Nasdaq-listed offshoot of Greek containership owner Euroseas, has taken its first step into the tanker market with the acquisition of an MR product carrier from fellow Latsis family ...

Maersk has returned to New Times Shipbuilding (NTS) with an order for eight 18,000 teu LNG dual-fuel containerships, according to multiple broking reports, with options for four more, at around $193m ...

Greek shipowner Thenamaris has returned to the crude tanker newbuilding market with an order for two suezmaxes at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, marking its first newbuilding move in the segment in ...

The world’s largest shipowner has teamed with two universities and UK class society Lloyd’s Register to debut the International Maritime Future Technologies Innovation Centre. China’s COSCO is ...

Greek containership owner Costamare has expanded its newbuilding programme in China, adding two more 3,100 teu vessels to its growing series. The New York-listed company said in its third-quarter ...

The crew on the Dignity, a shadow Russian suezmax, arrested in Egypt over a month ago, have appealed for urgent help. The tanker was seized by Egyptian authorities five weeks ago for failure to pay ...

Greek dry bulk heavyweight Star Bulk Carriers has reportedly joined the latest wave of Greek bulk carrier ordering activity in China, signing up for up to six kamsarmaxes at Hengli Shipbuilding.

Odfjell Technology, a spinoff of Odfjell Drilling that specialises in offshore operations, has been awarded a two-year extension by Serica Energy in the UK. The Serica contract is a master service ...

International Maritime Industries (IMI), a joint venture between Saudi Aramco, Bahri, Lamprell and Hyundai Heavy Industries, has signed an agreement with ARO Drilling for the construction of a new ...