Pacific-Gulf in the hot seat
Lebanese shipper races to seize US-flagged heavylift vessel following damage to gas turbine destined for Iraq.
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Probe launched after gas leak
Truck on Stena Forecaster posed serious fire hazard after it was found to be carrying illegal aluminium waste cargo.
Zodiac eyes wind power
Sammy Ofer Group Monaco company teams with Lloyd’s Register and Totempower in bid to improve fuel efficiency.
Novoship trial begins in London
Russian tanker owner’s $135m corruption case against former UK boss Vladimir Mikhaylyuk opens without main defendant, who is ill.
Cockett Marine's recruiting coup
Overseas expansion looks increasingly likely as Connecticut-based bunker veteran storms Grindrod oil unit’s top ranks.
Princess Cruises sued after deaths
Surviving fisherman files suit against owner in Florida, alleging Star Princess failed to help his boat off Panama.
Norden tangles with Meldgaard
Danish owner tackles Torm boss over exactly how he spent his gardening leave between jobs.
Costa Cruises facing the music
Group of Hungarian musicians and dancers suing Concordia owner for $200m after tragedy.
Indian bulker master "locked up"
Hussa Alghanim captain claims he has been imprisoned on his own ship at Shenzhen, China, on spurious drink charge.
Meet the Ronseal of shipping
Lauritzen’s Torben Janholt goes back to basics, while Cosco and Vale play tit-for-tat.
Deiulemar founder dies as villa is raided
Eighty-eight-year-old owner Michele Iuliano killed by heart attack as fraud squad hits his house.
Letfallah crew charged over arms
Seafarers and customs agents accused in Lebanon of trying to supply Syrian rebels with weapons.
Master fined for garbage gaffe
German owner of Pantanal also pays penalty for fly-tipping in Great Barrier Reef park.
Pierce Atwood poaches Partridge pair
Boston, Massachusetts-based law firm expands admiralty line-up with recruits from Partridge Snow & Hahn.
CPP checks failed to stop smash
Fire on Dutch cargoship started steering problems that ended in collision with Svitzer tug in UK.
‘Exxon Valdez’ barred from Alang
Even former spill tanker’s demise is proving controversial as India’s supreme court blocks it from beaching at breakers’ yard.
UK seeks Iran P&I ban delay
British government fears oil price spike unless European insurers allowed to cover tankers for another six months.
Ro-ro hit by Legionella scare
Water tanks cleaned after potentially fatal bacteria found on Regina Baltica in UK.
Westwind II to be auctioned
UK court clears the way for crew of cargoship to go home, following October grounding and wage dispute.
Shogun Ships exec kidnapped
Philippines tanker owner’s manager Vicente Cordero abducted during bike ride in Las Pinas, Manila.
Court told of the accidental pirates
Somali men's UAE laywer claims they were forced by Iranian employer to hijack Adnoc bulker in 2011.
Oldendorff wrecks his McLaren
Shipping scion Christian Oldendorff makes splash in German media for all the wrong reasons after smash.
Time to start rewriting the record books
Capesize newbuildings are flooding in at an unprecedented pace but scrap sales are also chasing a new benchmark.
Nils Andersen returns to hot seat
Maersk CEO back at work for first time since December after two heart operations.
Crew sue over Samho seizure
Four South Koreans want a slice of Samho Dream’s auction cash following pirate ordeal in 2010.
B Navi drugs duo jailed again
Families in shock as bulker captain and second officer sentenced to nine years in Ukraine following 2007 Venezuelan bust.
We don't need another hero
Harry Vafias draws up a very short wedding invitation list and hijacked crew sensibly decline to be supermen.
Rabaul Queen routinely overloaded
Captain of PNG ferry that sank killing 200 people admits catalogue of safety breaches to inquiry.
Al Qaeda cruiseship alert
Documents found on terror suspect reveal organisation’s plans to target passenger vessels.
‘The Scream’ sets sail at Sotheby’s
Brother of Norwegian shipping magnate Fred Olsen tosses iconic Munch painting on the auction block in New York.
Peter Norborg quits Norden post
Dry-cargo chief departs Danish owner to take up a leading role at Gearbulk UK.
Thomson Cruises in the mire
Passengers sue after "holiday from hell" on UK cruiseship, including allegations of faeces in kids' pool.
Tea towel causes vessel fire
Fire crews tackle blaze on Australian research ship started by "spontaneously combusting" laundry.
Nordlake finally leaves India
German boxship heading for Singapore after 15-month detention following warship collision.
Eyal Ofer: banks powerless
Zodiac chief rules out more bankruptcies in "dark and terrible period" because lenders can't afford to sell off ships cheaply.
Syrian arms ship intercepted
Lebanon says weapons found on Letfallah II may have been bound for Syrian rebels.
Fleet Management's chemical reaction
Operator of Cosco Busan sues pharmacists over drugs prescribed to pilot who caused California collision and spill.
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