The founding head of Maritime New Zealand has responded with criticism to the actions taken by his former agency last week to review last year’s grounding of the Rena vessel in the Bay of Plenty. Russell Kilvington, an experienced marinerRead More

New Zealand maritime authorities have launched an inquiry in to last year’s grounding of the Rena, a cargo ship that ran aground on a reef off the coast of the Bay of Plenty on 5 October 2011. The incident wasRead More

38 holiday makers were killed and scores more injured on Monday night when a ferry collided with a charter boat in Hong Kong and sank. The charter boat, the Lamma IV, is owned by the Hong Kong Electric Co. andRead More

The US National Hurricane Center has issued a warning that tropical storm Nadine is likely to become a hurricane as it traverses the central Atlantic, threatening vessels moored offshore. Weather forecasters have predicted that Nadine will not pose any riskRead More

A satellite that is being lauded as the most advanced and accurate Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite ever built was successfully launched into orbit in July 2012, and is expected to lead to significant advances in monitoring maritime traffic. TheRead More

A man who sustained severe spinal injuries following a diving accident and was told he would never walk again now has plans to row across the Atlantic. Hugo Turner, a resident of Dartmoor in the United Kingdown, crushed his C7Read More

Oil giant BP is joining forces with the federal Justice Department to appeal a ruling that has decreased the extent of contracting company Transocean’s liability with regard to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill of 2010. Transocean Ltd. IsRead More

A man from Pittsville, Wisconsin has died and a friend of his injured after their boat capsized in Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia on Friday. According to John Bull, spokesperson for the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, 37 year oldRead More

Any form of transportation comes with the risk of an accident, and offshore vessels are no exception. Often maritime accidents are more serious than other transport accidents because of the multiple factors involved – vessel malfunction, human error and dangerousRead More

Coast Guard officials in New Orleans, Louisiana have issued a statement to the effect that some portions of the Mississippi River that runs through the state will be reopened to vessels today, following the closure of the river earlier thisRead More