Maritime Trafficking: How Balkan Gangsters Became Europe’s Top Cocaine Suppliers
In 2018, convicted cocaine trafficker Slobodan Kostovski fled a Brazilian prison and made his way back to Europe with a…
Shipbuilder HII Beats Q1 Estimates
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) reported a better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday, on the back of demand for aircraft carriers, amphibious…
Kristian Siem-backed Subsea 7 alliance gets the inside track on huge Equinor oilfields
Kristian Siem-backed company and joint venture strike deal with Equinor
Australia “Not Concerned” by Possible Hanwha Acquisition of Austal
The Australian government is not concerned about a possible acquisition of shipbuilder Austal by South Korea’s Hanwha Group and is…
Containerships Absorb Red Sea Diversions as Schedule Reliability Improves
Four months into the Red Sea diversions, liner shipping seems to have absorbed the disruptions with the major container carriers…
Philippines Will Stick to Nonviolence After Chinese Water-Cannon Attacks
The Philippine Coast Guard will not match the China Coast Guard’s increasingly aggressive tactics in the South China Sea, a…
Viking Takes Wall Street by Storm with Best IPO of 2024
Viking, the luxury operator of ocean, river, and exploration cruises, roared onto Wall Street going public today, May 1, with…
Replica Ship Models – Nautical Art or Marketing Tool? Perhaps Both.
Boat builders and owners have been using replica models for centuries. The earliest known models are of Bronze Age ships,…
Union Deal Will Send Construction-Industry Welders to U.S. Navy Shipyards
The U.S. naval industrial base is operating short-handed, and a shortage of skilled workers is slowing down construction on critical…
U.S. Sanctions Four Shipowners and Hundreds of Suppliers for Russian Ties
The U.S. Treasury is cracking down on the supply network for the Russian invasion of Ukraine with a broad package…