Maritime Magazine

Asserting that existing rules exceed international standards and impose unnecessary costs on American mariners, the U.S. Coast Guard proposes deregulatory action dropping six training and competency requirements for certain Merchant Mariner Credential endorsements.  In a notice published Oct. 1 in the Federal Register, the U.S. Coast Guard proposes removing six requirements related to endorsements for […]

The World Shipping Council (WSC), in partnership with HUB Ocean, today launched a digital version of the WSC Whale Chart, making global information on measures to protect whales from ships even more accessible.  Since its initial launch in 2023, WSC’s Whale Chart was the first global mapping of all known mandatory and voluntary governmental measures

Lloyd’s Register (LR), A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk), the Port of Charleston on the US east coast and the Port of Felixstowe, the largest container port in the UK, have announced a partnership to establish a Pink Corridor project, to identify and address the operational, security and safeguarding requirements for a theoretical nuclear-powered containership trading between the two ports. The

Canadian Pacific Kansas City said today it has set a new August monthly record for transporting Canadian grain and grain products, moving 2.54 million metric tonnes (MMT) and 26,051 carloads in August 2026, marking a strong start to the new crop year. The new August achievement beat the previous tonnage and carload records set in

When the world’s shipyards deliver just a few more container ships, the global fleet capacity will for the first time reach 34 million TEU. predicts Niels Rasmussen, Chief Shipping Analyst at BIMCO.“At that time, the fleet will have grown by 10 million TEU – or 42% – in just five and a half years.” At

London-based Anemoi Marine Technologies completed the installation of five Rotor Sails onboard the 400,000 dwt Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC), Sohar Max, making it the largest vessel to receive wind propulsion technology to date. Sohar Max is a first generation Valemax, built in 2012 in China’s Rongsheng shipyard. The project showcased global collaboration between Brazilian

The first grain vessel to export from the Port of Churchill since 2020 is being loaded and will sail to Europe this week, marking another major milestone in the return and growth of commercial shipping through Churchill. Approximately 30,000 tonnes of Canadian durum wheat supplied by Saskatchewan-based AGT Foods is being loaded on the Fednav