The US coastguard is investigating reports that oil from the Deepwater Horizon rig has begun washing ashore near the mouth of the Mississippi river.

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OOCL has launched the OOCL Carbon Calculator, designed to assist OOCL customers in measuring the carbon dioxide emissions in their supply chain.

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A deep ocean current with a volume equivalent to 40 Amazon Rivers has been discovered by Japanese and Australian scientists near the Kerguelen plateau, in the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean, 4,200km south-west of Perth.

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A jury in Houston federal court today cleared Greek maritime officer Ioannis Mylonakis of charges that he engineered the dumping of oil tanker waste off of the Texas coast in early 2009. 

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The shipping industry, the sixth-largest source of warming gases, also is the first target of billionaire Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room. Commercial vessels emitted 3 percent of the world’s carbon in 2007, and that may increase to 18 percent by 2050 as global trade increases and fleets expand, said the UN’s International Maritime Organization.

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This time last year, Somali pirates dominated headlines in the U.S. The hijacking of the Maersk Alabama, captained by an American, led to a made-for-Hollywood intervention by sharp-shooting marines and triggered a media frenzy about the rise of piracy off the Horn of Africa.

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Six suspected Somali pirates who attempted to hijack a Panamanian flagged ship were turned over to Kenyan authorities by the British royal navy on Tuesday.

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One of a group of suspected Somali pirates entered a not guilty plea Wednesday on U.S. charges related to attacks on two Navy ships off the coast of Africa.

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IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos: “Seafarers deserve respect and recognition: let us resolve, during 2010, to ensure that this message is trumpeted loud and clear. Nautical Institute West of Scotland Branch presents a one-day seminar “2010 Year of the Seafarer” – Challenges and Opportunities Friday 21st May 2010 0900 – 1630 hrs Venue: The Tall [...]

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The Gulf of Mexico accident has once again focused attention on the industry’s safety record as oil companies drill ever deeper and in more hostile and challenging environments.

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The Somali pirate gang who have been holding a British couple hostage since October fled with their captives yesterday after militants linked to al-Qaida took over their territory.

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Robotic underwater vessels raced Monday to stave off an environmental disaster by stopping 42,000 gallons of oil a day from streaming into the Gulf of Mexico from a sunken rig.

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The European Union is making a push for African trials of suspected Somali pirates after Kenya indicated it no longer wants to shoulder that burden.

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Mr. Archie Dickson has received Transport Canada’s Marine Safety Award, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Canadian marine safety.

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A United Nations trust fund set up as part of the international fight against maritime piracy today announced plans to support a series of five projects that are aimed at assisting Somalia and its neighbours to tackle the scourge.

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