Shiptalk RSS Feeds

Shiptalk provide one of the most comprehensive and up to date online news services relevant to those who work at sea and those who work in the wider shipping industry.

The new Shiptalk RSS service will help you communicate relevant news, views, information and advice to those who visit your website, weblog or newsletter providing a quick and simple way to keep your site up to date and interesting.

With the Shiptalk’s RSS service you select what categories of breaking news you would like to display on your site, free of charge and incorporate them into your preferred RSS newsreaders or website.

Shiptalk RSS FAQ’s

What is RSS?
How do I use RSS feeds?
How do I get a News Reader?
Does the Shiptalk RSS service cost me anything?
How do I add Shiptalk’s RSS service to my news reader or website?
What are your Terms of Use?

What is RSS?

RSS is an abbreviation for ‘Really Simple Syndication’ and is used by Shiptalk to provide a news feed to third party websites, weblogs and newsletters online. You may choose to display all of our news headlines along with a short description of the news article itself and a link to the full version of the article on Shiptalk.com. Alternatively you may elect to receive only news articles that appear within a specific category of our news say for example, “Careers” or “Safety/Security”. This information is delivered as an XML file called RSS feed, RSS stream, or RSS channel. An orange rectangle with the letters XML or RSS is often used as a link to a site’s RSS feed.

How do I use RSS feeds?

Generally speaking it is a relatively simple task for your webmaster to incorporate our RSS feed into your website, weblog or online newsletter. The first thing you need is something called a news reader. There are many different versions, some of which are accessed using a browser, and some of which are downloadable applications. All allow you to display and subscribe to the RSS feeds you want.

Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what content you want. You can subscribe to the feed in various ways, including dragging the URL of the RSS feed into your news reader or by cutting and pasting the same URL into a new feed in your news reader.

How do I get a News Reader?

There is a range of different news readers available and new versions are appearing all the time.

Different news readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to take this into account when you make your choice. Most newsreaders are free of charge and your webmaster should be able to help you choose the right newsreader for your purposes. Alternatively you will find a wealth of information on this subject when searching online.

Does the Shiptalk RSS service cost me anything?

No the Shiptalk RSS news feeds are free of charge to seafarer welfare organisation and non-profit making organisations. Our RSS service is also freely available online to commercial organisations. However, if you are a commercial organisation intending to use our RSS service and you believe that you may derive a permissible commercial benefit from our RSS feed (i.e. more traffic to your site), we would ask that you consider making a donation to Shiptalk for the annual use of this service. In this way you would help us continue to provide as much of our information and our services at no cost to the seafarers themselves.

Typically companies making donations have paid £10/month to use this service. As we say this is a voluntary contribution and we leave it up to you to pay as much or as little or nothing at all.

If you would like to make a donation please make out your cheque to Shiptalk Limited (we can accept £, € and US$) and send to:

Shiptalk Ltd, RSS News Services, Design Works, William Street , Gateshead , Tyne & Wear , UK , NE11 9QP.

(Please provide us with your company name, contact details and confirmation that your donation is being made in exchange for our RSS services when sending your cheque)

It is a condition of incorporating our RSS feeds onto your website, weblog or newsletter that you agree to comply with our Terms and Conditions of use. CLICK HERE to view our terms and conditions in full.

We would also ask that you provide attribution to Shiptalk in relation to RSS feeds in either text form: “Shiptalk.com” or by using the Shiptalk logo included in the feeds.

Adding the Shiptalk’s RSS service to your reader or website

You need to add the exact web address of the relevant Shiptalk RSS service to your reader. To do this, click on the RSS button or the name of the relevant feed below, and then copy the exact web address (URL) of the page it brings up. Add this exact web address to your reader and our feed will be added!

To add RSS content to your website, please contact your website administrator.

What are your terms of use?

CLICK HERE to view our terms and conditions in full.

SHIPTALK AVAILABLE RSS FEEDS

All Headline News
Careers
Cruise/Liesure
Legal
Money Matters
Safety
Security