The Port of Riga is to become a testing ground for resilient maritime communications under an agreement between Latvian port ...

Greek shipowner Panos Laskaridis is making a return to the newcastlemax newbuilding market, with his Lavinia Bulkers linked ...

Mining giant Rio Tinto has approved a $1.9bn investment in a major bauxite expansion in Australia’s Queensland state, including an upgrade of its export facilities to accommodate larger capesize bulk ...

China has deployed specialised electronic navigation charts across more than 16,500 merchant and fishing vessels in an effort to reduce collisions along its increasingly congested coastline. The ...

Seafarer fatigue, mental health and reluctance to report mistakes should become key considerations for marine insurers, banks ...

Italian offshore engineering and drilling contractor Saipem has teamed up with Egypt’s Modern Drilling Company (MDC) to ...

Taskin Karlar, the CEO of Sector88, is back in writing mode for SplashTech. Last week in SplashTech I asked who commands the ...

From noon reports to machinery rounds, maritime technology leaders identify the shipboard tasks most likely to be fully automated by 2029. Their predictions suggest the paperwork will disappear long ...

US investment firm Wildcat Equity Partners has struck an agreement to acquire Fraser Industries, the Wisconsin-based shipbuilding and repair group, with plans to invest $350m in expanding its ...

London-listed Taylor Maritime has agreed to sell its last owned bulk carrier for $15.1m, taking its fleet disposal programme to 56 vessels and putting total proceeds on course to reach almost $933m.

Spain’s Port of Seville is joining forces with energy company Endesa on an electricity network upgrade worth more than €3m ...

A new online index – much trailed on Splash – measuring how much attention the global shipping industry receives has gone ...