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Dutch maritime research institute MARIN has tested three different barriers aimed at averting collisions between ships and wind turbines.

An improperly tightened fastener led to a diesel engine failure on the passenger and car ferry Wenatchee resulting in nearly US$3.8 million in damages, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has…

Classification societies from around the world will be meeting at the Posidonia International Shipping Exhibition in Athens on 6 – 10 June to map out the remaining actions needed to meet the…

Updated proposals submitted to the IMO have outlined how a planned $5bn IMO Maritime Research Fund (IMRF), which will accelerate the development of zero-carbon technologies and fuels, could also be used to…

ABS has announced that it is withdrawing all class services involving Russian vessels, assets and companies. 

The International Association of Classification Society’s has withdrawn the Russian Register’s membership.