Somali pirates have released a Danish cargo ship and its mainly Russian crew after a ransom payment was parachuted to the hijackers, more than two months after it was seized, the owner said Friday. The CEC Future was hijacked off Somalia’s northern shores on Nov. 7. The ship and its 13 crew members — 11 [...]

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The Faststream Maritime Employment Review which is published in the midst of a global economic crisis, free falling freight rates and a general feeling of doom and gloom. But if you are someone with good experience in the shipping industry, then your skills still continue to be very much in demand. Despite the deteriorating economic [...]

The Guangzhou Panyuqu Yuefeng Ship Building & Repairing Facility is preparing to deliver a solid 118-foot (36-meter) ocean-towing tug. A five-meter moulded depth on a 34.5-foot (10.5-meter) beam allows for a spacious engine room to accommodate the tug’s twin Cummins KTA50-M2 main engines. The V-16 cylinder engines produce 1600 HP each at 1800 RPM and [...]

Thousands of Scottish shipyard jobs are in the balance after it emerged that work to build two aircraft carriers may be delayed by the financial downturn. The contract for the 65,000-tonne vessels HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales was signed in July. Work was due to commence on the warships – the biggest [...]

The Indian navy has been given formal approval by the United Nations to go after pirate ships in Somali waters, the BBC has learnt. The UN approval authorises India to go in “hot pursuit” of pirates, naval sources told the BBC. On Tuesday, an Indian warship sank a suspected Somali pirate vessel after it opened [...]

A campaign to address the global shortage of seafarers, especially officers, which threatens the very future of the international shipping industry, has been launched by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in association with the International Labour Organization, the “Round Table” of shipping organizations – BIMCO, ICS/ISF, INTERCARGO and INTERTANKO – and the International Transport Workers’ [...]

The people at Resume-Help.org give you 10 great tips to improve your resume writing skills. Begin by determining your objective (do this prior to writing the resume). Clearly state what sort of a job you want and know what skill-set and experience is needed to do well in that job. After your objective is determined, [...]

The newly elected president of InterManager, and president of major shipmanager V.Ships, and has started his period in office by urging shipowners to place training at the top of their manning agendas, despite having to deal with the effects of the credit crunch on the global shipping industry. Mr Giorgi said that the industry must [...]

A hijacked Saudi-owned supertanker carrying more than $100 million worth of crude oil is approaching Somali waters where it is expected to anchor so that negotiations can begin on the release of the vessel and its 25 crew, United States navy officials said Tuesday. The vessel, the 1,080-foot Sirius Star, is the largest ship ever [...]