Readers’ Picks of the Week (4-8 of May)

Incidents of criminality and piracy on the high seas and in coastal areas of the Mediterranean could become more prevalent as the human trafficking organisations become more established, say… Read more

The first phase of the Costa Concordia dismantling and recycling project has been completed nine months after the wreck arrived in Genoa Italy…. Read more

Two workers died and ten were injured on Tuesday in an accident on board an offshore maintenance rig in the southern Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico, Mexican oil company Pemex inform…. Read more

The seized Maersk Tigris containership has been released after being held in detention by Iranian authorities for over a week, IRNA reported citing a source at Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization. The information has just been confirmed by the PMO, … Read more

A new CE Delft study has revealed that many recently constructed ships already meet the International Maritime Organisation’s design efficiency standard for 2020, indicating that there is si… Read more