Hormuz Crisis Accelerates Gulf Pipeline and Port Expansion
The Iran war's redrawing of the global trade map is forcing Gulf nations to retool their investment play book, ploughing capital into...
Freediver Sanda Delija To Feature In Upcoming Documentary ‘The Call’
Croatian freediver Sanda Delija says she loves her sport because of the challenge of testing one’s limits while being as calm and relaxed as...
Sanmar Shipyards Delivers Second Tugboat to Ultratug
Sanmar celebrated the delivery of a second tugboat to Ultratug, a leading operator in the Americas, at a special ceremony held at its Altinova...
Shark Diving Masterclasses in South Africa Set For May and June 2027
If diving among sharks in the waters off South Africa has been on your bucket list, David Diley and South Coast Diving Co. might have just the thing...
Russia Strikes Ukrainian Ports, Industrial Sites, Distribution Facilities
Russia hammered Ukrainian ports, industrial sites and retailers' distribution facilities with missiles and drones in an hours-long attack on Kyiv...
The Arctic Ocean’s Acidification Diagnosis
Köhn, E. E., Kwiatkowski, L., Mignot, J., Gastineau, G., Torres, O., Orr, J. C. Persistence of Arctic Ocean acidification under negative emissions....
Turkey Increases Diesel Imports From US, India
Turkey increased its imports of diesel from the United States and India in August to record levels, shipping data showed, as a Russian ban on diesel...
Do Sea Turtles Get Lost?
Did you know some female sea turtles can travel hundreds—or even thousands—of miles through open ocean before returning to nest on or near the very...
Paul C. Howland
Paul, a New Bedford native, was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and accomplished mariner. He lived a life deeply...
SHIPPINGInsight Names U.S. Maritime Administrator Captain Stephen Carmel Opening Keynote Speaker for PROJECT 2027- Catalyzing the US Maritime Industry into Action Conference
SHIPPINGInsight confirmed that Captain Stephen Carmel, U.S. Maritime Administrator, will deliver the opening keynote address at SHIPPINGInsight’s...
How To Ascend and Descend Safely in Scuba Diving
Being able to ascend and descend in scuba diving is one of the first things you learn in the PADI Open Water Diver course – and it’s part of every...
Corvus Energy Introduces Blue Whale NxtGen Power Energy Storage System
Corvus Energy AS, a provider of marine energy storage solutions, introduced Blue Whale NxtGen Power, a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) energy storage...
JE Dunn, Alberici Place Final Beam in $300m Saronic Expansion
JE Dunn Construction and Alberici Constructors, Inc. celebrated placing the final structural beam of Saronic Technologies’ $300 million shipyard...
Sempra Seeks Permits for Major LNG Expansion Project in Texas
Sempra Energy's unit Port Arthur LNG has started the federal permitting process for a major expansion of its liquefied natural gas export operations...
Strait of Hormuz Shipping Marks Slight Rise
Shipping traffic at the Strait of Hormuz rose slightly even as a standoff persisted between the United States and Iran, data showed on Thursday,...
Art and science must come together for coral reef conservation, biologists argue
Art and science can work together to raise public awareness and propel conservation efforts needed to safeguard coral reef ecosystems, a group of...
Aggressor Adventures Launches ‘333 Flash Sale’ Offering 33% Savings Across Select Destinations
Aggressor Adventures today announced its newest limited-time promotion, “The 333 Flash Sale” — a three-day booking window, for 33% off, with 333...
Nataliia Zharkova Takes Home Gold On Final Day of CMAS Depth World Championships
Ukrainian freediver Nataliia Zharkova closed out the final day of the CMAS Depth World Championships by taking home the gold medal. Zharkova...
A New Report Reveals Plastic Bottles and Caps Are The Most Prevalent Pollutants Worldwide
The Ocean Conservancy today released results from the 2025 International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) — the largest single-day beach and waterway cleanup...
Seventy Vessels Wait to Load Grain Near Sulina Canal
Up to 70 vessels are waiting near the Danube's Sulina Canal for access to Ukrainian ports to load grain for export, traders and analysts said on...
TDI-Brooks Completes Subsea Cable Survey Project Offshore Alaska
TDI-Brooks recently completed a third-party geotechnical project offshore Alaska, supporting a short cable route survey for Woolpert utilizing their...
How To Book a Scuba Diving Course
Ready to learn to scuba dive but not sure where to begin? Figuring out how to book a scuba diving course may seem complicated at first, but PADI...
Saltchuk Tanker Companies Ordered by NLRB to Bargain With Licensed Deck Officers
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ordered both Alaska Tanker Company (ATC) and Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Saltchuk Resources...
Installation of 35-Ton Propeller Sets the Stage for SMM 2026
The giant ship propeller supplied by Mecklenburger Metallguss (MMG) will once again take its place in front of the Hamburg exhibition halls. On...
Cadmatic Expands US Presence With Local Specialists
Marine design software company Cadmatic is expanding its US presence by hiring more local specialists to serve its rapidly growing customer base in...
Kongsberg Maritime Expands Tunnel Thruster Range with Larger Models
Kongsberg Maritime has expanded its Rim-Drive Tunnel Thruster range with two larger models designed for vessels requiring higher thrust and enhanced...
Lloyd’s Register Joins Austal’s $715M Australian Army Landing Craft Program
Lloyd’s Register has secured a $7.8 million (A$11 million) contract from Austal Defence Australia to provide naval classification services for the...
Astro Offshore, Oceaneering Team Up on Integrated Subsea Solutions
Dubai-based offshore vessel operator Astro Offshore has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with Oceaneering International to jointly...
Solstad’s Normand Valiant CSV Hooks $62M Contract with Petrobras
Petrobras has signed a two-year contract for the Normand Valiant construction support vessel (CSV), owned by Solstad Maritime (SOMA).The contract is...
Divers Join NOAA Scientists to Track Puerto Rico’s Queen Conch
Advertisement Students working alongside NOAA scientists have helped expand an underwater survey programme designed to build a clearer picture of...
Divers Find HMS Tiger 118 Years After British Warship Was Cut in Two
Advertisement Technical divers have identified the long-lost wreck of HMS Tiger at 62 metres south of the Isle of Wight, solving a maritime mystery...
Volcanic eruptions and a warming climate have disrupted close connections between the Indian and Pacific Oceans
Images available for use with credit can be found here. Woods Hole, Mass. (August 26, 2026) - A new study that combines paleoclimate data and...
Spain Proposes 23 New Marine Protected Areas Covering More Than 22,000 Sq Km
Advertisement New protected zones around the Canary Islands and Mediterranean would safeguard reefs, seagrass, submarine canyons and important...
Diver Remains Missing After Dive at Pescador Island in the Philippines
Advertisement Friends and members of the diving community are appealing for information about Aliw-Iw “Iw” Zambrano, who has been missing since a...
Avelo Opens Its Diving System to Complete Beginners With New Entry-Level Course
Advertisement New Avelo Diver training means newcomers can now learn to scuba dive using the company’s alternative buoyancy system from the very...
India Enters Diving Equipment Manufacturing With New iNDiC Brand
Advertisement India has taken a significant step towards establishing its own diving equipment manufacturing capability with the launch of iNDiC, a...
Oil Companies to Steer Clear of Iran Blacklisted Ships
At least three Indian oil refiners and a global energy major plan to stop using vessels on Iran's new blacklist, including for ship-to-ship...
Iran-Oman Talks on Hormuz Reopening Drive Down Oil Prices
Oil prices fell more than $2 a barrel on Wednesday as talks between Iran and Oman revived hopes that the Strait of Hormuz could reopen and remove...
Woman Airlifted to Hospital After Queensland Scuba Diving Incident
Advertisement A woman in her 40s was flown to a Brisbane hospital after becoming unwell while scuba diving near Rainbow Beach. Advertisement A woman...
Guanaja’s Clark’s Cay Is Redefining What Adaptive Diving Looks Like
Many dive destinations claim to be “accessible.” Most mean a ramp at the front desk and good intentions. Clark’s Cay, on its own private island off...
Catamaran vs Monohull: Why Beam Is the New Length in Superyacht Charter
For a century, yachting has measured status in metres of length. But a new generation of superyacht catamarans is quietly rewriting the maths —...
ISC DIVER Wants to Be the One App Divers Never Need to Leave
Advertisement Most training apps become irrelevant once the course is finished. ISC DIVER is designed to remain useful from a diver’s first theory...
Avelo Launches New Entry-Level Diver Course
Avelo has launched Avelo Diver, the company’s new entry-level course for people with no prior scuba certification. The newly unveiled course...
Alexey Molchanov Sets New BiFins Record at CMAS Depth World Championships
Russian freediver Alexey Molchanov continued his dominance of the CMAS Depth World Championships in Roatan, Honduras with another men’s world record...
Kongsberg Maritime to Provide Technology Suite for Solstad, SBM Offshore Vessel
Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract to deliver a fully integrated suite of technology and equipment for a new multi-purpose deepwater...
ClassNK Launches Survey Compass AI Assistant for Ship Management
ClassNK has launched ‘Survey Compass,’ an AI assistant that supports shipowners and ship management companies in their survey-related...
McDonough Marine Service Adds MARMAC 3080 Deck Barge to Fleet
McDonough Marine Service announced the addition of the MARMAC 3080, a 300' x 80' x 16' ABS Load Line deck barge, to its growing fleet of marine...
DiveBookings.com Aims To Connect Divers to Global Experiences With a Single Click
DiveBookings.com has announced its global launch, introducing an online, curated and comprehensive database of scuba diving, freediving and...
Russia Strikes Five Vessels in Ports Along Ukrainian Black Sea
The Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that its forces had struck three cargo vessels carrying supplies for the Ukrainian military and a...
Oil Prices Drop 4% as Traders Dismiss US Sanctions
Oil prices fell about 4% to a one-week low on Tuesday as traders shrugged off the latest U.S. sanctions campaign against Iran, viewing economic...
Russian Oil Freight Rates Spike On Security Risks, Vessel Availability
Freight rates for tanker shipments of Russia's flagship Urals crude from western ports to India, the grade's main market, have surged in August as...
USS Abraham Lincoln Plans to Dock in Thailand Next Week
The U.S. aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln will dock in Thailand next week, a Thai official said on Tuesday, following a prolonged deployment...
Trump: Strait of Hormuz Mines Removed, Threatens Iran If More Are Placed
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that all mines had been detonated or removed from international waters of the Strait of Hormuz and that...
C&C Marine Delivers Fourth Towboat in Canal Barge Series
C&C Marine and Repair has delivered the M/V Mimsy H. Lindner to Canal Barge Company, completing a four-boat series of 2,600-horsepower inland...
REINTJES Launches Hybrid Propulsion System
REINTJES, provider of propulsion solutions, has announced their TME Hybrid System."Our plan was to create a compact hybrid unit. To achieve this,...
Canada Invests $7.95m for Six New Icebreakers
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday the federal government would invest more than C$11 billion ($7.95 billion) to build six new...
PADI Discover Tec: Is Tec Diving Right For You?
Have you encountered a tec diver? Even before getting in the water, tec divers can easily be identified by having multiple cylinders and regulator...
Hoppe Marine, AVL to Introduce Emissions Monitoring Systems
Hoppe Marine and AVL Analytical Technologies GmbH announce a strategic cooperation to introduce a new generation of Continuous Emissions Monitoring...
Rigid Wingsail Retrofit Successfully Completed Aboard Bulk Carrier
Topic, TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING and OceanWings announced the successful completion of OceanWings rigid wingsail installation aboard the Ultramax bulk...
Whitepaper Demonstrates Benefits of Thordon Bearings T-BOSS Shaftline Solution
An evaluation study based on reference data from a Suezmax crude oil tanker has demonstrated the benefits of using Thordon Bearings’ T-BOSS...
100-Year-Old Scuba Diver Sets Sights on World Record Attempt
Advertisement Modesto Villaverde hopes to celebrate turning 100 with a record attempt in Lanzarote, four years after his last reported dive in the...
Damage Discovered on Alabama’s Newly Sunk Argosy VI Artificial Reef
Advertisement Alabama marine officials are preparing to inspect the recently sunk Argosy VI after divers documented substantial structural changes...
MacGregor Advances Floating-to-Floating Transfer and LCO2 Systems
MacGregor has expanded its offshore technology portfolio with a certified floating-to-floating personnel transfer capability for its Horizon gangway...
Diver Safely Rescued After Getting Into Distress at California’s Point Lobos
Advertisement Emergency crews responded to Whalers Cove at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve after receiving reports of a diver in distress....
US Court Rejects Challenge to Trump’s Offshore Drilling Expansion
An Alaska federal judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit by environmental groups challenging President Donald Trump’s move to allow offshore drilling...
Why the Cheapest Liveaboard Deal Might Not Actually Be the Cheapest
Shopping around for your next liveaboard adventure? Then some good advice is to make sure you look beyond the headline price. While you think you...
Strait of Hormuz Commodity Vessel Transits at Three-Month Low
Just two tankers transited the key energy chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, for the lowest daily tally of commodity vessels since early...
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