The West of England, a leading mutual marine insurer, has appointed a new Senior Claims Manager to work in its Americas team.

The government of Scotland is preparing to intervene to save Port Glasgow's Ferguson Marine shipyard from bankruptcy, according to economy secretary Derek Mackay. The yard could enter administration as early as the end of this week if it does not receive an intervention, and the government of Scotland has signaled that it will likely purchase it and take it into public ownership.

After the collision between the cruise ship MSC Opera and a tour boat in Venice this June, Italy's government may move to reroute some of the largest passenger vessels away from the historic and potentially vulnerable Guidecca Canal.

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Join the International Baltic Transport Forum taking place in Kaliningrad, Russia on the 11th & 12th of September 2019.

Jotun has signed an agreement with Wallenius Wilhelmsen to provide its Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) anti-fouling coating system across 42 vessels in the leading shipowner’s advanced RoRo fleet.

Kaunas Airport marks the aviation summer with ever newer record of passenger traffic. In July, more than 114 thousand passengers have travelled across Kaunas Airport. This is more by 12 thousand than in May, when the record – a six-digit number of passengers – was reached.

Passenger Load Factor increased year-on-year by 1.2% to close to 90%

Ports of Auckland in New Zealand has signed a contract with Damen Shipyards to buy the world's first full-size, fully electric port tug.

The events were attended by 17 countries from Asia, Europe, America and the Caribbean. 4320 effective business contacts were achieved, from which a sum of $ 873,417,600 of economic impact is expected within one year, as a result of both shows.

On Thursday, the UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) released its final report on the grounding of the Russian freighter Kuzma Minin off Falmouth last December. The agency's investigators concluded that the operator's financial health was an important contributing factor in the casualty.

Hamburg is Germany's biggest universal port and, with 9.9 million tons throughput in 2018, its second biggest inland port. For the first quarter of 2019, the recently published inland vessel data from the northern statistics office reports 34,640 TEU – 20ft standard containers – for the Port of Hamburg. This represents an increase of 20 percent in comparison with the same period last year. Additionally, in the first three months of 2019, at 2.57 million tons, the total quantity of cargo carried by inland waterway craft between the Port of Hamburg and its hinterland achieved double-digit growth of 12.1 percent.

Initiatives aimed at accelerating the adoption of technology by shipping companies while embracing challenges in the age of digital disruption

A pigment package designed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is starting to slow discoloration of the “haze gray” exterior coating on U.S. Navy surface ships.

Maritime innovator KVH is pleased to announce it has joined the Smart Maritime Network (SMN) as one of the founding members of the initiative dedicated to supporting collaboration and standardization in the development of IT systems for the shipping sector. As a founding member, KVH will participate in Smart Maritime Council meetings with a select group of maritime technology developers, systems integrators, and vessel operators to discuss issues relating to the compatibility, standardization, and harmonization of the technology used in the modern shipping industry.