With booming traffic in and out of South Africa’s ports, Transnet has been the focal point of developments, as Ship Year discovered during an interview with vis...Read more...

Established back in 1979, Gemini Marine has cornered a chunk of the inflatable industry. With notable sales the world over, it has bucked the worst of the finan...Read more...

The war on piracy is on high alert as shipping companies continue to grapple with this scourge on a regular basis. Specialist attorney Luke Havemann delves into...Read more...

The Volvo Ocean Race is the longest professional sporting event in the world, blasting through four oceans and five continents and contested in treacherous cond...Read more...

Somali piracy is still a high risk to maritime security and is costing global trade billions: so what is the bottom line for insurers?

The high incidence of pirate attacks in and around the Gulf of Aden has seen the movement of vessels via South African ports as a favourable alternative, not wi...Read more...

Heavy fuel oil is not an option for future shipping within emission control areas and alternatives have to be introduced.

Bankruptcy in the shipping industry has cast a pall over the maritime sector. Ship Year asked knowledgeable Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs director Kate Pitman for t...Read more...

With tightening fiscal belts, the new-generation multipurpose vessels bring their own crane to the docks – a prominent feature of the Sahara, a new craft in the...Read more...