Seafarer Abandonment in 2025 Poised to Pass 2024 Record. By May this year, 158 cases of vessel abandonment had been recorded, up from 119 at the same point in 2024.These cases represent more than 1… ...

Rhode Island only has a few precious months of peak boating season, and any setback can bite into your time on the water.

You might not think that keeping a boat hull smooth in the water has anything in common with keeping a scalpel clean for surgery, but there it does: in both cases you’re trying to prevent nat… ...

The global Ship Hull Inspection Services market, valued at $12.1 billion in 2025, is projected to reach $16.4 billion by 2034 ...

Cruise ship passengers stranded at sea for days after 'biofoul' discovered. It has been required to undergo hull cleaning to remove the biofoul - a common accumulation of microorganisms, plants ...

New Zealand implemented its hull-cleaning rules in 2018, but for its first two years, authorities focused on education and helping ship operators meet requirements. Then the pandemic hit.

SINGAPORE – A 22-year-old Malaysian diver died on June 18 after he got entangled with a boat propeller while cleaning a ship’s hull at an anchorage off East Coast.

A cruise ship was prevented from docking in Australia due to fungal growth on the ship’s hull, according to statements issued by the cruise line and Australia’s Department of Agriculture ...