Six people died in an explosion at the Cotecmar shipyard in Cartagena and at least 20 people were injured. The explosion occurred on Wednesday, May 17. Three explosions were reported some 15 kilometers from the city and took place while the workers were painting a tanker vessel.

DryShips has taken delivery of the Kamsarmax dry bulk carrier which was constructed in 2014. Under the deals, the Kamsarmax and two other ships are expected to join their new owner during the second part of 2017. Since the beginning of 2017, the company has taken delivery of five vessels and expects to take delivery of twelve more by the end of the year.

Golden Ocean Group Limited (GOGL) has taken delivery of another tanker bought in March. The Q Ioanari is a ship which will now be renamed Golden Ioanari. The ship was constructed by the Hyundai Mipo shipyard in Korea in 2011. Its market value currently stands at USD 19.47 million.

The COSCO Development has arrived in Savannah port on Thursday after traveling through the expanded Panama Canal from Asia. The vessel is 366 meters long with a beam of 48.2 meters. The COSCO Development is the largest ship to ever visit the coast of the United States. This month, it became the largest ship to transit the Panama Canal Expansion.

Eagle Bulk has recently purchased Ultramax MV Southport Eagle. The 2013-built vessel was previously named JS Mississippi. Eagle Bulk Shipping reached an agreement to acquire six Crown-63 Ultramaxes, while an additional 3 ships are contingent upon final approval.

The Indian company GE Shipping has taken delivery of a Supramax carrier Jag Rohan. GE Shipping signed a contract with Kambara Kisen to buy the 52,450 dwt vessel in the first part of 2017. According to VesselsValue’s data, the Jag Rohan, previously known as Tenshou Maru, was purchased for USD 9 million. GE Shipping’s current fleet stands at 45 vessels.

A video of Regal Princess sailing on the river Elbe has been published on the Internet. The video shows the newly painted Regal Princess sailing on the river Elbe in Germany on April 28. From April 17 to 28, the cruise ship was at the Blohm Voss shipyard in Hamburg for retrofitting. Following its docking, the vessel left Hamburg and set sail for Copenhagen. The Regal Princess if 330 meters long and able to accommodate 3,560 passengers and 1,346 crew members.

The vessel was built by the South Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries in 2011. According to VesselsValue, the container ship was purchased through an auction procedure for a price of USD 33 million. The Panamax is one of five sister ships bought in late March, which will be delivered to their new owner in 2017. Capital Ship Management is currently operating a fleet of 58 vessels.

After searching over 5,000 square nautical miles, the United States Coast Guard has called off the search operation for a crew member who went missing from the cruise ship MS Liberty of the Seas. 39-year-old Norman DeCastro went missing on April 24 and was last seen at 1:30 a.m. Involved in the search efforts were the HC-144 airplane and the coast guard cutters Manowar and Pompano.

A search operation was launched on April 24, when an MS Liberty of the Seas crew member went missing. According to the United States Coast Guard, New Orleans received a report at 4:30 a.m. that a 39-year-old crew member was missing and had last been seen at 1:30. The cutter Manowar, an 87-foot patrol boat, has been deployed to conduct the search operation.