Yearly Archives: 2016
Watchkeepers Failed! Ships Collided
Summary
On 29 August 2015, in daylight and good visibility, the cargo ship Daroja and the bunker barge Erin Wood collided just east of Peterhead,...
Virgin’s Ship Order Finalized
Ship construction contracts valued at approximately two billion euros between Fincantieri and Virgin Voyages (part of Virgin Group of companies) for three new cruise...
Hazardous Cargoes Pressure Effects – Tanker Safety
PRESSURE
Liquefied gases are normally carried as boiling liquids at either:
ambient temperature (fully pressurised ships), or
atmospheric pressure (fully...
Bunker Surveyors Must for Bunker Supply Operations
Skuld Advises Ship Operators to Utilise a Bunker Surveyors Amid New Singapore MFM Requirement
Marine insurance provider Skuld has advised vessel operators to utilise a...
[Watch] Imagine a World of Unlimited Clean Electricity…
This video presents how the clean tech company Climeon and Sir Richard Branson aim to change the way we produce electricity today. Climeon makes...
Lamps on Nuclear Icebreaker Catches Fire
On 21st December, Yamal a nuclear-powered icebreaker ship belonging to Russia reportedly caught fire after its powerful flood lamps caught fire.
Deputy General Director Mustafa...
Pressurized Burst Aboard a Tanker Injures Two
Two men injured on tank ship 20 miles offshore of Port Arthur
Coast Guard crews medevaced two men after they were struck by a pressurized...
Cocaine Worth $60m Nabbed by Australian Border Force
On Friday, nearly 186 kilos of cocaine was seized from a commercial vessel after it was escorted to Hobart by Border force personnel.
HMAS Adelaide...
Treasure Hunter Jailed Until He Reveals Location of 3 Tons of Shipwreck Gold
As a mail steamer called the S.S. Central America chugged along the Atlantic coast In 1857, bound for New York, it was hit by...
2016 Year in Review: Container Shipping Industry’s Annus Horribilis
By Timothy Renshaw
The corporate wreck of Hanjin Shipping Co. validated the 2016 storm warnings for global container shipping lines, but there were some sunny...