Yearly Archives: 2023
Exxon Set To Order 5th Guyana Oil Vessel
Exxon Mobil Corp. is preparing to approve its fifth oil production project in Guyana and is considering taking additional exploration acreage, the head of...
[Watch] IMCA Resilience Awareness Programme – Module 2
Resilience Awareness Training
The Resilience Awareness Programme was created by top IMCA members specifically for the marine contracting sector. A successful organisation must be able...
Inadequate Lookout Leads To A Collision Of Tanker And Yacht!
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On 23 December 2021, the 63m M/Y Utopia IV was involved in a collision with the 49m tanker Tropic Breeze in the Bahamas. The tanker...
No Effective Lookout Leads Collision Of Ships
Incident
A 6,000 gt general cargo vessel had collided with a fishing vessel in restricted visibility. The fishing boat sank and only two of its...
Chartwell Marine Receives Funding to Create a Methanol-Fueled Vessel Design
A market-first methanol-fueled vessel design with applications in the offshore wind, commercial workboat, and leisure sectors will be developed and tested by Chartwell Marine...
Tonga Eruption: Mega Blast From Pacific Volcano Felt On Atlantic Bottom
The Atlantic Ocean seabed, 18,000 kilometres away from the Pacific Ocean, felt the effects of the enormous volcanic explosion that occurred there last year,...
Enhancing Maritime Cyber Security Resilience
The maritime industry plays a vital role in the global economy, with shipping responsible for as much as 90 per cent of trade worldwide....
Exploring Nuclear Power As Alternative Fuel Source !
Cargo ships have run off bunker fuel oil since at least as far back as the end of the Second World War. But now,...
Is The World Trade Crisis Nearing Its End ?
Between the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023, the great supply chain crisis, which had caused enormous problems throughout the world trade...
India Should Leverage Its Demographic Dividend Given Its Growing Population
India is likely to become the world’s most populous nation this year.
It presents an enormous opportunity for the country's economic growth.
But...