Dry Dock Mishap left One Dead And Three Injured
Italy’s National Research Council, the operator of the vessel, have confirmed the accident that happened while the vessel was dry docked in a floating...
Bangladesh: Death Of Ship Breaker In Explosion
Local media has confirmed the news of a mishap involving gas pipeline blast at a ship-breaking yard in Chittagong district of Bangladesh.Accident
: Gas...
South African Ship Owners Face Continued Stowaway Risk Exposure
Extract from an update issued by the Norwegian P&I Club in the matter of stowaway risk that ship owners are facing.Illegal immigrants at African...
Hackers Get Away With 565,000 Euros
Hackers presenting themselves as the regular African fuel suppliers of the Limassol-based shipping company managed to swindle away 565,000 Euros (about 644,100 U.S. dollars).
The...
Seafarers Happiness Index
Crewtoo Publishes Its Second Seafarers Happiness Index ReportThe second Seafarers Happiness Index report has been published by Crewtoo, the online social network for seafarers...
Maran and Nakilat Expand The Joint Venture
Two new LNG vessels has been included in the recent expansion of Nakilat, the shipping arm of Qatar’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) and Maran...
Average Co2 Emissions Decline By 29%
A report released by BSR’s Clean Cargo Working Group (CCWG) has confirmed the decline of average Co2 emissions per container per kilometer for ocean transportation...
More MERS Deaths In Saudi Arabia
MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, emerged in Saudi Arabia in 2012. MERS infections have been recorded in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. It...
One Billion People Use Facebook In A Single Day
Mr Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard student (19-years-old then) founded Facebook in 2004 and it gained its billionth user in October 2012. Now Facebook has...
Dip in Dry Bulk Orders
A survey released by Clarkson’s Research has suggested that there has been a dip in the new buildings orders, in the dry bulk segment....
Does Your Engine Oil Base Number Drop? Watch out!
Why Does An Oil's Base Number Drop?Marine Diesel engine lubricating oils have a wide range of TBN and the ECA type fuels have brought...
Europe Should Make Migration Official
A UN expert says building fences, using tear gas and other forms of violence against migrants and asylum seekers, detention, withholding access to basics...
Ferry Collision Kills Eight
Accident
:
Collision.Location
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Off Fort Kochi, India.Vessels involved
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Passenger ferry, MD Harsha and Fishing boat Basileus.Date
:
26th August 2015, around 1345 hrs.Casualties
:
Eight dead.A circular service ferry “MD Harsha” owned and operated...
Scorpio Tankers – The Highest Valued Tanker Company!
Scorpio Tankers becomes the Highest Valued Tanker operator in the market and a infographic representation is attached from the reports. Scorpio Tankers, a Monaco-based company...
Migrants from Libya Die of Asphyxiation in a Boat
On Wednesday Italian Coast Guard in its rescue operation (one of 10 such missions) in the waters off Libya found about 50 bodies in...
India: Alimony Denied To A Woman ‘Living In Adultery’
Madras high court, in southern India, recently ruled that a woman divorced for being adulterous could not claim maintenance from her ex-husband.Case Highlights:March...
Petrobras Depot Explosion Kills Two
Accident
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Fire due to explosion.Date
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26th August 2015, around 10:00 hrs.Location
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Petrobras depot in Brazil.Casualties
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Two dead.Workers were engaged in a planned maintenance job of the fuel heating unit...
Unlicensed Bunker Supplier Fined
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has an approved list of 59 licensed bunker suppliers in its ports. They handle about 42.4 million...
Hong Kong: Maisie Cheng Appointed As Director Of Marine Department
Michael Wong assumed the post as Director of Marine on February 27, 2014. Now barely 18 months after his taking the post, he is...
Unique Shipping KPI System For Performance Measurement
BIMCO’s Shipping KPI System is a useful and essential tool for performance measurement that allows ship owners and operators to compare their ship’s efficiency...
