A Movie In Honour Of Brave US Coast Guards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5EZA70Yc8o Finest Hours is a movie directed by Craig Gillespie.  The movie is based on a bestselling book written in 2009 by Michael J. Tougias...

Greece plans to sell key ports of Pireaus and Thessaloniki in...

In the year 2010 when Greece ran into extreme financial crisis, the  IMF, the European Central Bank and the EU Commission  bailed out Greece...

GEORG FORSTER is the largest vessel to be added to CMA...

From its base in Marseille, the CMA CGM Group has a diversified fleet of 460 vessels and they serve at 521 ports worldwide.  The...

Piracy on the rise in South East Asian seas

A whopping 118% increase in incidents of piracy and armed robbery has been recorded in the past one year. In the first half of 2015,...

Total Lubmarine’s New Singapore Lubricant Blending Plant Becomes Operational

With an aim to meet the increasing demand from the shipping industry for its marine lubricants in the Asia – pacific region, Total Lubmarine...

Shell To Acquire Rival BG For $70 Billion

In the wake of the Brazilian economy, which is facing one of its largest recession in 25 years, the Brazilian Government and CADE approved...

Iran Nuclear Deal: US not in a hurry to sign the...

America and other major powers are not in a rush to reach a nuclear agreement  with Iran said John Kerry, US Secretary of State....

North Asian Ports Gear Up For Typhoons

Typhoon Chan-hom is forecast to head towards Shanghai’s Zhoushan port in South Korea as well as Japan’s Okinawa prefecture in the coming days.  Traders...

Hong Kong Port Achieves 65% Of Reduction In SOx Emission

On July 1st, the Hong Kong Government Environmental Protection Department implemented sulphur regulations for Ocean-Going Vessels(OGV). The Regulation prohibits OGVs from using any fuel other than...

London To Host Shipping Conference

Seen as the ‘must attend’ event in 2015 for the global shipping industry, London International Shipping Week will bring world shipping together for one...

Wartsila Establishes New Subsidiary – ‘QuantiParts’

A new subsidiary "Quantiparts" has been established by Wartsila for trading spare parts of its classic 4-stroke Wartsila engines. QuantiParts, fully owned by Wärtsilä,...

Greek Govt Submits New Proposals to Eurozone

The Greek government has submitted new set of proposals  to Eurozone in its fresh bid to stay afloat amidst the economic crisis.  The proposals...

Chinese Stock Market Surges In An Unstable Session

This Thursday, Mainland Chinese shares bounced back following the regulators’ stringent steps to keep the stock market in right pace.  Up to 5.76% of...

Port of Marseille Fos to offer Alternative Maritime Power to berthing...

Cold ironing or Alternative Maritime Power (AMP), is the process of providing shore side electrical power to a ship at berth while its main and...

Can Low Viscosity Engine Oils Boost Fuel Economy?

What does the future of engine oil look like? According to Shell Rotella reps at a press event in Hamburg, Germany, this week, lowering the...

US Government Database Hacked; Data Of 21.5 Million Stolen

Personal data of about 21.5 million people was stolen in a hacking incident.  Among the people whose information was stolen include federal contractors, government...

Discovery of a rare system of five stars

The discovery of a rare system of five connected stars is another feather in the cap for the astronomers.  The findings were presented at...

World Health Organisation Self Evaluates To Handle Health Crisis

A report commissioned by WHO itself finds deficiencies in the organization's capacity and culture to deal with global health emergencies. The Ebola crisis proves...

Car Crash Victims May Have Lain For Three Days

Police failed to follow up a car crash case reported to them three days earlier. An investigation is being carried out into the incident...

Crew On board Cambodian Vessel Rescued

Ten crew members on board a Cambodian vessel were rescued after a ship sank off Phuket, Thailand. The vessel, Sinaran Andaman  was unable to anchor due...