Coast Guard Issues New NVIC on Ballast Water Management
The U.S. Coast Guard's offices of Operating and Environmental Standards and Commercial Vessel Compliance reported the availability of Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular 01-18,...
Port Entry Protocol Violation Results in Containership Collision
Summary:
While the container ship ESTELLE MAERSK, with the Master, 27 crew members and a pilot on board, was proceeding north towards the South Entrance...
VIKING to Announce Unique Polar MES at Seatrade Cruise Global
Having announced recently, that it is ‘more than ready’ to help shipowners meet the demands of the new IMO Polar Code, VIKING Life-Saving Equipment is set to...
Diana Containerships Inc. Announces the Sale of Two Panamax
Diana Containerships Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of containerships, announced that it has signed, through two separate wholly-owned subsidiaries, two...
Baltic Exchange Shipping Insights
Clean
The LR2 market has become firm with rates for 75,000 tonnes from Middle East Gulf to Japan up by 15 points to around WS...
[Watch] Collision of Two Big Ships
On Saturday morning at around 1 a.m, the MSC Madrid rammed the port side of the Primula Seaways. The latter came downstream from the...
Panama Canal Sets New Milestone
Panama Canal officials announced in a recent press release about the transit of its 3,000th Neopanamax vessel, exceeding initial traffic expectations by this date...
7 Myths of Scrubbers
The 7 Ongoing Myths regarding scrubbers
1. Scrubbers are too expensive.
Totally untrue. A 10 MW scrubber can be manufactured and installed in about USD 2...
Failure of a Piston Rod Results in Engine Failure and Fire...
Summary:
On 7 September 2017, the 15.87m crew transfer vessel, Windcat 8, was on passage to Grimsby, UK, from the Lynn Wind Farm in the...
Smart Shipping and Smart Operation Solution for Ship Owners
Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group recently signed, the first agreement of its kind to integrate their advanced digital...
1.3 Tonnes of Cannabis on Vessel Seized Off Crete
On March 5, nearly 1.3 tonnes of processed cannabis was seized by Greek authorities off a fishing vessel near the Southern Island of Crete.
What...
Vessels Beware! 70 Cargo Containers Falls Off Ship
On March 4, a warning was issued by United States Coast Guard informing mariners to be on the lookout for containers which were lost...
Allision Off Flushing
On March 3, a roro ferry was involved in a collision with a container ship off Flushing, near Antwerp.
What happened?
A roro ferry ‘Primula Seaways’...
Cargo Ship Struggling at Sea Towed to Shore
A broken down cargo ship drifting towards a wind farm has been brought back to shore in icy conditions.
On Thursday, a broken down cargo ship...
Drifting Ice Breached Barge
On March 1, the cargo ship "Lauwerszee", suffered an electrical failure due to drifting ice in Meppen. A report in the vessel tracker showed...
Blaze Breaks Out on Ship Docked at Royal Portbury Dock
On March 1, the firefighters were called in during the early hours to contain a fire which broke onboard a docked vessel.
What happened?
The unnamed...
Vessel Looses Stability Due to Heavy Icing
On February 28, a ship lost its stability after it developed a large angle of the list to heavy icing in Hanstholm.
What happened?
The vessel...
Drifting Oil Rig Damages a Container Ship
On February 28, a container vessel was damaged after it was hit by an oil rig after it broke away from its mooring due...
[Watch] Fire Consumes a Moored Ship
On 1st March, a vessel was ravaged by fire when it was moored in the Moskva River in Russia’s capital Moscow.
What happened?
The vessel was...
MISC Takes Delivery of 4th Seri C Class LNG Carrier Newbuilding
Seri Camar joins her sister MOSS-Type newly builds Seri Cenderawasih, Seri Camellia and Seri Cempaka on long-term charter to Petronas, MISC said in a...
