Tanker Hit Railway Bridge
On July 1, a tanker allided with a railway bridge in Venlo and the bridge sustained minor damages during the incident.
What happened?
The tanker 'Ecotanker...
[Watch] Grounded Vessel Refloated
On June 30, a vessel ran aground on the river Rhine at Königswinter due to an engine problem.
What happened?
The vessel ‘Enyo’ reportedly ran aground...
Propeller Damaged on Rocks
On June 29, a vessel’s propeller was damaged after it collided on the rocks in the Cape Jervis harbour.
What happened?
The vessel 'James Cowell' damaged...
[Watch] TWO Killer Whales Swim Past Children
A VIRAL video has swept the internet showing two young children swimming in the sea, only to be surrounded by two killer whales who...
Top 3 Safety Check After an Unmanned Bridge and a Drunken...
Summary
On 10 October 2017, the Netherlands registered general cargo vessel Ruyter ran aground on the north shore of Rathlin Island, UK. There were no...
Problem Bunkers Supplied in Panama
Technical Update 2018/6/25
Viswa Lab has received six cases of machinery problems with heavy fuel bunkered in Panama ports of Balboa, Manzanillo and Cristobal. Four...
Tanker Owner Buys Scrubber Company Ahead of Sulphur Cap
Tanker owner Frontline buys 20% share of a scrubbers company.
The move came at a time when scrubbers have become the niche solution...
Surge in Open-loop Scrubber Orders
According to an analysis of the scrubber orderbook by class society DNV GL, ship owners are increasingly choosing systems that discharge treated water containing...
Hapag-Lloyd Profit Warning Drags Down Shipping Sector Stocks
The German shipping line Hapag-Lloyd AG has recently cut down its profit forecast for the year owing to an overcapacity in the industry coupled...
BP Holds Millions of Barrels of Oil Off China as Demand...
As the demand for oil from the energy major BP slowed down, the company held up four of its supertankers off China’s east coast...
Diana Completes Sale and Delivery of Post-Panamax Container Vessel
Diana Containerships Inc. , a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of containerships, announced that today it has completed the previously announced sale...
Drydock Company Sees Jump in Scrubber Retrofit Work
The shipowners are required to respond to new environmental rules in international shipping, Oman Drydock Company is seeing increasing inquiries atits yard for both...
‘We Help Stranded Ship Crew Out of Humanity’
Increasing number of abandoned vessel are flocking to UAE’s territorial waters since they offer help to abandoned ships.
What happened?
Mr.Al Nuaimi stressed that the ship...
New Labor Protection for Seafarers
The world’s mariners are protected by what may be the only minimum wage established across an entire global industry. Now, labor advocates are mobilizing...
IMO on Board
Lifeboat inspection, fire drills, emergency generator training, keeping watch, new friendships, ports, building professional networks, and working far away from home and family.
Life at...
Failing To Maintain Proper Lookout Resulted in Collision
Summary
On 12 August 2017, the fishing vessel Mako departed San Remo, Victoria, bound for fishing grounds about 3 hours away. Once clear of Cape...
Containers Hardest Hit in Trade War
The US-China trade row is taking a toll on the container shipping industry as global trades slow down.
Even before the new tariffs...
The Great Scrubber Conundrum
Andreas Hilides, Maritime Analyst for S&P Platts was skeptical about the way IMO 2020 is about to be implemented. Also, he is uncertain about...
[Watch] Hull Flipped for Ocracoke Express
Workers at US Workboats successfully “flipped” the 48,000-pound hull of the M/V Ocracoke Express on Monday, June 18, moving construction of the NC Ferry...
[Watch] Collision on the Rhine
The "Enyo" and the "Manouk" were in route to collision on the Rhine, South of Königswinter in the morning of June 29, 2018. The "Enyo" suffered...
