SGMF Forms Environment Group to Study Marine-fuel Emissions
The Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF) will form its seventh working group in the new year, focusing on the environmental impact...
GAC-SMHI Targets Vessel Safety
The Sea Traffic Management (STM) Validation Project, developed by a European consortium headed-up by the Swedish Maritime Administration, highlights that international shipping remains relatively...
Remember the Seafarer
Remember The Seafarer, Says ICS
As we sit down with family and friends to enjoy the good things that the festive season will bring, Peter...
Two Maersk Vessels Sink Off France
A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Thursday two of its offshore oil industry supply vessels sank off the coast of France earlier in the day as...
Outdoor Christmas Laser Lights Could Pose Threat to Ship Captains, Boaters
by Matt Markovich
Laser lights from outdoor Christmas displays can pose a threat to boaters. That’s the warning from the Puget Sound Sector of the...
Krohne Marine’s Ecomate™ MRV System Independently Certified By Verifavia
Verifavia, the world’s leading emissions verification company for the transport sector, has fully certified maritime monitoring specialist, KROHNE Marine’s EcoMATE™ MRV against the European...
Diving into the Mysteries of World War II Bell Island Shipwrecks
A group of researchers will explore the underwater battlefields off the coast of Bell Island, to try to uncover more about what happened when...
Top Ten Shipping KingPins!
1. Xu Lirong, China Cosco Shipping Group
Can Capt Xu leave his handprints on the ‘Avenue of Stars’ of China’s shipping history?
2. Hanjin/KDB/Korea Inc
Hanjin bankruptcy...
2016 Tested us, But Let’s Make 2017 the Year that Drives...
INTERMANAGER PRESIDENT’S NEW YEAR MESSAGE: 2016 TESTED US, BUT LET’S MAKE 2017 THE YEAR THAT DRIVES US
By Bjørn Jebsen
There is no shying away from...
Remember to Renew Your CLC, Bunker, Athens and WRC Certificates
Time has come for most shipowners to apply for renewal of their CLC, Bunker, Athens and Wreck Removal Certificates from the Danish Maritime Authority....
Shipping Confidence on a 15 Month High
On Tuesday, Moore Stephens said the average shipping confidence level rose from 5.4 in August 2016 to 5.6 out of 10.0 in November 2016...
[Watch] Collided Ship Due to Watchkeepers Fault
A 24 metre fuelling vessel Erin Wood collided with a 4,155 DWT Cyprus registered cargo vessel Daroja on Saturday evening, August 29th, 2015 approximately...
Watchkeepers Failed! Ships Collided
Summary
On 29 August 2015, in daylight and good visibility, the cargo ship Daroja and the bunker barge Erin Wood collided just east of Peterhead,...
Virgin’s Ship Order Finalized
Ship construction contracts valued at approximately two billion euros between Fincantieri and Virgin Voyages (part of Virgin Group of companies) for three new cruise...
Hazardous Cargoes Pressure Effects – Tanker Safety
PRESSURE
Liquefied gases are normally carried as boiling liquids at either:
ambient temperature (fully pressurised ships), or
atmospheric pressure (fully...
Bunker Surveyors Must for Bunker Supply Operations
Skuld Advises Ship Operators to Utilise a Bunker Surveyors Amid New Singapore MFM Requirement
Marine insurance provider Skuld has advised vessel operators to utilise a...
[Watch] Imagine a World of Unlimited Clean Electricity…
This video presents how the clean tech company Climeon and Sir Richard Branson aim to change the way we produce electricity today. Climeon makes...
Lamps on Nuclear Icebreaker Catches Fire
On 21st December, Yamal a nuclear-powered icebreaker ship belonging to Russia reportedly caught fire after its powerful flood lamps caught fire.
Deputy General Director Mustafa...
Pressurized Burst Aboard a Tanker Injures Two
Two men injured on tank ship 20 miles offshore of Port Arthur
Coast Guard crews medevaced two men after they were struck by a pressurized...
Cocaine Worth $60m Nabbed by Australian Border Force
On Friday, nearly 186 kilos of cocaine was seized from a commercial vessel after it was escorted to Hobart by Border force personnel.
HMAS Adelaide...