ASRY Gets New Chief Executive

ASRY Appoints Acting Chief Executive MANAMA: ASRY, the leading ship and rig repair yard in the Arabian Gulf, has appointed Magdy Mustafa as Acting Chief...

Super Month of Bunker Sales Posted by Singapore

As per the data released by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), Singapore has posted another monster month of bunker sales.  The...

Why Aren’t Ships Using Wind-power to Cut Their Climate Footprint?

The marine industry claims to have no control over its rising emissions.  It blames the growth in global trade.  However, it is a fact...

‘What is LNG?’ Asks Trump

US presidential hopeful Donald J Trump has sought to clarify his plans for energy, and to allay reports suggesting that he has only a...

World’s Dangerous Cruise Trip Ever Sets Sail

On August 16, a luxury cruise ship “Crystal Serenity” with 1,070-capacity embarks on a first-ever Arctic cruise through the Northwest Passage. The once forbidding Arctic...

Unintended Activation of Safety Functions Leading To Blackout of MOUs

Though the below update is mainly for rigs/offshore and DP operation, this can also apply to Ocean going ships and other merchant vessels.   Course...

Braemar Adjusting Agrees Strategic Partnership in Iran

Braemar Adjusting is pleased to announce that it has agreed a strategic partnership with Calm Sea Culture Marine Services Limited (CSC) to act as...

[Watch] Boats Crash At 200mph

This is what happens when people race each other in dinghies with 3,000+bhp The Lycoming T-55 L-7 is a very powerful, noisy engine.  You’ll normally...

Tanker Failing to Maintain Oil Record Book Fined $275,000

Korean Shipping Company Slapped with Second Hefty Fine A South Korean shipping company slapped with a $950,000 fine in April for dumping polluted water into...

Caterpillar Marine to Establish New Marine Center in Singapore

Caterpillar Marine expands presence at former Caterpillar Remanufacturing site to establish new dedicated Marine Center in Singapore Caterpillar Marine is establishing a new Marine Center...

Maritime Human Element Training – is it Working?

Statistics continue to show that human factors are the root cause of 65% of maritime related incidents and accident with tangible and direct financial...

Tanker With 900,000 Liters of Diesel has been Hijacked

Malaysian Authorities Say Ship Carrying Diesel Hijacked An oil tanker carrying 900,000 liters of diesel has been hijacked and taken into Indonesian waters, Malaysian maritime...

[Watch] High-tech Shipwreck Lab to Open in St. Augustine

A first-of-its-kind facility opening in northeast Florida will be a large laboratory to conserve and save artifacts from shipwrecks.  It will be called the...

New Group Boiler Division Established by Harris Pye

The Harris Pye Engineering Group has formed a new dedicated global Boiler Division, with Jan Bloksgaard appointed Managing Director, to optimise their existing knowledge...

Undersea Drones Take a Breather

Fossil fuel companies, in their endeavour to speed up exploration, drilling, construction, and maintenance work turned to the use of heavy-duty underwater drones known...

World’s First Ballast Water Port Solution Successfully Completes Tests

Damen Green Solutions is proud to announce that the InvaSave technology has completed shipboard testing ‘on board’ the Henrike Schepers.  Untreated ballast water was...

[Watch] Lindsay Crashing into the Sea

Splash! Lindsay Lohan was literally creating waves when she dive-bombed from a private yacht in Sardinia on Sunday afternoon The clip shows the Freaky Friday...

Seaborne Trade: Keep the Cargo Moving

Distance forms a crucial element in the world of seaborne trade, especially, while determining how much demand for vessel capacity is created by trade...

Cargo Ship Runs Aground on North Coast of St. Eustatius

On August 11, an inter-island cargo vessel MV Sirena ran aground on the northern coast of the island of St. Eustatius . The vessel...

Guidelines on Cyber Security Onboard Ships

Understanding Cyber Incidents The immensely popular saying ‘every issue has its plus(es) and minus(es)’ is applicable to the field of modern connectivity and electronics.  Just...