Canadian Coast Guard Discovers Shipwreck Off Nova Scotia Coast

The Canadian Coast Guard uncovered a mystery earlier this month while trawling the waters off Nova Scotia.  Several large wooden fragments of a ship,...

The Freeport: Who Pays the Price for its Economic Success?

The Freeport: Who Pays the Price for its Economic Success? by Carmel Cacopardo There are conflicting views on the acceptability, or otherwise, of the operations...

A Green, Low Viscosity Motor Oil which Resulted in up to...

Over the last few years, automotive manufacturers across Europe have been dealing with a vexing problem: How would they comply with stricter environmental mandates...

20 Crew Members Talk About What it’s Really Like to Work...

20 Crew Members Talk About What it's Really Like to Work on Cruise Ships While you're having a blast on your summer cruise – floating...

Tekomar Cylube Enables Containerships to Achieve 20-30% Cylinder Oil Savings

Hansa Shipping has reported significant savings in cylinder oil consumption since installing Tekomar’s Cylube system onboard six containerships earlier this year. Cylube is an electronically...

[Watch] Drone Swarm Fired from Ship or Plane

A swarm of disposable drones that can be fired from a ship or plane to help perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions has gone...

$13 Billion US Warship that Cannot Fight

USS Gerald Ford’s key systems have reliability issues Aircraft launch and delivery systems may need to be redesigned The Pentagon's top weapons tester concluded...

LNG Supply Chain to Help GTT as Shipping Slows Down

After Shipping Orders Slow Down, GTT Keen on LNG Inventory Network Development GTT, the France-based membrane containment system manufacturer is looking for a new...

Ship Recycling Awaits a Green Revolution

Shipowners have the Power to Revolutionise Ship Recycling by Going ‘Green’ Ship scrapping and recycling is a natural and inevitable part of a vessel’s lifecycle....

Mv Benita Refloated! What Next? Will it be Scuttled or Repaired

On July 23, the Liberian bulk carrier MV Benita was successfully refloated at around 1 PM. Now the big question is about the fate...

How Safe is the New Canal for Expensive Vessels? Design Concerns...

Earlier Mfame published an article on Maneuvering the New Panama Canal Lock, a New Issue in the Rising? and one other article analyzed How Safe are...

Sea is Lot Safer Today! Piracy Drops to 21-year Low

Sea Piracy Drops to 21-year Low, IMB Reports On July 25, IMB Piracy Reporting Centre announced that piracy and armed robbery at sea has fallen to...

Top 7 Steps That Can Make Seafaring More Attractive

In terms of tangible action for seafarer welfare, the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) established a Social Sustainability Working Group to investigate ways of informing...

Traversing Northwest Passage Controversial Despite Warming

Traversing Northwest Passage Controversial Despite Warming By Jessie Fox Over hundreds of years, the notorious Northwest Passage has evolved from an intrepid English explorer’s dream to...

GPS Jamming Can Cause Vessels to Go Off Course and Collide...

GPS Jamming—Keeping Ships on the 'Strait' & Narrow The University of Nottingham and Royal Norwegian Naval Academy (RNoNA) are investigating how to prevent shipping Global...

Sixty Years Ago Today the Andrea Doria Wrecked

Sixty Years Ago Today the Andrea Doria Wrecked, A Local Survivor Remembers the Night Well Sixty years ago today the Andrea Doria wrecked.  The Italian...

[Watch] Freighter Wrestle through the Storm Last Week

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior Watch the Algoma Guardian entered the Duluth Shipping Canal just as a powerful storm crossed Duluth at 3:30AM Thursday...

MOL Gets New Long-Term Charter Contract

MOL Signs Deal on Long-Term Charter Contract for Uruguay LNG FSRU Project Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that Lakler S.A., 100% subsidiary of MOL, has...

IBIA to Form Bunker Surveyor Sub-Committee! Would This be a...

IBIA - the International bunker industry association is likely to form a sub-committee of bunker surveyors.  This sub-committee is all set to help bunker...

Asia Fuel Oil-380-cst Cash Discounts and Contango End Week Wider

Cash discounts and the front-month time spread contango of Asia's 380-cst fuel oil weakened over the week to July 22 as suppliers sought to...