TMS Celebrates 50 Not Out
This is the 50th edition of the TMS Newsletter and The Maritime Standard would like to thank all its readers for their support in...
[Watch] Fata Morgana: Footage of a Floating Ship
Bulker Aground in Lake Superior
Tourist captures footage of a cruise ship floating ABOVE the sea... but is everything as it seems?
Video filmed...
Breakthrough Discovery at Shelburne Bay Shipwreck
Researchers are calling artifacts recovered from a 200-year-old shipwreck in Shelburne Bay a breakthrough discovery.
In the Shelburne shipyard, divers are tracking a piece of...
Pure Liberation From London’s First Naked Restaurant
Bulker Aground in Lake Superior
London's first naked restaurant - which boasts 46,000 people on its waiting list - opened its doors last night...
Fuel Changeover & Loss of Propulsion (LOP) Risks are Increasing Alarmingly!
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Innospec has reviewed statistics from the French Ministry of Environment (Maritime Affairs Directorate) which show alarming increase in fuel related propulsion loss...
Heavy Vibration Caused Condensate Pipe to Crack!
The UK Step Change in Safety has published a ‘safety moment’ regarding a condensate leak.
Image Credit: InTech
Whilst there were no injuries, this was a...
Vessel Captain Surrenders Credential to the Coast Guard
Coast Guard Concludes Administrative Enforcement Action Against Commercial Passenger Vessel Operator
Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach investigators concluded administrative enforcement action in a case...
DSME: Ex-employee Detained for $15m Embezzlement, Stock Trading Halted
On June 15, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., in a disclosure notice, reportedly confirmed about the news reports that a former employee had...
Fire Aboard a Containership at the Port of Colombo
A container on board a ship birthed in the Colombo Port caught fire yesterday. The ship was reported to have arrived from India and...
Ship Out-of-Action — Suspected Main Engine Trouble (or) Propeller Damage!
The 1998-built OOCL Belgium, a Containership, when it was on its way from Montreal to UK, suffered unspecified damage and the surveyor recommended an...
ABB Unveiled a New Turbocharger Dedicated for Auxiliary Engines
At the 28th CIMAC Congress, Helsinki, Finland, ABB unveiled a new turbocharger which is exclusively made for ship’s auxiliary engines.
Why an exclusive turbocharger for...
8 Shipwrecks That Could Sink the Environment
Shipwreck one
Name of the Vessel: Jacob Luckenbach
When: July, 1953
Where: Less than 20 miles beyond the Golden Gate Bridge
Threat: Leaked 300,000 gallons or more.
Reason for...
World’s Oldest Beer from a 220-year-old Shipwreck Brought Back to Life
A group of Australian scientists claim they could recreate the world's oldest beer by reviving the yeast of a 220-year-old beer salvaged from the...
EMSA: Bioethanol and Methanol Identified as Good Potential Fuel Alternatives
A recent report issued by European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) states that Methanol and Ethanol are good potential alternatives for decreasing both the emissions...
Microsoft Proposes to LinkedIn! Will This Marriage Succeed?
Bulker Aground in Lake Superior
On June 13, Microsoft Corporation and LinkedIn Corporation announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which...
[Watch] Huge Waves Engulf a Ship in Wild Storms
Incredible footage shows the moment huge waves engulf a ship in Tasmania's wild storms as it crosses rough seas.
Men on board a ship...
IMO Approves Interim Guidelines on Maritime Cyber Risk Management
On May 20th at the 96th session of the Maritime Safety Committee, the International Maritime Organization approved the Interim Guidelines on Maritime Cyber Risk Management, which...
Bernhard Schulte Ships Outperforms in Meeting the Most Stringent Environmental Standards
A state-of-the-art containership designed by the Schulte Group to meet the most stringent international environmental standards is already outperforming in terms of design and...
NOL Gets a New CEO & CFO
On June 14, NOL Board of Directors, which was reconstituted on 9 June 2016, convened and named Mr Nicolas Sartini as NOL Chief Executive Officer...
A 3-Year-Old Girl Slips between the Railings on board a Cruise...
On June 13, a 3-year-old girl riding the carnival cruise ship, falls through the railings on its deck off Galveston.
The Cruise ship returned to...