Tomorrow’s LNG Carrier! LNGreen Concept Phase II from DNV GL

DNV GL Leads the Next Phase of the Award Winning LNGreen Concept DNV GL has initiated a follow-up of the successful LNGreen project, which brought...

How Best to Lay-up Vessels? – First DNV GL’s “Clean Lay-up”...

DNV GL Issues First “Clean Lay-up” Declaration Classification society DNV GL announced at the Posidonia trade fair that it had issued the first “Clean Lay-up”...

Success! Dry Bulk Carrier Transits the New Panama Canal

Panama Canal’s Chartered Training Vessel Transits New Locks The Panama Canal's chartered vessel transited the new Atlantic-facing Agua Clara Locks yesterday.  These transits, performed by...

Drones to Deliver Blood from Ship to Shore

FAA-approved urban drone delivery services Flirtey and Dr. Timothy Amukele, assistant professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will conduct the...

[Watch] Monster Wave Smashing Ship

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior The Royal New Zealand Navy’s HMNZS Otago was travelling in the Antarctic Ocean when it was battered by the...

DNV GL Tops New Paris MoU Performance List

Agreed performance lists Paris MoU At its 49th meeting last month, the Paris MoU Committee approved the 2015 inspection results and adopted new performance lists...

Two Half-naked Bodies of Seafarers Found Aboard a Ship

On June 8, two Ukrainian seafarers were found dead on a Malta flagged vessel, which was undergoing repair works in a private dockyard, in...

Bottoms Up! Butt Lift Surgery Peaks in 2015

There are a group of women working hard in doing all they can to get rid of extra weight, whereas a larger bum is...

Engine Room Totally Troubled in Ten Minutes

Summary The engineering staff completed an ice navigation checklist. Opened the steam valve to the lower sea chest as they thought this would prevent ice...

Miners Find 500-year-old Shipwreck Loaded with £9 Million of Gold

Diamond Miners Find 500-year-old Shipwreck Loaded with £9 Million of Gold in the Middle of an African Desert Diamond miners recently discovered a ship that...

Navy Revives Sinking Merchant Ship Off Goa

At about 7.30 p.m. on June 8, a merchant ship MV Infinity One, approximately 20 NM off Goa coast, reported water ingress and continuous...

Suspension of Draft Restriction in Panamax Locks

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announces that the first draft restriction announced in Advisory to Shipping A-12-2016, and in effect since April 18, 2016,...

Oil Tanker Evades a Pirate Attack Off Togo

Oil Tanker Averts Pirate Attack Off Nigeria On June 6, an oil tanker suffered an aborted pirate attack between the coast of Togo and Nigeria....

Green Award Ships by DNV GL

DNV GL has signed a partnership agreement with the Green Award Foundation at Posidonia today to promote the highest standards of safety, quality and...

The 20 Worst Cities in the Universe for Air Contamination

The present situation in the World is exposed to highly contaminated air, arising out from Industry, Chemical wastes, and other toxic substances etc, which...

Cut Emissions and Boost Efficiency! with Antifouling Coatings

Petronas LNG Carriers Seek Jotun Coatings to Cut Emissions Malaysian operator Petronas will utilize Jotun's Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) antifouling framework for two LNG vessels which...

Shipping Containers and the New Architecture!

Boxman Studios’ claims, If you are looking for a versatile, sustainable, and virtually indestructible solution then shipping container architecture can provide a solution for...

Are We Storing up Difficulties for VLCCs?

The spot market for VLCCs is around US$50,000/day and Suezmaxes are enjoying average rates of around US$40,000/day. Secondhand trading values have strengthened.  Brokers Lorentzen &...

Huge Ship made from 4 Tons of Reused Materials

Turkey Presents a Huge Ship made from 4 Tons of Reused Materials in Venice Turkey's Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale showcases common cultural...

[Watch] The Drone Survey by DNV GL

Watch DNV GL surveyors using drones to visually check the condition of remote structural components has the potential to significantly reduce survey times and...