[Watch] Awesome Lapse Movie Of A Baltic Runner

Baltic Runner from George Leonov on Vimeo. Check out the time lapse footage which was made on a container ship, the MV Carat, sailing around...

Storm And Norovirus Breaks Trip Of Anthem Of The Seas

Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas cut shorts it's one other trip again on Saturday due to norovirus outbreak and trying to avoid a...

Hand Injury Due To Hydraulic Oil Injection

People can become exposed to the chemicals in hydraulic fluids. The exposure to chemicals may be due to inhalation, ingestion, or touch.  There are...

A Ship With 6,000 Tons Of Cement Catches Fire!

A short circuit by personal appliances in crew room damaged the cement carrier. The 8,830 DWT vessel carrying 6000 tons of cement on board caught...

Car Carrier Sinks As It Collides With Containership In English Channel

Accident : Collision Date : 28th February 2016 Vessel type : Car Carrier and container ship Location : English Channel Casualties/Pollution : Nil A Norwegian Car carrier collided with another container ship and sank...

USS Arizona Exploded Killing 1,177 Souls

USS Arizona was a Pennsylvania-class battleship built for and by the United States Navy.  The ship was launched on June 19, 1915.  USS Arizona...

Capesize Bulk Carrier Runs Aground in Suez Canal

A Panamanian-flagged Capesize bulk carrier has run aground  in the Suez Canal yesterday (25 February) and remains stuck in the same position.  The ship was...

Drunk Captain Grounds A Cargo Ship In Germany

A Cargo ship is reported to have struck a bridge across the river Main at Lohrer, Germany and got stuck between a pillar on...

The Dangers of Conducting Barbecue Onboard

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has issued notices for the attention of the shipping community on the importance to recognise the dangers...

Watch Brave Tern Standing On Its Own Leg

Have you seen a ship standing on its legs? Here it is for you! the offshore wind turbine installation vessel Brave tern jacked up to...

Laying Up Ships – An Increasing Trend In The Current Shipping...

Thanks to multiple factors headed by the fall in demand of China for commodities, the shipping industry particularly the bulk carriers and container vessels are...

Piracy Attack Off Nigeria – Two Crewmen Abducted

French Offshore vessel attacked off Nigeria on Tuesday. An anchor handling tug and supply vessel was attacked off the coast of Nigeria on tuesday.  The...

Engine Failure Left A Container Ship Adrift

Incident : Vessel Adrift Vessel type : Container ship Location : Yucatan Channel on 35 nautical miles west off Cuba Casualties/Pollution : Nil The container ship experienced an engine failure and got...

LNG Fuelled Generators In German Ports

Containerized LNG-fueled generators for cold-ironing gets a grant in excess of a million euros. A latest system to provide clean power for ships at ports...

A Plant To Treat Black And Grey Water Aboard

Evac Launches Electrochemical Wastewater Treatment Adhering to the MARPOL requirements for waste management, EVAC - The supplier of complete water and wastewater management systems has...

Icebreaker Aground With 68 People In Antarctica

Australia’s most powerful icebreaker Aurora Australis remains aground in Antarctica near Mawson station.   Around 3.15pm on wednesday the vessel broke free from its mooring lines due...

Top 10 Biggest Ships Ever Built In History

10 Biggest Ships Ever Built We all know about the Titanic and how that went, but surprisingly, the Titanic isn’t even among the 10 biggest...

Top 15 EU Ports Compared

Professor Theo Notteboom of Port Economics has released an infographic chart highlighting the top 15 EU ports with its performance comparison. Highlights: The Port of Rotterdam...

RMS Lancastria: Forgotten Tragedy of World War II

RMS Lancastria (later HMT Lancastria) was a British Cunard liner commandeered by the UK Government for war. She was sunk on 17 June 1940...

Containership Caught In Malaysia For ‘Hit And Run’ Case!

Freighter Caught In Malaysia for Hit And Run Accident A container vessel which involved in a hit and run accident was seized by the Malaysian...