Effective from 1st July 2016, with the SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) amendment covering container weighing regulations, a packed container will no longer...

  A chain of fire incidence broke out killing about 160 people in the ferry Scandinavian Star, during a regular run from Oslo to...

Insurance companies claim that the sea engulfed a total of 1,271 ships between 2005-2014. The German insurance group Allianz has recorded the following figures in...

  Check out the video featuring a container ship being pulled by the tow train or mule.  Accidentally, the ship crushes the tow train....

Accident : Collision Vessel Type : Chemical Tanker and Platform supply vessel Location : Kiel Canal Casualties/Pollution : Nil A chemical tanker collided with platform supply vessel(PSV) at Kiel Canal.  It is...

  A pilot had a miraculous escape after his plane crashed and landed into a street on top of a line of parked cars. The...

Cargo cranes are an essential limb during cargo operations on board.  A crane breakdown can result in loss of hire and claims.  Cranes are...

USS Rankin (AKA-103) was a Tolland-class attack cargo ship (later Rankin class amphibious cargo ship) named after Rankin County, Mississippi.  Rankin was designed to...

Russian – Croatian team of experts analysed over 60 satellite images taken between 2003 and 2011 and the largest stains were located on the...

Big-Data! The word on every corporate lips to boost business The term every new business blossoms with An idea every start-up aspires to achieve But wait! Do any of...

ReCAAP reports state that the bunkers were stolen aboard an anchored vessel off the Chinese coast on 1st January. The theft has happened only a few...

Scrapping is the only identified solution to the woes of the dry bulk shipping sector. The speakers at the Capital Link Greek Shipping Forum expressed...

 The Coast Guard informed that the tugboat lost its power and ran aground on the south end of the beach early Saturday.  The vessel...

A Series Of Worst Jobs For Ever Although most people complain about their jobs or workplace conditions, very few would envy individuals who end up...

In compliance with MARPOL Annex VI fuel oil sulphur content requirements for vessels operating within the North American and US Caribbean Sea Sulphur Emission...

A 44 year old Filipino who was carrying out the maintenance work died as he fell 13 meters from the deck. The vessel was anchored...

Incident : Vessel Grounding Vessel Type : General Cargo Ship Location : 15 nautical miles South-East off Lagan, Russia Casualties/Pollution : Nil A cargo ship experienced steering gear failure while transiting Volga...

USS Tulip was a Union screw steam gunboat of 240 tons, built in 1862 at Brooklyn, intended as the lighthouse tender CHI KIANG for...

Ten of the 11 kidnapped Indian seafarers were released by the pirates today due to the rescue effort of the Indian authorities along with...

48% of the Asian maritime employees are looking out for a new job. A report presented at a breakfast seminar held in Singapore yesterday by...