‘The Clock is Ticking’ – El faro Captains Chilling Call

El Faro Captain Said 'The Clock is Ticking' in Chilling Final Phone Call In a chilling final phone call, the Captain of the freighter El...

Product Tanker Caught Fire

Accident type : Fire Vessel type : Product tanker Location : Naval Ship Yard in Veracruz, Mexico Injuries / Pollution : None The 45,705 dwt product tanker docked at Naval Shipyard in...

Tugboat and Barge Run Aground off Brigantine

Early Saturday, Coast Guard reported that an 86-foot tugboat and a 135-foot barge it was towing both ran aground off Brigantine. The tug boat reportedly...

A Product Tanker drifted as Main Propulsion Engine Failed!

A product tanker that suffered an engine failure and was towed to safety by a salvage tug. A product tanker, on ballast voyage from Yarmouth,...

[Show] Last Few Strange Buildings Of China

No more “weird” architecture, gated communities or illegal structures will be built on the mainland, according to an urban blueprint released by the central...

The Wreck Of P29

P29 was a Kondor I Class former Minesweeper and Patrol Boat scuttled in August 2007 off Ċirkewwa. The minesweeper was laid down on 8 October...

SCBA Cylinder Valve Broke-off with Sudden Release of High Pressure Air

Compressed air bottles and compressed air lines in engine room are very critical and any maintenance on it should be planned and handled with...

[Watch] A 600 Year Old Ship Raises From Water Intact

A 15th century merchant ship,  which was sunk deliberately some 600 years ago, was pulled nearly intact from a Dutch River on Wednesday. A spokesperson...

All you need to Know About Hull Fouling – Intertanko’s Guide

Intertanko has released a guide that provides guidance on the current antifouling systems available in the market and the operational challenges associated with performance...

Container Ship Captain Rescued After a Collapse

Early Thursday, the Captain of a containership is reported to have collapsed onboard in the waters off of Staten Island.  The ship  was inbound...

Freighter Spilled Oil into the Columbia River Near Kalama

These are the days where Oil  spill is not very common and legal bindings are severe where the ship’s staff has to be very...

19 Evacuated to Safety as Ship Went up in Flames Near...

On Thursday, a General cargo ship caught fire off Maselembo Islands in Indonesia and all 19 seafarers got safely evacuated.  The ship was enroute to...

Container Shipping Shake-up as CMA CGM, Cosco, OOCL and Evergreen Plan...

Challenging the Maersk and MSC 2M vessel-sharing agreement, a new east-west alliance is taking shape.  The western giants Evergreen, OOCL and CMA CGM are...

“Benjamin Franklin” Makes An Entry Into The Port of Long Beach

The world's largest container ship “Benjamin Franklin” sails into the port of Long Beach.  People can have the view of the gigantic ship from...

Helicopter Crash Caught On Camera, Yesterday

  Video shows a helicopter crashing down near the Arizona Memorial in Honolulu.  Five passengers were safely rescued and taken to local hospitals for...

Nigerian Cadets Turnout to be Pirates

Unemployed Nigerian cadets fuel piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The Nigerian shipowners association complains that the unemployed maritime cadets, who are yet to complete their...

[Man Overboard] Crew Of A Cruise Conks

Crew member jumped overboard a Cruise Line ship in the early hours of Tuesday. The crew member identified as 55-year-old Dominic Santiago Gubertino from the...

[Watch] The Port Of Long Beach Welcome The World’s Largest Container...

A video on  the ship's first trip to the Long Beach Harbor, and last year, it made a stop at the Port of Los...

Vessels can Cold-Iron with LNG as Fuel, All comes in a...

All emerging technologies target two main aspects of shipping.  One, the savings in bunker fuel and the other is the reduction in emissions.  Several...

MFAME Editorial – Oil is so Cheap that Even Pirates are...

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