An unauthorized entrant into the Donnie Bruces shipyard died, whereas two others escaped, when the entrant fell through the hatch of a scottish vessel...

Kiwi brothers invent world's first portable container weighing scale to help with new shipping laws to be enforced this year.   International Maritime Organisation(IMO) has...

Fourteen Missing As Cargo Vessel Sinks Off Papua Reports say that  a cargo vessel carrying building materials for the construction of bridges, sank off the coast of...

Accident : Sinking of a vessel Date : 13th February 2016 Vessel type involved : Tanker Location : Malacca Strait off Dumai Casualties : One dead Pollution : Not reported According to the reports, the engine...

Incident : Oil Spill due to Hydraulic Hose rupture Casualty : None Pollution : 500 ml of hydraulic oil spilled into the sea The vessel was at port and the...

I Want Her to Want Me: Where Men, Sex and Personality Meet Conventional research shows that, men have a tendency to misjudge a woman's sexual...

German submarine U-352 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.  German submarine U-352 was laid down on 11...

U.S. shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries’(HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has begun testing the updated catapult systems aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham...

Libyan Coastguards Detain Suspected Fuel-Smuggling Ship Reports say that on Saturday, the Libyan coastguards intercepted a vessel with 12 foreign crew members suspected of smuggling...

The International Maritime Organisation has released a circular informing that there would be no trade and travel restrictions due to outbreak of Zika virus. The...

In February 1996 the Sea Empress ran aground and spilled nearly 72,000 tonnes of crude oil into the sea, contaminating around 120 miles of...

Fiji Ports Corporation Ltd (FPCL) has put in place some strong measures in an effort to stop pollution at sea and in beach areas....

The vessel suffered propulsion damage in heavy weather and has undergone a series of inspections since her return to the port. According to the reports,...

  Incident : Vessel Grounding Date : 13th February 2016 Vessel Type Involved : Cargo Ship Location : off the Isle of Wight Casualties/Pollution : Nil It is just two weeks after a 19,000...

  K Line’s Energy Efficient ship, “Drive Green Highway”, is the first among eight solar assisted car-carrier ships that was launched in Nagasu Port...

CareFlight Rescue Ill 20-Year-Old Sailor From Ship Nearly 500 km From Darwin Wouldn't this be a nightmare when you are out at sea and someone...

China in spite of its economic slowdown contributes to the global economic growth and has considerable development potential.  China has a large number of...

The Maritime world has started to witness lots of market fluctuations and downtrends this New Year 2016.  The Baltic Dry Index touched record low...

By detection of gravitational waves Scientists Just Proved Einstein's Big Breakthrough, 101 Years Later. Scientists say they've finally recorded direct evidence of the tiny ripples in...

A seaman suffered a serious finger injury during maintenance work. Incident: A seaman was working on deck with the Bosun. He worked on colour-code painting of...