High Exhaust Gas Temperature Caused Exhaust Manifold to Collapse!

A ferry with twin propulsion engine faced high exhaust gas temperatures on both the engines for many years, such as high that the exhaust...

Maersk & Navig8 – Profits up with Product Tankers, HHI Opens...

The New Year 2016 was not a good start for the dry bulk division where the baltic dry index slipped to a record low....

Delivery Of Six New VLCCS Kick Starts A Busy Delivery Year

Six brand new VLCCs from shipyards in South Korea and China to owners and investor across the globe marks a grand beginning for 2016. 58...

Vessel Listed? Port of Rotterdam has a Solution!

Modern Express salvaged by Smit Salvage, in the Gulf of Biscay. Stricken vessel Modern Express is towed by another ship entering at the port of...

The Wreck Of Toa Maru No 2

Toa Maru No 2 is a World War II Japanese transport ship, launched on 1934, build by Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe. On November 25th, 1943, Toa...

[IMO Training] Ballast Water Sampling and Analysis

IMO Training: Ballast Water Sampling and Analysis   The GloBallast Partnerships Programme, from IMO, launched a video based training on ballast water sampling and analysis....

Titanic – To Sail From China To Dubai In 2018

Billionaire Australian businessman Clive Palmer has announced that Titanic II will now set sail in 2018.   Titanic, the infamously declared "unsinkable", sank on its maiden...

Britain’s Biggest Plant Bursts

Massive explosion at Tata Steel Works Britain. A coke oven at the works that is now isolated burst into flames raising up to 100 feet...

Wartsila Leads Japan into Gas Age

Japan’s LNG carrier market enhances its gas fuelled merchant fleet with 61 engines from Wartsila. A total of 16 new gas carrier ships powered by...

Top 10 – Ship Owning Nations – Greece at #1

Greece is the first in the list of ship owning nation by fleet value in 2016. Vessel Value has listed the Top 10 Shipowning Nations...

Fuel Quality Standards are Hammered Out Heavily in Favour the Fuel...

  The Institute of Marine Engineers (India), (IMEI) in association with the Indian National Shipowners’ Association (INSA) organized a seminar on “Marine Fuel Oil &...

Amazon: Dragon Boats Licensed To Sail?

Amazon, under the trade name of  Beijing Century Joyo Courier Service Company Limited, got its Chinese shipping license. Last month, the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission...

Crew Died When Fishing from Ship’s Gangway

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) report finds that, a bosun who intended to fish from the ship’s accommodation ladder lost his balance and...

[Watch] Gertrude Creates Monster Waves

Terrifying Footage Shows On-board Ship In North Sea Storm   Dramatic footage, filmed 100 Nautical Miles North east of Shetland, has emerged showing what it's like...

Interesting Footage

Brave Bystander Helps The Cop By Tripping A Suspect Fleeing Police A man aids policemen by tripping  a fleeing suspect.  The unknown hero sticks his...

Why the Eastbound Train Meet the Westbound Train?

German Train Crash Investigation Focus 'On Signalling Error' Investigations are looking at signal controller for clues on the Bavarian train disaster that killed 10 people....

The Wreck Of Aida II

The Aida II was an Egyptian military ship that sank in 1957.  She displaced 1,428 gross registered tonnes and was powered by a single...

‘Shocking’ Safety Breaches At Sea – ITF has the Evidence

ITF Releases Images Of ‘Shocking’ Safety Breaches On Water It's reported that the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has evidence of shocking safety breaches on...

Seafarer Lost Sensation as Explosion Injures Three

Unconfirmed reports say that there has been a huge explosion on board a cargo ship where three of the ship’s crew suffered injuries.  Out of...

India to Store Crude Underground & Get Two-Thirds of it For...

In a first of its kind deal, India entered in agreement with ADNOC (The United Arab Emirates' national oil company - Abu Dhabi National...