Piracy – Still A Threat To Shipping – Incidents In 2015...
Maritime Piracy has been a dangerous threat to the shipping industry. Piracy and armed robbery against ships continue despite reductions in the number of...
[Watch] A Cargo Ship Trapped in Ice
The Drone footage was captured at Lake Michigan that shows the cargo ship stuck in the icy lake.
Ben Mainer, who filmed the ship through...
Record Breaking Lift – 7,700 tons lift by a Self-Propelled Crane...
A Self Propelled Single Boom crane vessel achieved a record breaking lift during commissioning.
The world's largest self-propelled single boom crane vessel, the Zhen Hua...
FAQ – All You Need to Know About the ZIKA Virus
“A Global Public Health Emergency” has been declared by The World Health Organization due to the recent outbreak of Zika Virus.
The reason for...
Becker Marine Systems Launches Optimised Rudder
Becker Marine Systems has presented a new rudder profile, the optimised Schilling Twisted Trailing Edge Rudder.
The rudder is suitable for tankers, general cargo carriers...
A Ship Carrying 19,000+ Containers Ran Aground
Accident
: Vessel grounding
Date
: 3rd February 2016
Vessel Type
: Container ship
Location
: Near Port of Hamburg
Casualties/Pollution
: Nil
The container ship experienced a rudder breakdown while nearing Germany’s...
Baltic Index Tumbles Further Low
Slowing global demand and oversupply of vessels drops Baltic Index to a further record low.
The raise in the cost of shipping dry bulk including...
Dry Bulk Shipping Tumbles While the Tanker Market Remains Bright!
The Baltic Dry Index for dry bulk shipping has witnessed a record low reaching 298 points today. D rewry’s forecast on dry bulk shipping...
Sports Update – Barcelona Shocking Win 7-0, Last Ball Victory for...
Chelsea held to 0-0 draw by Watford
Chelsea were held to a goalless draw by Watford at Vicarage Road on Wednesday. The Hornets' goalkeeper, Heurelho...
Baltic Dry Index Falls Record Low & Dry Bulk Shipping Needs...
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying industrial commodities, slipped to another record low on Thursday. This is...
All For A Little Super Bowl Mischief
Super Bowl 50: How they gatecrashed their entry.
San Francisco prepares for Super Bowl. Historically, few always managed to sneak their way inside the stadium...
SS Thistlegorm: The Best Wreck Dive In The World!
The SS Thistlegorm was a British armed Merchant Navy ship built in 1940 by Joseph Thompson & Son in Sunderland, England. This ship was...
[Watch] A Warship Shattering Into the Water in Five Minutes
In November 2015 The Uribe 121, a former Mexican Navy patrol boat was sunk 12 miles off the coast of Rosarito with the...
UN Secretary General Calls On IMO
Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary-General, met IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim and IMO’s Senior Management Committee during a visit to the Headquarters of International maritime Organisation.
...
Do Not Carry Cattle Aboard
An animal rights group advised shipowners and ship brokers to stop shipping live animal by sea.
Dozens of cattle died on a ship travelling between...
Latest Sports News – 4th Feb 2016
PSG Set Unbeaten Ligue 1 record With Lorient win
Paris Saint-Germain defeated Lorient 3-1 in the Ligue 1 at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday...
The Bunker Spill Saga
Bunker Spill: 100 Litres at Philippine Oil Depot; 25 Gallons into Illinois River
100 Litres at Philippine Oil Depot:
Chevron Corporation (Chevron), the Philippine unit of U.S....
World’s First Tier III-Compliant High Pressure SCR
The world’s first High Pressure Selective Catalytic Reduction (HP SCR) system for the dramatic reduction of NOx emission from 2-stroke marine engines has been...
Cruises With Heavy Doses Of Thrills
Three massive beauties -- including a new world's largest cruise ship -- all loaded with heavy dose of thrills are set to shake up...
The Wreck Of Ghost Ship
The Ghost Ship was accidentally discovered in 2003 by a crew searching for a Swedish plane shot down in WWII on the Baltic Sea....
