This Is What Will Happen If You Fit the Big End...

The vessel had a high-speed diesel generator engine upon which routine overhaul and maintenance was being done by the ship staff.  While boxing up...

Polar Explorer Dies In An Historic Attempt

First person to cross the Antarctic continent unaided, dies on the brink of making Antarctic history last Sunday. Henry Worsley, a 55-year-old British ex-army officer...

Maersk Once Again Tops The World’s Container Lines

The latest rankings of the top 10 container lines were released by Alphaliner. Maintaining its lead in total TEU capacity, Maersk ranks top in...

Fifth Sperm Whale Dies

  A fifth sperm whale has washed up on the east coast of England. On Monday afternoon, Maritime and Coastguard Agency reported that one more (fifth...

Wärtsilä and Cavotec Join Hands For A Combined Concept

An Agreement has been signed by both the giants to develop the world’s first combined induction charging and automatic mooring concept. Wärtsilä has developed a...

Korean Register Set to Deliver Statutory Services in Germany and Togo

Korean Register (KR) - an IACS member classification society – is now authorized as a Recognized Organization (RO) by the German Federal Ministry of...

Singapore To Middle-East Undersea Cable Project Reaches Chennai

On 22nd January, Chennai Coast has seen divers entering the waters in small boats and investigating the area for laying the optic fiber cables...

Drone Completes Inspection In Gulf Of Mexico

Sky-Futures, Drone services company, has completed the first drone inspection in Gulf of Mexico for the oil and gas industry. Highlights: The drone inspection scope included...

Historical Wreck: The SS President Coolidge

The SS President Coolidge was one of the most extravagant luxury ocean liners ever built—until 1941, that is, when she was converted to carry...

BIMCO – Container Lines are like a “Cat On a Wall”...

Lower bunker costs are “very welcome in an industry struggling to make a profit”, says shipping industry association BIMCO in its latest container market...

In Conversation with Vinay Gupta – Managing Director, Union Marine Management...

UMMS has won SME One Asia Awards 2015. About SME One Asia Awards - RECOGNISING SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE SMEs IN ASIA: SME One Asia Awards was created...

Panama Canal – Tankers to Cool Deck during Transit – Now...

Effective immediately, and until further notice, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP)  will require transiting crude oil tankers, product carrier, and chemical tankers carrying cargoes...

Loss Of Steering – Rudder Flange Bolts Missing

Type Of Ship Bulk Carrier. What Happened Fitted Bolts found missing between Rudder Flange and Rudder stock. Incident: A 23,400 GRT  Bulk Carrier,  built in 1982 was on a...

Cargo Ship Sank, Panama Canal Normal

  Cargo ship at anchor, awaiting scrapping, collided with another vessel at the Caribbean entrance to the interoceanic waterway. The seafarers reported to have abandoned...

Cargo Ship Sinks After Colliding With A Tanker

A bad weather on Monday afternoon caused a general cargo ship to collide with a product tanker off Myanmar.  The cargo ship sank whereas...

[Watch] Drum Explodes and Kills a Worker While Welding

Fitters and welders onboard ships are experts in creating “Make-shift” tools or equipment. When such things are being fabricated, a careful risk assessment has...

Shipping Rates So Low That Renting a Ferrari Costs More

China’s slowing growth has crushed shipping rates to such an extent that hiring a 1,100-foot merchant vessel would set you back less than the...

[Watch] Awesome Video of A Car Carrier Salvage Operation from Sea...

    A 164-meter-long Roll-on/Roll-off vessel lost stability in heavy weather and was drifting fast towards the French coast in the Bay of Biscay. A...

Study Makes Sense Of Senseless Suicides

The World Health Organisation estimated that more than 800,000 people had committed suicides worldwide in 2012.  Paul Farmer, of mental health charity Mind, said...

USCG ALERT – Ship’s GPS Interference or Jammed

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued Marine Safety Alert 01-16 to warn mariners of the potential detrimental impact to navigation caused by GPS interference...