Cargo Ships May Be Causing More Lightning – Here’s Why
A recent study shows that cargo ships may be creating more lightning, and it was apparent to researchers that some physical processes were at...
Can You Name this Ship Part?
Watch out here for the right answers and the winners. Please provide your profile picture and a brief about you to be featured here....
[Watch] A Four-mile Iceberg Breaking in Greenland
A team of NYU scientists has captured on video a four-mile iceberg breaking away from a glacier in eastern Greenland. This phenomenon, known as...
Threat to Container Charter Market as Carriers Drift Towards Heavy Losses
Recent signs show that container lines are preparing to suspend services in light of weakening demand and also due to soaring operational costs, which...
BBC Chartering Begins New Breakbulk Service Route
BBC Chartering has launched a new monthly project along with a heavylift cargo service between the Gulf, India and Australia.
Connecting major port cities
The service...
Jinhui Holdings Co Announces Disposal of a Vessel for US$8.4 Mln
Jinhui Holdings has announced the disposal of a VESSEL to Xiangshan Xingning Shipping Co for US $8.4 million.
It is expected to yield a book...
Vroon Sells MPI Offshore to Van Oord
Vroon Group has signed a letter of intent with Van Oord to sell MPI Offshore. Van Oord will take over the MPI organization in...
Tanker was in Danger of Sinking
On July 14, a tanker suffered water ingress in the engine room and suffered a blackout.
What happened?
The tanker ‘T.Caroline’ was enroute from the Aliağa...
Wärtsilä Signs a EUR 170 Million Scrubber Deal
The year 2020 is approaching along with the Sulphur cap regulation of 0.5%, putting pressure on maritime agents to decrease emissions – and to...
The Curious Art of Launching a Cruise Ship
Gone are the days when hundreds of dockworkers used to assemble each cruise vessel bit by bit on gigantic slipways before launching the finished...
Crew Training Vital for Safe Sailing of LNG-fuelled Ships
In recent years, the IMO has rubber-stamped a series of regulations that seek to suppress the environmental impact of global shipping operations. The installation...
Main Engine Clutches Disengaged Automatically Resulting in Collision
Summary
On 04 December 2017, at 1908, the dredger FRPD 309, owned by Fraser River Pile and Dredge (GP) Inc., departed a shipyard in Delta,...
As Blue Haze Rises, so do Cruise Ship Complaints
More people are complaining against cruise ships due to a blue haze.
Blue haze, a mixture of exhaust stacks and sulfur scrubber emission...
Check Hoses Before Transferring Cargo
Failure of equipment lead to halting of the ship-to-ship (STS) oil cargo transfer in an UK offshore terminal recently, reports TankerShipping.
Sequence of the Incident...
[Watch] Waterspout Spins Close to Ship in Gulf of Mexico
A waterspout was seen close to a ship in the Gulf of Mexico on July 14, according to footage posted on YouTube. Trent Watson...
New Largest US Container Ship Build Hides Facts
The Daniel K Inouye, a largest container ship ever built in the US, was constructed at the Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia. The new vessel...
Is CEIBA the Future of Shipping?
Shani Meintjes is a young South African volunteering in Costa Rica on a project very close to her heart, a project aimed at decreasing...
Baltic Exchange Shipping Insights
VLCC
Charterers have not been under pressure in the ME Gulf as they have been drip-feeding enquiry into the market and this has led to...
Ship Finance to Sell Jack-up, Three VLCCs for $78M
Ship Finance International (SFL +0.3%) agrees to sell its Soehanah jack-up drilling rig to an unnamed buyer and three very large crude carriers to...
Multitasking in a Very Critical Time Resulted in Vessel Grounding
Summary
Commencing sea passage towards Khor Fakkan, the master gave the conn to the duty navigational OOW, accompanied by an AB as a look-out. The...
