US ECA Tier III Requirements Enter into Force (Jan 15 2016)

Ships constructed on or after 1st January, 2016 and entering into the North American or US Caribbean Emission Control Areas (ECA) must comply with...

Amazon Container Ship Operation Plan

 Amazon gets ready for its own cargo container ship operation out of China It is reported that US Federal Maritime Commission listed Amazon, through its China...

Larvae in Cargo Ship Again

An Insect larvae found in the cargo of the bulker carrying palm kernel into the Port of Timaru, caught the attention of  biosecurity officers over...

[Watch] The Artificial Reef From The Sunken Tugboat

  The tugboat Ocean Wind was sunken by the Escambia County’s Marine Resources Division to serve as the county's newest artificial reef.  The tugboat...

Vessel Capsizes off Dampier Kills Two

On early Sunday morning, two people have been found dead after an overturned vessel was spotted south of Mawby Island near Dampier. A Marine Search...

A New Case Of Ebola Discovered In Africa

An individual died of Ebola last week who is believed to have travelled  from Kambia near to the border with Guinea.  The incident is...

Ship-to-Ship Transfer of LNG Completed

Earlier this week, ship-to-ship transfer of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) between the tankers Excelerate and Arctic Princess has been completed successfully. In the fourth operation...

57 Jumped Overboard as a Ferry Caught Fire

Fire onboard a passenger vessel off the northeastern coast of New Zealand’s North Island near the town of Whakatane.  Around 57 people onboard the...

A Tanker Loaded with Lubricating Oil Sinks After Collision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be A coastal tanker loaded with lubricating oil collided with a gravel carrier off Umihotaru in Tokyo Bay, Japan.  The 92 ton coastal tanker suffered...

IMO Ballast Water Convention Will Not Come into Force in 2016!

Ballast Water Management(BWM) convention along with IMO and partner IHS Maritime & Trade were tied up to verify tonnage figures compliance for convention’s final...

America Tops the Global Energy Sector

America has become the world’s number one energy producer due to its ingenuity and initiative in the field of oil and natural gas.  This...

What are Wave Springs?

A Spring is an elastic device, typically a helical metal coil, that can be pressed or pulled but returns to its former shape when...

Fire in Brazil’s Santos Port

A Chemical Container Blaze Restricts Brazil's Santos Port On Thursday,  the fire started at the container  terminal in Brazil's largest port of Santos. Nearly a dozen...

Stretch Often At Work

Are you a person spending a long day by working on your desk? Please study carefully. Sitting back at your desk a long day is...

A Ship Which Switch Fuel  Four Times a Tour.

In more and more regions of the world, ships have to change to low-sulfur fuel before being allowed to sail into Emission Control Areas....

Blue Star Ferries Bags Energy Award

Event : Energy Mastering Awards 2015 Awardee : Blue Star Ferries Organised by : Boussias Communications The Blue Star Ferries bagged a ‘Silver Award’ for the category Energy Efficiency Management...

Zero Exhaust Emission Ferry By Wartsila

Wartsila has introduced the zero or low emission ferry concept on shuttle ferries.  This concept is in adherence to the Norwegian government’s new environmental...

Can Telemedicine Be The Future For Mariners At Sea?

Today’s communication techniques have achieved the higher duty of care to passengers and crew onboard the ship at sea. Yes.  Maritime Telemedical Assistance Services(TMAS)...

Vessel Hits Railroad Bridge

On Thursday around 7:44 a.m,  A towing vessel hit the Vicksburg Railroad Bridge near 435.8 mile marker. Reports say that all barges are intact and...

[Watch] Allision Of Barges On Mississippi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be According to USCG, a towboat pushing several dozen barges struck a railroad bridge in Vicksburg, Mississippi on Tuesday morning, while nine barges containing coal...