Secret Midnight Guerrilla Raid On Ship Alcoa
The Australian crew of the long-stranded Alcoa ship was forcibly removed by the security guards.
A sudden Guerrilla raid was launched on a ship that...
A Ro-Ro Ship Ran Aground with 20 Container Vans
On Wednesday, in the waters off Ouano wharf, Mandaue City, Cebu, a cargo ship carrying 15 container vans ran aground.
It's reported that the vessel...
Shower Sex in a Naval Destroyer Filmed with Apple iPhone
A Royal Navy female sailor has told a court martial she felt “horrible and violated” after a colleague surreptitiously filmed them having sex in...
Engine Failure Caused Vessel to Drift Near Iceland
Incident
: Vessel Adrift
Vessel type
: Cargo ship
Date
: 10th January 2016
Location
: 160 nautical miles south-west of the Faroe Islands
Casualties/Pollution
: Nil
The cargo ship suffered an engine failure...
RIP David Bowie
David Bowie dies of cancer aged 69
Singer David Bowie has died. He was 69 and had been battling cancer for 18 months.
He was one of...
Anti-Piracy Vessel Crew Gets 5 Year Jail
On Monday a trial court in Tuticorin in south Tamil Nadu, India convicted 23 crew members aboard a detained U.S. anti-piracy vessel, under provisions of...
Does Your Main Engine Top Piston Ring Break Often?
MAN B&W has witnessed (A Service letter issued in the year 2012/2013) seen a number of incidents with high top ring wear on small...
[Watch] The Controlled Release of Methane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
It’s vital that we understand the sources of methane and how those source respond to change.
This video shows a visualisation of methane emissions from...
Storm Damages Container Vessel
A container ship suffered damages due to severe storm and was taken for repairs to the port of Rotterdam. The vessel was enroute from Genoa...
Mechanical failure Caused Bulker to Drag Anchor
Bulker Suffered mechanical failure and dragged anchor off Brest, France
The technical problem aggravated forcing the ship to drop anchor for repair works. Also, the...
Caterpillar Wins Platts Innovation Award
Cat “Twin Fin” system is recognized as the Commercial Application of the Year at the 17th annual Platts Global Energy Awards.
Caterpillar secured the prestigious...
Tankers Spill Less Oil Since 2010
International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation has identified decrease in oil spills since 2010.
According to International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF), there has been a significant...
Baltic Dry Index Slips To Rock Bottom
The index has plummeted 75 points below the recent record of 504, which was the lowest since the index began in 1985.
Experts and related...
First Ulstein X-Stern Hull Arrived
Early this January, the first SOV hull arrived at Ulstein Verft in Norway. It started its voyage from Poland on 1st January and reached...
Fire On board Delays Maiden Voyage
Fire on a new cruise ship delays her inaugural voyage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
The 125,000 gt cruise ship at Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki is reported to have an...
A Tragic Loss – HMS Bulwark
HMS Bulwark belonged to a sub-class of the Formidable-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy known as the London class.
On 26 November 1914,...
45-Year-Old Engineer Crushed to Death on a Ferry
At about 11:30 GMT, a 45-year-old engineer got crushed to death while servicing a lift on a ferry at Falmouth docks in Cornwall. MV...
Freight Is More Energy Efficient By The Day
Ships account for almost 90 percent of global trade and nearly 11 billion tons of stuff per year.
Big ships approximately consume 110 tons of...
LR Approves World’s Tallest Evacuation Chute
Lloyd’s Register has provided Viking Life-Saving Equipment with a type approval for a record new 81 m evacuation chute.
Viking’s existing 64 m system was...
Vision For Shipping In 2016
The shipping advisor Moore Stephens has predicted that Shipping will remain “volatile and uncertain” in 2016, thanks to unpredictable Chinese demand and a complex...
