Product Tankers Collide In The Arctic

Accident : Collision Date : 12th November 2015 Vessels Involved : Svyatoy Petr and Svyatoy Pavel Location : The Laptev Sea, north of Russia Casualties/Pollution : Nil The two small clean product tankers involved...

Use Data Analytics to Improve Shipboard Operations and Energy Efficiency.

  Please Feel Free to Download the VEEMS (Viswa Energy Efficiency Management System) Architecture and Supplement below: (Disable Pop-up Blockers to allow Download) Marine Maintenance is not...

Coffee Drinkers Can Have Long Life

A new study suggests that people who drink a lot of coffee have lower rates of death Research revealed that people who drank 1 to...

Be Watchful! Your Fumigated Cargo Hold Can Explode

Are you aware of fumigation? Fumigation is is a method of pest control that completely fills an area with gaseous pesticides or fumigants to suffocate...

[Watch] Collision of Ships on River Crossing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be “Wec van Ruysdael" crashes into "Paula" on starboard side and steering to hard to port.. Watch the collision in the bolbous bow.  The collision lasted...

Paris Attacks: Commemoration With A Minute’s Silence

A minute of silence has been held across Europe to commemorate the victims of Friday's attacks. Background: On November 13th, 2015, a series of terrorist attacks...

Elektrans Shipping Expands Its Fleet

Mumbai-based Elektrans Shipping (formerly Doehle Danautic) has announced the acquisition of Japanese-built 149,834dwt suezmax tanker Distya Akula, co-owned with Arya Industries. The 1995-built tanker which...

Stena Germanica To Get The Second Methanol Engine

By next month, Stena Rederi is to convert a second engine to methanol fuelled ro-pax Stena Germanica.  Stena hopes to have all four engines...

SS Mont-Blanc : A Massive Explosion Devastates A City

Accident type : Explosion Vessels involved : SS Mont-Blanc and SS Imo Date : December 6, 1917 Casualties : 2,000 died and 6,000 injured VESSEL INFO: Name : SS Mont-Blanc Built in : 1899 Flag : France Type : General...

Ferry Capsized Off Surabaya Port

Accident : Vessel Capsized Date : 16th November 2015 Vessel Involved : Wihan Sejahtera, Indonesia Ro/Pax Ferry Location :  A quarter mile off at the port of Surabaya, Indonesia Casualties : None On Monday...

Stena Goes Green By Taking Advantage Of LEMAG

Fitting LEMAG’s SLASHPOL E-WIF Homogenisers To Reduce NOx Emissions: Taking this advantage, Stena goes green! The first LEMAG SLASHPOL E-WIF FQI (fuel quality improver) homogeniser...

China Finds Gold Under The Sea

China has discovered gold under the sea with the location of a multi-billion-dollar gold deposit in the water of the Bohai Sea.  The deposit contains...

Saudi Aramco And HHI Sign MoU

Saudi Aramco, the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals company, and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group signed a general memorandum of understanding (MoU) to...

Consolidation For Containership Growth

Neptune Orient Lines, the Singapore-based shipping company is up for sale for $2bn.  Maersk Line has proposals to buy it.  Maersk Line, the world’s...

General Cargo Ships Collide in Taiwan Strait

Accident : Collision Date : 14th November 2015 Vessels Involved : Ji-Xin 9 and Guang Yun Location : Off Shantou and near the Nanpeng island in the Taiwan Strait Casualties/Pollution : Nil On Saturday,...

Container Owners Meeting In Hamburg

COA Meeting In Hamburg The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Container Owners Association (COA) will be conducted at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Hamburg...

Oil Prices Dips Due to Surplus

Lower Consumption Causes Surplus And Dips Oil Prices The global supply imbalance is getting worse.  So, oil futures prices (WTI) plunged 12.5% this week from...

IRI Opens A New Office In Manila For RMI

IRI (International Registries and its affiliates) has opened an office in Manila for Marshall Islands Registry staffed by four personnel who have a background...

Make Relationship Blossom And Not Wither

Dr. Randi is a relationship therapist who in the free advice e-newsletter, Heroic Love, gives 14 point formula for a stable marriage based on...

Wrecked Bulker To Form An Artificial Reef

The damaged Mexican bulk carrier Will Be Sunk To Form An Artificial Reef Off Mexico The Mexican bulk carrier Los Llanitos fell victim to the...