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...

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...

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

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...

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,...

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...

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

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...

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...

November 2nd, 2015, marks the 15th anniversary of one of the greatest engineering feats in human history. The International Space Station (ISS) has been orbiting...

MSC Gemma Collides With Fenders In Antwerp Accident : Collision Vessel Involved : MSC Gemma Location : Zandvliet Lock in Antwerp, Belgium Casualties/Pollution : Nil Vessel Info: Length : 279.00 m Beam : 40.00 m Draft : 9.00 m Deadweight : 67,566 DWT Gross tonnage : 66,289...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be On 13th November 2015, around noon, the 18,270 TEU Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller arrived among the gale force winds.  The winds were blowing at a...

Terrorists attacked Paris leaving 1127 dead and many more injured.  In one of the sites, a heroic woman Margarida Sousa who lived opposite the...

Barge Stuck Under Kaniampuzha Railway Bridge A barge ferrying sulphur to FACT Udyogamandal got stuck beneath the Kaniampuzha railway bridge during early hours on Saturday...

Accident : Vessel grounding Date : 14th November 2015 Vessel Involved : The Viking Emerald Location : Columbia River near Woodland Casualties : None Pollution : Nil The Viking Emerald, a 550-foot cargo vessel carrying automobiles...

Southeast Asian waters have long been notorious for piracy and 2015 has been no exception.  The ICC's International Maritime Bureau reported an average of...

MAN Diesel & Turbo has warned against using existing mid-range cylinder lube oils in its two-stroke engines when burning fuel with a high sulphur...