Shipping companies prepare for the European Union’s new rules on reporting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Five shipping companies have taken up the help of an...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a decade old technology used to develop oil and natural gas resources from deep shale formations.  Yet while the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Many worry about containerships being idle or laid up, especially about the recent lay up of the triple Es. Ships got bigger whereas the...

An enhanced web-based facility has been launched by the Liberian Registry to help ship owners and managers to apply online for liability certificates.  This...

Seaspan Corporation Begins Search For New Chief Financial Officer In a recent announcement, Seaspan Corporation said that their company's Chief Financial Officer Sai Chu has...

International Olympic Committee has insisted that Russian athletes accused of doping should have disciplinary proceedings brought against them. IOC has requested the IAAF take action...

Google has upgraded its Android Maps app to provide directions even without internet connections. The software also lets devices find businesses' locations, opening hours and...

The IMB cautions against complacency in its latest report on piracy and armed robbery which covers the period from 1 January 2015 to 30...

 Fire Breaks Out Inside a Gas Tanker Under Construction Accident : Fire at Shipyard Place : Shipyard in southeastern South Korea Date : November 10th, Tuesday Casualties : 1 killed and 7 injured On 10th...

Largest and most powerful MAN B&W-branded engine ever built approaches market début. Doosan Engine has reported that the initial start of an MAN B&W 11G95ME-C9.5...

Viswa Lab has released a new “Fuel Problems - The Watchdog!” update and here is an extract from it. In the last week of October...

New statutory Tanker requirements - ODME type-approved for Bio-fuel Blends A Bio-fuel blends consist of two major parts. A bio-fuel part, which is considered to be...

Accident : Breakaway barge ran aground Date : Nov 8, 2015 Place : Northwest of Ruegen Island, Germany, Baltic sea Injuries : None A stormy weather cut the mooring lines...

For a study known as The Wild Life of Our Homes, volunteers from 1,200 homes across the United States sent dust samples taken from...

Accident type  : Ran Aground Vessel involved : Stephen Whitney Location : West Calf Island Date  : November 10, 1847 Casualties : 92 people VESSEL INFO: Name : Stephen Whitney Type : Ocean liner propulsion : Sailing ship Tonnage : 1034 tons Stephen...

The Colossus of Rhodes, a 98- foot high iron and bronze statue of the Greek God Helios had its place near the harbour of...

Maersk Line To Reduce Manpower By 4000 Maersk Line has opted to cost cutting that includes a massive reduction of 4000 employees from its total...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Event : Launch and Christening celebrations Vessel : Cement Carrier Christened as : MV Greenland Built for : Joint venture JT cement, in which Erik Thun AB cooperates with KG Jebsen...

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd (NOL) said on Saturday that it was in preliminary talks with CMA CGM and A.P. Moeller-Maersk on a potential acquisition...

Braemar SA has released the third edition of  ‘A Guide To Hull & Machinery’ which helps those with a non-technical background and who are...