Fall in SOx Levels Boosts Business
Fall In SOx Levels And ECA Regulations Have Boosted Local Shipyard Business
The monitoring station at the Victoria harbour in western Canada experiences a drop...
LR Certifies Emission Analyser From Parker Kittiwake
Procal, part of the Parker Hannifin Corporation and the leading supplier of continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS) for marine applications, has today announced that...
Hi “Five” Companies Choose to Cut CO2 Emissions to Meet EU...
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...
[Watch] Hydraulic Fracturing An Overview
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...
It’s Not Containers. It is Connectainers! – No More Empty Containers
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...
Liberian Registry Goes ‘Online’ for Certification.
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 CFO
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...
IOC Wants IAAF to Take Action Against Athletes Accused of Doping
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 Maps Gets Offline Search And Directions
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...
Year 2015 Witnesses 190 Piracy Incidents So Far
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 Kills One And Injures 7 At Korean Shipyard
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...
Record-Breaking Engine Leaves Test Bed in Korea
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...
High Cat-Fines in Fuels From Point Lisas, Trinidad
Viswa Lab has released a new “Fuel Problems - The Watchdog!” update and here is an extract from it.
In the last week of October...
Regulatory Update – ODME Type – Approved for Bio-fuel Blends –...
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...
Bad Weather Runs Barge Aground
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...
A Study on the Microbes Found in House Dust
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...
Stephen Whitney
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...
Revamping The Colossus of Rhodes
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
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...
[Launch] First Ever LNG-Powered Dry Cargo Vessel Christened
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...