[Watch] The Arrival of The World’s Largest Cranes in Mexico
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
The heavy lift ship Zhen Hua 26 arrived at the APM Terminal Lázaro Cárdenas (TEC2) delivering the world’s largest ship to shore cranes.
Highlights:
It has...
CSCL Confirms Charters For Six 21,000 TEU Containerships
CSCL revealed in an announcement on Friday that a unit of China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) has entered into bareboat charter agreements for the...
A Simple System Purifies All The Drinking Water
A Simple System Purifies All The Drinking Water For a Remote Mexican Village
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
Till recent times, soda was cheaper than bottled water in La Mancalona,...
World’s First Floating Wind Farm – Under Construction by Statoil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
Statoil has made the final investment decision to build the world’s first floating wind farm: The Hywind pilot park offshore Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
This...
Fire Alert on a Cargo Ship at Port of Tyne
Firefighters from across Tyne Wear Fire and Rescue services rushed to the port after the Port of Tyne raised a fire alert on a...
Container Ship Detained After Oil Spill in Bremerhaven
Incident
: Vessel grounding
Vessel Involved
: Containership Sylt
Location
: Bremerhaven
Pollution
: Oil spill
The vessel, en route from Vuosaari, Finland to Copenhagen, Denmark, arrived at the German port and...
Pink Dolphin Witness Simon Holliday’s World Record
Open-water swimmer Simon Holliday swam from Hong Kong to Macau on 24 May 2014. In that he created a record for fastest swim from...
Livestock Carrier on Fire in Portland
Accident
: Fire
Vessel Involved
: Awassi Express, a livestock carrier
Cargo Onboard
: Grains
Date
: 3rd November 2015
Location
: Off the coast of Victoria in Australia
Casualties
: None
A livestock carrier, carrying...
A Tablet for Onboard Inspection
"Enekarte" is a vessel inspection system based on tablet computer. This was developed in cooperation with Azbil Corporation (a major Japanese provider of instrumentation...
Extension of Strike by Greek Port Pilots Stirs Concern
The strike by pilots and tugs in the Greek port of Piraeus began at 6:00 am local time (0400 GMT) Monday and was scheduled...
Isthmus: The History
One of the most important projects of modern Greece, which played a catalytic role for the Mediterranean trade, the canal of the Isthmus of...
Hydraulic Oils – Care for its Cleanliness
One common problem which the shipboard staff experience with the hydraulic oil systems, especially the mooring winches and anchor/windlass hydraulic systems is - “Contamination...
Fatigue & Jet Lag Caused Fire On a Cableship
Fatigue may have contributed to mistakes which led to a fire onboard a cableship during a bunkering operation.
The French accident investigation body BEAmer said...
A Student Who Stabbed Four Was Shot Dead
A male student at University of California, Merced who stabbed four others was shot dead in the University of California, Merced.
A male student and...
Disputes In Emission Control Areas Over Low Sulphur Fuel
IMO is authorised under MARPOL Annex VI to establish ECAs where vessels have to control and reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulphur oxides (SOx)....
[WATCH] The Battle to Save a Cargo Ship
Battle To Save A Cargo Ship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
Nine crew members are missing after their boat sank off the coast in stormy conditions. Rescue workers are also...
Steamship Sank In Lake Michigan Killing 300
The Greatest Marine Horrors On Record
Accident type
: Collision
Vessels involved
: PS Lady Elgin and schooner Augusta
Location
: Lake Michigan
Date
: September 8, 1860
Casualties
: About 300 lives
VESSEL INFORMATION:
Name
:...
Hong Kong Port Expands in Size And Service
Hong Kong’s economy owes a great deal to the container port industry. The combined midstream services of Hong Kong terminal operators (Hutchison Port Holdings...
Gantry Cranes Create a Loading Record at APM Terminals
Rotterdam Maasvlakte II terminal set a loading record last month on the Madison Maersk with 17,152 TEU loaded, including ten high above deck stowage....
A Swift Medical Evacuation by The Coast Guard
On November 2, Alice Oldendorff, Portuguese-flagged bulk carrier (owned by Oldendorff Carriers of Lübeck) was sailing from Canada to New York when a Ukrainian...