Accident : Collision Date : 16th December 2015 Location : Singapore Strait Casualties/Missing : 6 Missing Pollution : Nil The freighter carrying 560 metric tonnes of bunker fuel sank after it collided with a...

What is rigging? The use of mechanical load shifting equipment and associated gear to move, place or secure a load using plant, equipment or...

A set of explanatory notes has been issued following the recent publication of the BIMCO Anti-Corruption Clause for Charter Parties (See “BIMCO launches anti-corruption...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Prelude FLNG is the world’s first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas project being constructed for Shell.  The construction is at top speed and has reached...

Drones in the US and the users older than 13 must be registered on a government database starting from 21st December to improve accountability...

ExxonMobil had introduced the first independently accredited mass flow metering system (MFMS) in Hong Kong after  successfully  introducing it in  Singapore.  The MFMS provides...

MAN Diesel & Turbo are in turbocharger business for eight decades.  During the Marintec 2015, marine trade fair in Shanghai the 60,000th turbocharger was...

ABB Turbocharging, the manufacturer of turbochargers for 500 kW to 80+ MW diesel and gas engines, has signed a long-term Maintenance Management Agreement (MMA)...

Accident : Fire Location : 12 nautical miles northwest of Jeju, South Korea Casualties/Pollution : Nil Cargo Onboard : Timber En route : The Russian Far East to Shanghai The engine room of the...

As the U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon steps out of his position by the end of 2016, the search for the new secretary general...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be The future USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) was launched on 12th December 2015.  The ship was translated from the land level facility to the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Approximately 180 people on board the Royal Cruise Ship fell ill with stomach bug.  The vessel was docked at the Overseas Passenger Terminal in...

Dutch scientists have developed a tiny sensor powered by the radio waves it uses to communicate information. Following this exciting development, researchers at Eindhoven University...

Maya Turner, a 4-year-old girl, called 999 to save her mom who blacked out without warning. Earlier, Maya and her mom Michelle drew a picture...

Alfa Laval had been conducting tailor-made marine training courses for specific customers designed to let them take advantage of its specialist expertise.  The customers...

Iran's Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) modernizes its fleet by  ordering new 18,000 TEU (Triple-E type) container vessels from Chinese yards total...

The first ever new-build liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuelled German seagoing vessel, a passenger ferry, owned by Reederei Cassen Eils GmbH  had its maiden...

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has welcomed the historic achievement of the 2015 Paris Climate Change conference (COP21) which has resulted in a clear...

7th December, 2015, marks the completion of 74 years since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor which forced the United States into joining World...

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has contracted Wärtsilä to supply combined inert gas generators and gas combustion units for 17 LNG Carrier newbuilds....