Good Samaritan Vessel Rescues The Burning Ship’s Crew Accident : Fire onboard Vessel involved : Glory Pacific No. 8, a fishing vessel Location : Approximately 2,071 miles southwest of Hawaii,...

Wärtsilä Ship Designs get increasingly important for wind farm operations Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply the ship design for the ‘Vestland Cygnus’, a Platform...

On Monday a powerful earthquake of magnitude - 7.5 Richter struck northeastern Afghanistan. The earthquake occurred at 223 kilometers (139 miles) deep inside the...

A seafarer died and nine are missing in a major collision between MT Elixir and the Nigerian vessel MT Tank. Accident type : Collision Vessels involved : MT Elixir and...

In his paper, titled “Human factor competencies for the future mariner”, Capt. Pradeep Chawla, highlights the technological changes happening in the maritime world and...

Following is a video showing how rapidly a sand carrying, self propelled boat capsizes.  The boat crosses, what appears to be a river near...

California Air Resource Board (CARB) Allows Use Of the new Advanced Maritime Emission Control System (AMECS) As An Alternative To Cold Ironing In Marine...

German shipowner Reederei Wessels has announced the  world’s first conversion of a containership to dual-fuel LNG propulsion.  The refit will be carried out next...

The Deepwater Horizon platform collapsed  due to a subsea well blowout in April 2010 spilling an estimated 205.8 million gallons of oil.  The response...

A tug boat, the Peter F Gellatly, had grounded by the weekend's storms off Galveston's East Beach since Sunday along with the barge it...

Wärtsilä is a globally known pioneer in the utilisation of digital technologies in the marine and energy industries.  It launches an innovation contest for...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be Accident : Grounding Vessel involved : Los Llanitos, a bulk carrier Location : Barra de Navidad, Mexico Casualties : None Pollution : Small amount of Oil Spill The vessel, which departed from the Port...

Marsha Boekeloo, a 56-year-old cruise ship passenger, died after falling from a zipline in Puerto Rico.  The fatality occurred on October 15, but the...

The Florida State’s bear population has grown to about 3000 bears from a mere 300 in the 1970's due to the State’s wildlife conservation...

Hurricane Patricia to give Heavy rain and flood threat for the Gulf Coast, Lower Mississippi valley. The Gulf Coast and the lower Mississippi Valley can...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be This rare video footage shot by Phil Jaynes shows how two deep sea divers go down to investigate the damage caused to M/S. Seaward,...

Container ship BF Fortaleza ran aground on the Skatestraumen near Maloy, Norway on October 22 Thursday. Accident type : Grounding Vessels involved : BF Fortaleza Date : 22nd October 2015 Location : The Skatestraumen...

Due to the shortage of land, Maritime & Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore has started work on land reclamation for the construction of Tuas...

John Lloyd, MBA, AFNI will take up the newly created post of COO in the Nautical Institute with effect from 2nd November 2015. Highlights From...

Accident : Collision Date : 25th October 2015 Vessel involved : Ferry Location : Off Siu A Chau, near the larger island of Lantau Casualties : More than 100 injured En route : Macau to...