[Watch] Launch of the World’s Most Powerful Nuclear Icebreaker

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior Russia's new Project 22220 nuclear-powered icebreaker dubbed "Arktika" was launched from the Baltic Shipyard in Russia's second-largest city of...

How to Stay Fit Against Diabetes?

Dr Marcus Brauer, a General Practitioner from one of the Club’s PEME approved clinics in South Africa, provides valuable medical insight into one of...

UK P&I and Britannia Clubs Merger Plan Fails

Termination of Merger Discussions Between UK P&I and Britannia Clubs Since the announcement in February 2016, the Boards of the UKP&I and Britannia Clubs have...

How Safe are Panama Canal’s Tugs Instead of the Mules?

How Safe are Panama Canal’s Tugs instead of the Mules? - Doubts Allianz Insurance company Allianz in its briefing examines the risk management impact of...

Impact of ECA Regulation on the Shipping Sector

 ECA - One Year Later The use of distillate fuels is currently regarded as the easiest compliance method, both from a technical and financial point...

Swede Died After Jumping Off Ship

Swede Commits Suicide by Jumping Off Ship A Swedish national facing charges of human trafficking died on 21st June after he jumped off a vessel, about...

Fire in Engine Room Rendered a Swiss Cargo Ship to Loose...

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior On June 19 at 12.20 a.m., a Swiss flagged general cargo ship suffered a fire aboard its engine room...

[Watch] MV Benita: “Buoys to Contain the Oil”

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior Officers of the National Coast Guard were hard at work, Sunday, June 19, to install the buoys.  This, after...

Oil Spill From the Grounded Bulker Off Mauritius

On June 19, the Environment Minister Alain Wong, reportedly was dissatisfied with reports about salvage plan, personally took a dive to film under the...

Oil Spill Spotted Off Port of Nakhodka

An oil spill has occurred in the Russian port of Nakhodka, located in Primorsky Territory, Russia’s Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport (Rosmorrechflot)...

Vessel Captain, Engineer Killed by Drunk Crewmen

Vietnamese Crewmen Held Over Killing of South Korea Ship Captain, Engineer: Coast Guard Two Vietnamese crewmen on a South Korean fishing vessel in the Indian...

Archaeologists Explore 17th Century Dutch Shipwreck in Iceland

Marine Archaeologists Explore 17th Century Dutch Shipwreck in Iceland The oldest known shipwreck around the coast of Iceland is currently being researched by marine archaeologists...

6 Ways a Ship can Lose Propulsion!

‘Fuel switching’ and ‘Loss Of Propulsion’ has come back to the spotlight of again and this is mainly attributed to the recent NTSB reports...

Did Ultra Low Sulphur Fuel Switch Caused Houston Ship Channel Collision?

A week after publishing ‘Fuel Quality Watchdog’ - where it was stated that Fuel Changeover & Loss of Propulsion (LOP) Risks are Increasing Alarmingly!...

Ship’s Fuel Samples Revealed Sulfur Violations – 5 Shipping Companies Found...

Five international shipping companies have recently been reported to the Danish Ministry of Environment and Food for flouting regulations that relate to the levels...

Pilots Failure in Responding To Hydrodynamic Forces Results in Collision

Summary On March 9, 2015, at 1230 central daylight time, the inbound bulk carrier Conti Peridot collided with the outbound tanker Carla Maersk in the...

Man kicked Off a Cruise Ship for Flicking a Cigarette Butt...

Mr O'Keefe was spotted flicking a cigarette overboard by a P&O security office and was warned by the security guard.  Later reports say he...

MSIB 01-16 – Crew Requirements Passenger Accountability

Marine Safety Information Bulletin — Small Passenger Vessel Crew Requirements & Passenger Accountability This bulletin is intended to serve as an important reminder to Small...

A ‘Silver Bullet’ Cylinder Oil for Any Sulphur Fuel!

Up until January 2015 vessels transiting ECAs switched between high sulphur residual fuel and low sulphur residual fuel.  For the liners operated in and out...

BREXIT: Impact on Bunker Prices!

On 23 June 2016, voters in the UK and Gibraltar will vote on whether the UK should leave the EU.  Almost no-one living in...