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...

Ship’s Crew became “Whistleblowers” as the Chief Engineer used ‘Magic Pipe’...

Panagiotis Koutoukakis, a Greek national and the chief engineer of a chemical tanker that docked in North Charleston in 2015, was charged this week...

[WATCH] U.S. Military Shows Off Star Wars-esque Weapon

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior Are you a fan of Star Wars? Then you’ll definitely like the U.S. Navy‘s Phalanx CIWS.  They’ve been nicknamed...

SKF Technology Boosts Propulsion Units on World’s Most Powerful LNG Carriers

The Azipod® propulsion units, SKF’s industry leading technology development, is helping to enhance the reliability and reduce the life cycle cost of propulsion units...

Ship Sheds of 2500 Year Old Naval Base Found

Danish and Greek archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery, finding one of the largest building complexes of the ancient world, a naval base where...

Get the Heat on the Engines! – Ships Moving Out From...

The year 2016, witnessed two major world events which struck shipping with a heavy blow. One - the Baltic Index tumbled as low as...

Another Vessel Grounded – Two in a Row!

The LCT 788 of Seen Sam Shipping ran aground off Oslob, Cebu while on its way from Naga City to Toledo City in an...

Navy Arrests a Ship Owner For Hijacking

On June 17, the Nigerian Navy has claimed that it had arrested the owner of the MT DEJIKUN, the ship which was used by...

Fatality – One Dead When Working Aloft – Attempting to Connect...

On June 18, the U.S. Coast Guard officials reportedly said that a ship worker has died after falling about 50 feet while trying to connect...