Dear MFAME readers, Yesterday we saw a video “Mega Delve Into A Mega Ship”, a tour of a mega ship docked at the Port of...

  A train carrying 200 passengers derailed and fell into the Alameda Creek Incident : Train derails Place : California Casualty : 9 people injured The Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) No....

DNV GL, Gard and The Swedish Club have observed a negative trend in loss of anchors and chains and associated costs.  A study into...

  The Anchor and the Anchoring mechanisms/procedures are the crucial stages in securing safe operations of the ship. Anchoring a ship is a very important...

Some of the major shipping companies in China have ordered for a total of thirty 400,000 dwt valemaxes for delivery from 2018. With a view...

A product tanker hits and sinks a tug 5 nm off the coast of Rupat Island in the Straits of Malacca. Accident : Collision Vessels Type : Crude...

HMT Royal Edward was a passenger ship belonging to the Canadian Northern Steamship Company.  She had previously been known as RMS Cairo when she...

Argentinian authorities have arrested six executives and public officials for the allegations of embezzlement of funds in the state-run enterprise Astillero Río Santiago (Río...

V.Group has acquired Bibby Ship Management, part of the Bibby Line Group, which has an established track record for providing high quality, safe and...

A list of five points has been provided on container weighing as the Container weighing rule is set to come into force in a...

Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Darwin’s boarding team has seized a large weapons cache from a Somalia-bound fishing boat during their deployment to the Middle...

  Take a 360-degree tour of the 18,000 TEU mega-ship docked at the Port of Long Beach.  The video takes us through the Cargo...

Russian tennis star and the five-time Grand Slam champion, Maria Sharapova, would be provisionally suspended from 12 March for failing a drug test at...

Accident : Fire Date : 7th March 2016 Vessel type : Bunkering Barge Location : Near Dalian’s Mianhua Dao port area Crew onboard : 5 The Dalian Maritime Safety Administration said that a bunkering...

One of the world’s leading engine maker, Wartsila, has identified that some members of its staff in Italy had manipulated the results of fuel...

Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS), the International convention which ensures that ships flagged by signatory States comply with minimum safety standards in...

The SS Gairsoppa was a British steam merchant ship that began her career in 1919 under the service of the British India Steam Navigation...

BP’s CEO gets a huge pay rise despite the company’s loss in 2015. Bob Dudley, CEO of BP received an increment of nearly 20% in...

Hyundai Heavy Industries has produced its 10,000th 4-Stroke Hi-Touch Marine and Stationary Engine. The Hyundai Heavy Industries’  is the world’s leading heavy industries company.  The...

Incident : Grounding Vessel type : Car carrier Location : Buena ventura port in Columbia Casualties/Pollution : Nil The vessel, carrying 500 vehicles, was enroute from Japan to the Pacific coast of...