Can A Laid Up Supply Vessel Be Converted Into A Profitable...

Yes! Damen to Offer A New Lease Of Life To Laid Up PSVs Due to the recent decrease in oil prices, stand-still exploration projects, reduced...

Tugboat Captain Dies While Trying To Dock In Hudson River

The 50-year-old captain of a tugboat suffered a medical emergency and died as he was trying to dock the vessel in Haverstraw on the...

The Story Of A Drunken Titanic Survivor, Who Helped Save Others

One of the most famous Titanic survivor stories is that of Charles Joughin.  Charles Joughin was the last person to leave the Titanic and...

Main Engine Shutdown During Manoeuvring – Did You Check The Crankcase...

A general cargo vessel departed port after loading cargo where the crew was religiously carrying out the vessel departure routines.  The main engine was...

A Ship Full of Weapons Seized

French Navy Seized A Ship With Weapons A ship full of weapons, reportedly headed for Somalia, was intercepted and seized by French naval forces patrolling...

Somali Pirates On Trial In French Court

Somali pirates on trial in Paris for 2011 hijacking of yacht in Gulf of Aden. Seven Somali men have gone before a court in Paris,...

Wave Making Resistance – Best Example – From The IMarEST Condition...

Wave Making Resistance - Best Example. Excerpts from the IMarEST Condition Based Maintenance Conference. While the 6th condition based maintenance conference came to an end, we...

Excess Sludge Formation in the Purifiers? Here is the First Aid!

One Important Test when the Purifier Suffers from Excess Sludge Formation. Excessive sludge generation in purifiers are not very uncommon.  If you check with any...

M.V Ionic Unicorn – 11th Eco Ship Delivered By MES

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) has completed and delivered M.V. Ionic Unicorn, the third Eco-Ship line up of neo series to Ionic...

Hydrogen Sulphide Kills Three – Rotten Fish Is The Root Cause

We have heard of cases where hydrogen sulphide in marine fuel oils causes some health hazards and at times fatality.  This is a very...

British Tourist Rescued Like A Survivor Of The Titanic!

British Tourist Rescued Like A Survivor Of The Titanic After A Swim Back To Cruise Ship Susan Brown, the British tourist who ‘threw herself into...

Carroll A. Deering – The Ghost Ship

Carroll A. Deering was a five-masted commercial schooner.  The schooner was built in Bath, Maine in the year 1919 by G.G. Deering Company. The Deering...

Pirates Attack Tanker Off Nigeria; Kidnaps Five

Nigeria: Five Tanker Crew Members Kidnapped A pirate attack was reported on a tanker off Nigeria on 26th March 2016 where five crew members were...

Tokyo MoU – Operators Are More Concerned On Enclosed Space Safety

A study has been conducted by Tokyo MOU with regard to the safety of Enclosed Spaces in ships.  According to the recently released preliminary...

How To Get Fuels From Exhaust Gas?

Yes! There is a Bioprocess To Convert Waste Gas Into Liquid Fuel MIT Researchers have successfully trialled the process of converting waste gas into liquid...

Aframax Tankers Propelled By Wärtsilä FPP

TMS Tankers To Retrofit Wärtsilä FPP TMS Tankers Ltd., has selected Wärtsilä fixed pitch propellers (FPPs) for its new vessels under construction in China. In December...

Boozed-Up Captain Grounds Ship And Blocks Entry To The German Port...

Unfit Captain under the influence of alcohol grounded a 85m long cargo ship off Germany on saturday March 26th. A 2011 built cargo carrier ran...

10 Steps To Audit Cyber Security

Here are the top ten security tips and habits every computer user should know.  Consider it a quick way to audit your own security...

[Watch] The Franklin Expedition and the Discovery of HMS Erebus

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax launched the Franklin Exploration Exhibit, which highlights the 1845 Franklin Exploration along with the discovery of...

MAN’s Ethane-Fuelled Engine Passes Type Approval

MAN Diesel & Turbo’s first G50 ethane-fuelled two stroke engine for the 36,000m3 liquefied ethane gas carrier, which is under construction, has passed the...