Bulk Carrier Runs Aground
Panama flagged carrier ignores warning and runs aground off Bhosphorus.
Panama flagged bulk carrier, ran aground in Umeryeri area, Bosphorus, Istanbul at around 0500...
Inmarsat Enters Unmanned Ship Project Arena
The Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative (AAWA) is a €6.6 million research project initiated by Rolls-Royce. The project aims to do futuristic R &...
Straw beasts sweep over Japan
Animal figurines made of straw with eerie postures are displayed in Niigata during the Japanese Wara Festival. The festival celebrates the straw harvest around...
Distillate Exports To Europe Touches 250,000 mt
According To Platts Cflow, the Gulf Coast Distillate exports from US Gulf Coast to Europe Touches 250,000 mt.
An estimated 250,000 mt of distillates were...
Plane Catches Fire In Las Vegas
Accident
:
Plane bound for London caught fire
Airways
:
British Airways
Location
:
Las Vegas airport
Date
:
08-Sep-15; 4:13 PM (23:13 GMT)
Injuries
:
13 people with minor injuries
Evacuation
:
172 people evacuated safely
A British Airways plane caught...
Fire Sparks Aboard Cruise Ship in St. Thomas
Accident
: Fire.
Date
: 6th September 2015.
Location
: Off St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Vessel Involved
: Caribbean Carnival Liberty, a cruise ship.
Casualties
: None.
Engine room fire in the cruise...
CSCL to Purchase 10 New Ultra Large Container Ships
The Chinese CSCL ‘s profit has plunged due to the economic slowdown in China and a decrease in European Luxury imports. To increase the...
Julie Lithgow Named “WISTA-UK Woman Of The Year”
Julie Lithgow, Director of Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, has been recognised as the “WISTA-UK Woman of the Year” by the Executive Committee of WISTA-UK.
This...
Thomas Miller Extends Its Service Through Legal Firm
Thomas Miller expands its services through a new venture - Thomas Miller Law.
An UK based marine law firm specialist Davis Johnson & Co has...
Intoxication Onboard Tanker Off Shenzhen Kills Two
Two dead and one seriously injured from asphyxiation following a jet fuel vapor leak.
Accident
:
Gas leak and intoxication
Vessel involved
:
Zhoushan-registered 2,000dwt oil tanker Jin Wang You...
Hempaguard Coating- Successful Over 350 Vessels
Following IMOs stringent rules and regulations for Mandatory Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plans ( SEEMP), Hempel introduced Hempaguard, an antifouling agent for vessel coating....
How About Addressing Oneself in Third Person?
Some persons have the penchant for addressing themselves in third person. One such is the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who is very prolific...
Suez Canal: Ships of Varying Sizes Traverse in New Waterway
A record of 1356 ships have crossed the New Suez Canal within a month as a result of new, widened and renovated waterway, which...
Blending-on-Board (BOB), Latest in Maersk Fluid Technology
BoB stands for ‘SEA-Mate Blending-on-Board’ and is the brainchild of Maersk Fluid Technology. The core product is a small machine that can reduce the...
OYO Rooms: India’s Largest Hotel Network
A nightmare of checking into a hotel made 18-year-old college dropout Ritesh Agarwal four years later, the CEO of Oyo rooms, a network of...
Fall From a Low-rise Stepping Platform Turns Fatal
Summary of the accident:
A bosun was cleansing the hatch coaming of a cargo hold, he fell from a low-rise stepping platform and died.
The bosun...
Explosion At Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard Injures Eight
Accident
:
Explosion.
Date
:
6th September 2015.
Location
:
Shital Enterprise scrap yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Casualties
:
8 injured.
The scrap yard in Chittagong exploded due to leak in a gas cylinder. The reports...
Passenger Vessel Runs Aground With 150 People On Board
Vessel Name
:
Binh Thuan-16
Incident
:
Ship aground
Date
:
Saturday, 5th September 2015
Location
:
Phan Thiet, Vietnam
Casualties
:
No injuries or death
It was on Saturday, 5th September 2015, when the 41m long Binh Thuan-16 a passenger...
[Watch] The World’s Vessel Traffic from Space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMG1SdeYLFE&feature=youtu.be
Fleetmon along with its partner Luxspace has provided an impressive video enabling us to watch the movement of the ships globally. This view is...
Peril From Pneumatics on Board
The important part played by Pneumatics and control cannot be gainsaid. Erudite readers of this note no doubt realise proper functioning pneumatic system and...