Revolutionising Asia and Indonesia’s Gas Market
Thursday 28 January 2016, Singapore:
Regional and international energy players to set tone and address investment and infrastructure development opportunities across Asia and Indonesia’s gas...
‘OCTOPUS’ to Help Vessels Operate Safely 5 Kilometers Below Sea Level
ABB has announced it will provide the technology that will help three vessels safely carry out construction and maintenance tasks up to 5 km...
Nitration – How an Engine Lubricant Suffers from it.
If you would have seen Viswa Lab’s Lubricant analysis trend report, one must have wondered and definitely noticed a parameter called “IR-Nitration”.
Let us not...
Earth Observation Through European Data Relay System
European Space Agency uses laser to gather pictures of the planet taken by other spacecraft.
In this new system the satellite, via laser will tramis...
Nobel Peace Laureate Takes Power
San Suu Kyi finally takes the power as the head of Myanmar Government nearly after 26 years.
The Nobel Peace Laureate and the leader of...
[Watch] Listed Vessel Drifting In The Bay Of Biscay
A cargo vessel, loaded with 3600 tons of timber and construction machinery, started listing some 148 miles off Cape Ortegal, Galicia, in the...
Sudden Release of Stored Pressure Energy – Crewman Lost An Eye
Safety plays the most important role in all our activities. Carelessness or poor risk awareness can be very dangerous. The following incident teaches us...
Oil Cargo Hose Snapped Spilling Palm Oil into a River
A moving tanker’s anchor entangled with a berthed vessel mooring ropes which ripped apart the pipes causing the oil leak into the river at...
Baltic Dry Index – How Low Can It Go & How...
How Low? :
The Baltic Dry Index ended Friday 29 January at 317, which is never been seen before level.
Recent deals suggest that shipowners are...
The Defiance: A Sailing Ship Frozen In Time
Lake Huron is host to hundreds of sunken vessels, some of them quite historic. The wrecks in these waters are extremely well preserved due...
A Ferry Collided With a Cargo Ship Off Livorno
Accident type
: Collision
Vessels involved
: A passenger ferry and a cargo ship.
Reason identified
: Bad weather and strong wind
Location
: Livorno outer anchorage in Italy
A passenger ferry...
‘Half-Baked’ Container Ships Find Work In Wind Power Sector
Siemens’ Wind Power & Renewables Division will save 20% in transportation costs by using two uncompleted container ships to serve as specialized carriers of...
[Update] Modern Express -May Hit Coast By Tuesday
A specialised team along with a Spanish tug tried to tow the cargo ship near Gironde coast, but was unsuccessful because of bad weather...
81 Year Old Captain Convicted in 81,000 dwt Tanker Prestige Case
Spain’s Supreme Court has issued verdict of two-years jail for the Master of the tanker which sank off Spain’s northwestern coast in 2002.
According to...
Legendary Principal Dies Saving Children
Indianapolis’s Amy Beverland Elementary school principal died in a road accident.
Susan Jordan principal of Indianapolis’s Amy Beverland Elementary was a legendary women who always...
‘Superman’ Saves Distress Woman In Gloucestershire
A man in Superman attire saved a woman from being robbed.
Fundraiser Antonio Cortes, 32, wore the superhero outfit as a part of his job...
[Watch] Fisherman Being Medevaced By The Coast Guards
A 43-year-old fisherman faced breathing problems and numbness of his extremities while fishing 75 miles southeast of Cape May. Watchstanders in Philadelphia received the...
BG All Set To Merge With Shell
On Thursday, majority of BG Group shareholders approved Royal Dutch Shell's $52 billion (36 billion pounds) takeover.
The merger will take place on 15th February...
Technology Hinders At Sea warns P&I Club
North P&I Club has issued warnings that:
The technologies we use at sea such as video calls, emails, mobile devices are more of a hinderance...
Concerns Raised For Oil Transfer In Moray Firth
Campaigners are worried that the ship-to-ship transfers might pose a threat to the marine animals including the dolphin population in Moray Firth. They are...