Maersk’s Starfish Ready for Assembly In Norway

Barge Carrying Parts Of Maersk’s New Build Reach Norway An Ugland barge carrying the parts of Maersk’s new build was towed by the Svitzer tug...

Focus On System Of Integration By CIMAC World Congress

AIM To develop regulations and standards in system integration (e.g. EEDI definitions and implementation rules). Participants  The Working Group will ideally consist of engine builders, engineering companies,...

U.S. Navy Intercepts A Massive Arms Shipment

U.S. Navy ship seized thousands of weapons, AK-47 rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers that likely were headed to Yemen. Dear Mfame reader, Recently we have encountered...

Port Watch – Ships Docked At The Sea Port Of Rotterdam

  Ships - the monstrous marvels moving around in the calm waters is the passion for most people in the marine fraternity.  Watching these...

British Sailor Buried At Sea

British sailor is buried at sea after being swept into the Pacific Ocean during Clipper Round the World Yacht Race Sarah Young, 40, from London,...

Ghost Ship: The Ourang Medan Mystery

Out of all the stories of mysterious deaths and disappearances at sea, the story of the SS Ourang Medan is one of the most...

Drewry Expects A Fall In Shipping Rates

Container Carriers are advised to focus on improving their revenue per TEU. The shipping consultants Drewry released their container shipping review for the first quarter...

USCG Alert – Generators tripped Due to Faulty Excitation Wires!

Worn Thin Vibration Abrasion, a “Short” Summation. This Safety Alert addresses causal factors related to a temporary loss of electrical power that occurred onboard a...

Amazon’s Containerships With Drones – Can It Redefine Supply Chain &...

Amazon's supply chain architects are reportedly working on a new concept of “near-shoring” that could see container vessels anchoring off the coast of large...

She Claims A Million Dollar For Secretly Recording Her Nude On...

Oil Rig Worker Claims She Was Secretly Recorded And Filed A $1 Million Lawsuit Jane Doe, 26 year old, claims that just a normal clothing...

[Watch] Whale-Watching Ship Crashing Into A Pier Off North Harbor Drive

  The whale-watching ship  carrying  five crew members and 139 passengers hit the dock in San Diego’s Embarcadero shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday. Three of...

Propellers To Undergo A ‘Paradigm Shift’!

What drives the shipping industry? The answer to this question may vary depending upon the cargo, type of the ship, supply & demand and global...

A Perfect Storm Is Brewing To Reshape The Shipping Sector

A month ago Mfame talked about Perfect Economic Storm that Scrapped Dry Bulk Shipping, today we present a view on yet another perfect storm...

A Workhorse On The Hudson River, Now Retired From Fighting Fires,...

On a gleaming Thursday morning in March, a candy red fireboat rattled awake and set forth from its station in the Brooklyn Navy Yard....

Piracy Returns – High Alert – Pirates Kidnap Four Sailors From...

According to police officials, four Malaysians were kidnapped by gunmen off the coast of Semporna on Friday night, less than a week after 10...

Ebola Update : For Shipowners And Technical Managers

Member Advisory Applicability: Shipowners and Technical managers Countries with confirmed cases of EVD (22 March 2016) A new outbreak confirmed in Guinea On 16 March 2016 Guinean health...

Counterfeit ADMIRALTY Charts And Publications – A Significant Safety Risk

The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has released a warning about fake ADMIRALTY Products which are found increasingly in circulation.  These counterfeit products, which...

All From Just Toothpicks

Toothpick Models of Early 20th Century Ocean Liners and Ships From The Age of Sail 14 Foot Toothpick SS America To Exhibit At the Black...

Hot Oil Sprayed Over Hot Engine Surface Causes Fire

The speakers at the IMarEST 6th Condition Based maintenance conference, Singapore, really made the attendees listen the ultrasound, see the infrared and sense the...

Drone Ships To Rule The Seas In One Or Two Decades

Robotics after its entry and influence in the field of car and aircraft design as well as manufacturing has now made a mark in...