MS Estonia was a cruise ferry built in 1979 at the German shipyard Meyer Werft in Papenburg. On 28th September 1994, the ship was crossing...

Vessel Containership Machinery Turbocharger on Main Engine Damage/Problem High Lube oil Consumption Main Engine 12 L 90 GFCA Turbocharger Retrofitted from ABB to MAN Technical Background: The main engine had four turbochargers and all these...

The BDTI (Baltic Dirty Tanker Index) tracks the crude tanker rates.  The index proves that crude tankers are still siling at solid rates holding...

  This video shows the first ship-to-ship transfer of LNG in March 1984.  Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company (Adgas) conducted the trials using the...

Inventors from Sussex have developed a concept of solar and wind-powered boat, SeaVax, that can suck up plastic waste.   A proof of concept at...

Effective from 1st April 2016, MOL will appoint Chief Country Representatives to oversee the operations in Asia and Oceania. The idea of appointing country representatives...

California Spill: Oiled Birds Found Near L.A. Harbour Fish and wildlife officials are working to help six oiled seabirds after the car carrier spilled oil...

A lifesaving award was presented to the crew of the cargo ship Joseph L. Block by the Coast Guard in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Saturday. On...

Maritime CEO Forum in Singapore kickstarted an important debate on what every seafarer undergo in their peak of their career life.  Should seafarers ditch...

Accident Fire Date 14th March 2016 Vessel type Ethylene Carrier(under construction) Location Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering’s Qidong Fengshun Shipyard According to the reports, an ethylene carrier which was under construction at the...

A fuel tanker ran aground in Nunavut in 2014 after its fatigued crew made a wrong turn in Chesterfield Inlet. Incident: The Bunker tanker was on...

The General Slocum was a passenger steamboat built in Brooklyn, New York, in 1891.  The General Slocum was named for Civil War General and...

With the DAC - All electrically propelled vessels can save at least 6% fuel annually. ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, is launching...

Every shipboard activity has a high-risk factor associated with it. May it be in the engine room or in the cargo area, the risks...

A Pure Car Carrier(PCC) leaks oil off Los Angeles in the west coast port Yesterday at 7:25 PM. The 2007 built car carrier left a...

Incident : Oil Spill Location : Port of LA Vessel Type : Car carrier Amount of spill : Not available A cargo ship spilled oil into the sea during its refueling operations...

  Whale watchers,  looking to catch a few glimpses of the animals were in for a surprise when hundreds of dolphins began racing and...

The Philippines started deploying women marine deck officers and marine engineers on international vessels in the late 1990s, sending 1,404 of them to sea...

Navios Maritime Acquisition Co. (NYSE:NNA) - Wells Fargo  downgraded from outperform rating to an underperform rating on Friday.  They currently have $1.62 price objective...

NYK teams with Weathernews and Kozo Keikaku plans to develop a new company to provide market next-generation solutions in the shipping and logistics fields. Symphony...