Fire Damages MultiMillion-Dollar SuperYachts

Accident : Fire Vessel type : A Superyacht Location : Marmaris, Turkey Casualties : Not reported. A fire broke out in the 240-foot super yacht and 170- foot superyacht, valuing $30 million...

Cargo Ship Suffered An Engine-Room Fire

Crew Comfortably Handled Cargo Ship Fire A ship belonging to Icelandic logistics company Samskip suffered an engine-room fire last night on its way to the...

[Watch]The Observable Universe Around The Solar System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Encircling the Solar System are the inner and outer planets, Kuiper belt, Oort cloud, Alpha Centauri star, Perseus Arm, Milky Way galaxy, Andromeda galaxy,...

Seafarer Died Aboard A Cargo Ship

A Russian crewman died on board a cargo ship that was about to dock at Stanford-le-Hope superport.London Coastguard received a call regarding an unconscious...

Oil Glut Shoots up Tanker Profits

More Oil In The Market Shoots Up Tanker Profit Oil export from U.S. sent thousands of workers to the plains of Texas and North Dakota....

[Watch] Great Lakes Sailing – Welland Canal HD Time-Lapse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be The Welland Canal is a ship canal in Canada that runs 42 km (27.0 miles) from Port Colborne, Ontario on Lake Erie to Port...

Large Ships Shrinks Freight Charges

Arrival Of Large Ships Will Shrink Freight Charges In Iran One of the world’s largest container ships, MSC BEATRICE, with a capacity of 14 thousand...

[Watch] Unclosed Door Forces a Boeing to Return

The Boeing 737-800 carrying 163 people, operated by low-cost Korean Air subsidiary Jin Air, left Cebu in the Philippines on Sunday, bound for Busan...

English Shore Awash With Pink bottles

On Sunday, thousands of pink plastic detergent bottles (some of which are foaming) have washed up on the shores of Poldhu beach on Cornwall’s...

3 Lead Ships By NASSCO

2015::General Dynamics NASSCO Delivers 3 Lead Ships General Dynamics NASSCO delivered three lead ships in 2015.  They are USNS Lewis B. Puller, the Isla Bella...

Stop Cyber Attack Onboard A Ship

Prevent Cyber Incident Onboard A Ship A set of cyber security guidelines for ships were launched today by BIMCO, together with other leading shipping organisations,...

Can Port Of Singapore Regain Top Spot?

BMI Research specialises in global analysis of macroeconomic trends and ranks international ports.  Shanghai deposed Singapore as the world’s largest port in 2010 in...

World Record Breaking Load On Board

Record  Number Of Containers On Board A Ship DP World London Gateway Port has welcomed one of the world’s largest container ships carrying a recorded...

Superior Shipyard Converts Steam Ship To Diesel

Fraser Shipyards will convert the 56-year-old Herbert C. Jackson to a diesel-propulsion system.  The Jackson is a 690-foot vessel that regularly carries almost 25,000...

IMO’s Initiatives And Achievements Of 2015

The International Maritime Organization has followed a wide range of safety and environment protections initiatives in the year 2015. Safety: In IMO Conference, Manila, Philippines -...

Calls For Coronial Inquest On Seafarer’s Death

The International Transport Workers’ Federation calls for a coronial inquest into the death of a healthy young  Filipino seafarer on board a Panamanian registered...

Safety Violations Gets Bulk Carrier into Trouble

USCG inspectors detained the Japanese Bulker after they found a disabled fire-extinguishing system in the engine room of the 751-foot vessel. Reasons For Detention: Port state...

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Historic Find: Revolutionary War Era Ship Discovered

A historic find in Old Town Alexandria is turning heads.  A large, heavy ship, is being dug out of its damp grave at the...

6 Ways Every Hydraulic Component can Wear Out

Hydraulic machines are machinery and tools that use liquid power to do simple as well as complex tasks.  The hydraulic fluid pressure is transmitted...