NYK has placed an order for 5,500 technologically advanced 40-foot refrigerated (reefer) containers, which are more efficient and reliable than older equipment.  Delivery of...

ClassNK, Tokyo-based International Classification Society, has provided Approval in Principle to the 98,000 DWT bulk carrier fuelled by LNG. Maritime Innovation Japan Corporation has...

Scientists found that bacteria gets resistant to drugs used when all other treatments have failed, puts the world on the cusp of a "post-antibiotic...

Accident type : Collision Vessels involved : MV Dona Paz and MT Vector Location : Tablas Strait Date : December 20, 1987 Casualties : 4,386 people died VESSEL INFO: Name : MV Dona Paz Built in : 1963 Flag :...

Crowley Wins American Maritime Safety Award 2015 For Standard Compliance Crowley Vessels were Honored with Environmental Awards for the implementation of drug and alcohol awareness...

Two crewmen died as they tried to help a crewmate in the hold of their ship but finally ended up  suffocating in the forecastle...

Accident : Fire Date : 18th November 2015 Vessel Involved : Le Boréal, a French-flagged Cruise Ship Location : Near the Falkland Islands Casualties : None A fire broke out in the engine room of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be           The largest of the piers of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge’s old east span was removed from the bay...

Clean Energy Provides Bunkering Services And Fuel To World’s First LNG-Powered Container Ships Clean Energy Fuels Corp. participated in a little history last month when...

A Man, identified as Sebastian, rescued a pregnant woman who was hanging a from a window ledge at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris...

European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) recently hosted a workshop Called Remotely Piloted Airborne Systems for Maritime Surveillance (RPAS) in late October 2015. The main...

The European Union and its Member States have a strong preference for a global approach to reduce GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions from international shipping...

Panama has launched its Terror alert in order to prevent an expected chaos to commercial shipping in Europe. A document that was seized by a...

The wayward star of U.S. television comedy "Two and A Half Men", actor Charlie Sheen, aged 50, confirmed in a US Television interview -...

The hospital in a remote location in Kenya has no advanced facilities to help pregnant women who enter into labor.  Fardowsa Abdi, a 25-year-old,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Vessel Launched : El-Mellah Launch Port : Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk, Poland The hull of the sail training ship was launched at the Remontowa shipyard which is built...

In the current technology context, there is a supplement to the oft-quoted saying, ‘The pen might be mightier than the sword’: a picture can...

Accident type : Explosion Vessel involved : Sultana Location : Mississippi River Date : April 27, 1865 Casualties : 1,800 people died VESSEL INFO: Name : Sultana Built in : 1863 Flag : America Type/class : side-wheel steamboat Tonnage : 1,719 tons Length : 260 feet Beam :...

Cyprus Government’s New Policy : No Army Duty If Parents Are Ship-Owners The government of Cyprus is pushing for a new law to exempt children...