Mireia Lalaguna Rozo of Spain was crowned Miss World 2015 on Saturday  at the Miss World Grand Final in Sanya, in Southern China.  Royo...

Strong second-quarter earnings are expected for dry bulk carriers in 2016 and tankers are heading for profitability levels.  Maritime Strategies International (MSI) has predicted...

Accident : Vessel Grounding Vessel Type : Cargo Ship Date : 21st December 2015 Location : Squamish Terminals, deep-water port north of Vancouver Casualties/Pollution : Nil A cargo ship ran aground at the Squamish...

The shipowners prefer joint ventures with third parties.  Aurora LPG and Wilhelmsen Ship Management join forces to take care of the former’s VLGC fleet. The...

Incident : Vessel Grounding Vessel Type : Cargo Ship Date : 17th December 2015 Location : Lake Saint-Louis, Quebec Casualties/Pollution : Minor quantity of hydraulic oil leak The BBC Chartering cargo ship ran aground on a rock on December...

Shell Trading Rotterdam has chartered 15 new inland 110m barges running on LNG from Plouvier Transport and Intertrans Tankschiffahrt. The barges built by the Dutch...

The Mary Rose was an English Tudor carrack warship and one of the first to be able to fire a full broadside of cannons....

Professor Karin Andersson of Chalmers University in Sweden published in FCBI Energy titled Methanol as a Marine Fuel after examining the viability of methanol...

The oil prices will remain at the level of $42-47 a barrel in 2016 predicts Lukoil CEO. The Chief Executive Officer of the Russian oil...

MAN Diesel & Turbo has signed a contract on 30 October, 2015 with Sembcorp Marine in Singapore to supply the dual-fuel propulsion system –...

I stayed in an IBIS hotel near the Biannual SMM show in Hamburg.  The show attracts a multitude of visitors and this IBIS hotel...

Mr. Wolfgang Gensch has over 32 years of service experience with one of the leading Marine Engine Builder (MAN B&W). He joined MAN B&W in Hamburg,...

Fuel oil in tanks bordering cargo holds release excessive heat that can damage bulk and bagged agricultural products. What Can Happen? When the fuel oil is...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be It was Mariah Carey’s Christmas classic All I Want For Christmas Is You, but as you have probably never heard it before. Earlier this week,...

A Cargo Ship And a lifeboat needed assistance in  rough weather. Accident type : Engine failure Vessel type : Cargo vessel and its salvage tug. Location : Off the Cornish...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be The video features ‘the 2015 biggest moments’ and the related searches in the year. The searches has inspired trillion of questions. Explore the year's biggest...

"Hydricity" concept, proposed by researchers, is aimed at creating a sustainable economy by not only generating electricity with solar energy but also producing and...

One of the important factors predicting the seaworthiness of a vessel is the ability to resist the seawater ingress into the internal spaces.  However,...

The bulker market values continued their downward trend.  The Baltic Dry Index reached another all-time low, since 1985. The sale of the Pierre LD 171,900...

A stow-away Indian Cobra was rescued from a container ship bound for the APM Terminals at the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal in New Jersey....