Atlantic Container Line (ACL) runs a weekly service linking North America’s eastern seaboard with northern Europe.  The transatlantic operation caters for containers, project and...

There is a growing need to run ships more efficiently and sustainably.  The giant container ships used the huge two-stroke diesels, a combined gas...

Videotel’s Training Covers 10 Million Training Events in 12,000 Vessels Worldwide Videotel, a company of KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), is the leading international provider...

Accident : Collision Date : 12th November 2015 Vessels Involved : Svyatoy Petr and Svyatoy Pavel Location : The Laptev Sea, north of Russia Casualties/Pollution : Nil The two small clean product tankers involved...

  Please Feel Free to Download the VEEMS (Viswa Energy Efficiency Management System) Architecture and Supplement below: (Disable Pop-up Blockers to allow Download) Marine Maintenance is not...

A new study suggests that people who drink a lot of coffee have lower rates of death Research revealed that people who drank 1 to...

Are you aware of fumigation? Fumigation is is a method of pest control that completely fills an area with gaseous pesticides or fumigants to suffocate...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be “Wec van Ruysdael" crashes into "Paula" on starboard side and steering to hard to port.. Watch the collision in the bolbous bow.  The collision lasted...

A minute of silence has been held across Europe to commemorate the victims of Friday's attacks. Background: On November 13th, 2015, a series of terrorist attacks...

Mumbai-based Elektrans Shipping (formerly Doehle Danautic) has announced the acquisition of Japanese-built 149,834dwt suezmax tanker Distya Akula, co-owned with Arya Industries. The 1995-built tanker which...

By next month, Stena Rederi is to convert a second engine to methanol fuelled ro-pax Stena Germanica.  Stena hopes to have all four engines...

Accident type : Explosion Vessels involved : SS Mont-Blanc and SS Imo Date : December 6, 1917 Casualties : 2,000 died and 6,000 injured VESSEL INFO: Name : SS Mont-Blanc Built in : 1899 Flag : France Type : General...

Accident : Vessel Capsized Date : 16th November 2015 Vessel Involved : Wihan Sejahtera, Indonesia Ro/Pax Ferry Location :  A quarter mile off at the port of Surabaya, Indonesia Casualties : None On Monday...

Fitting LEMAG’s SLASHPOL E-WIF Homogenisers To Reduce NOx Emissions: Taking this advantage, Stena goes green! The first LEMAG SLASHPOL E-WIF FQI (fuel quality improver) homogeniser...

China has discovered gold under the sea with the location of a multi-billion-dollar gold deposit in the water of the Bohai Sea.  The deposit contains...

Saudi Aramco, the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals company, and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group signed a general memorandum of understanding (MoU) to...

Neptune Orient Lines, the Singapore-based shipping company is up for sale for $2bn.  Maersk Line has proposals to buy it.  Maersk Line, the world’s...

Accident : Collision Date : 14th November 2015 Vessels Involved : Ji-Xin 9 and Guang Yun Location : Off Shantou and near the Nanpeng island in the Taiwan Strait Casualties/Pollution : Nil On Saturday,...

COA Meeting In Hamburg The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Container Owners Association (COA) will be conducted at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Hamburg...

Lower Consumption Causes Surplus And Dips Oil Prices The global supply imbalance is getting worse.  So, oil futures prices (WTI) plunged 12.5% this week from...