Accident type : Wrecked Vessel involved : HMS Birkenhead Location : Gansbaai Date : 26th February 1852 Casualties : 450 deaths VESSEL INFO: Name   : HMS Birkenhead Built : 1845 Class & type : Frigate, later troopship Tonnage : 1400...

Cancer is not due to bad luck but a result of environmental factors, a study suggests Cancer is caused by one of the body's own...

On Tuesday, the first of five contracted floating power stations was inaugurated by the president of Indonesia.  The barge carrier Zeynep Sultan was converted...

Robots are already employed in hospitality industry and ticketing.  The first instance of a robot working onboard a cruise ship will be the popular...

Stolt-Nielsen Limited has elected Rolf Habben Jansen, Chief Executive Officer of Hapag-Lloyd AG as the new director.  Chairman Christer Olsson said that Habben Jansen...

The world’s largest shipbuilding Group, Hyundai Heavy Industries Group (HHI Group), today announced that it gained the “World Class Products” certification on five more...

Woodlawn resident Peter Winkler received the Fire Chief’s Civilian Award for Bravery at the District 6 firefighters’ annual awards banquet Dec. 5 for the...

Now China can show you how to fight Air Pollution with mist cannons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Globally air pollution, specifically by CO2 emissions, pose a major threat.  China...

England's chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies warns that obesity is the biggest threat to women's health and the health of future generations. In her...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Film  : Star Wars: The Force Awakens Genre : Science Fiction, Adventure, Action Director   : JJ Abrams Cast  : Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark   Hamill,...

A nine-year-old Heartland kid Brendon Garman saved his teacher Madonna two weeks ago when  she suddenly had an asthma attack during class.  She  was...

‘Tier III’ NOx emission standards is a new limit prescribed for new built ships sailing in NOx Emission Control Areas (NECAs).  ‘Tier III’ which...

DNV GL conducts inspection of ship tanks using camera-equipped drone The classification team of DNVGL based in Gdansk, Poland has conducted several tests using drones...

The Company of Master Mariners of India’s (CMMI) conference ‘Safe Containers - Steering Changes’ held at the Lalit, Mumbai on December 10, 2015 deliberated...

Currently, there are no IMO standards for the separation of fats, oils and grease from galley water.  The oily mix of galley water enters...

The Dutch port of Rotterdam is to offer a 10% discount on gross seaport dues to vessels bunkering LNG.  A total of EUR 1.5...

Eagle LNG Partners (Eagle LNG) will build a natural gas liquefaction plant (LNG plant) offering a capacity of 200,000 gallons per day (87,000 gallons...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be The ‘Green Shipping Award’ winner UASC has done a record-breaking load of 18,601 TEU on board its containership Al-Muraykh.  Al-Muraykh is one of the...

The S.S. Eastland widely known as the "Speed Queen of the Great Lakes" was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Maersk Line published a video in which it had committed to deliver one billion to the homes of children well in time for the...