The Significance of LNG as a Game-Changer

As a game-changer, the significance of LNG cannot be ignored Angus Campbell, Managing Director of Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement UK, (BSM), while delivering a speech at...

ExxonMobil EALs Endorsed by Fincantieri

ExxonMobil EALs endorsed by Fincantieri Fincantieri Marine System Division, the marine equipment manufacturer of the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, have endorsed the range of lubricants -...

Crowley’s First ConRo Ship Gets LNG Storage Tanks

Crowley Maritime Corporation’s liner services group reached another important milestone last week.  Three double-walled, stainless steel tanks were installed in the liquefied natural gas...

The First South African Merchant Vessel After Three Decades

The Cape Orchid is the first merchant vessel to be registered under the South African flag since 1985. The  300 metre long, Japanese-built bulk...

[Amazing] Revolution in Multigas Carrier Design

Revolution in Multigas Carrier Design Deltamarin Ltd and Brevik Technology have jointly launched a novel multigas carrier design. Deltamarin’s B.Delta and the cylindrical gas tanks...

Armed Pirates Kidnap Two German Sailors in Indonesia

Armed Pirates Kidnap Two German Sailors In Indonesia Incident : Hijack Vessel involved : Faraway, a German Yacht Location : Strait of Lombok off Bali Island, Indonesia The Yacht, with two...

The Phantom Ship Of New Haven Harbor, 1647

Taylor’s Corners is an old name for the intersection of Still, Stonehenge and Haviland roads.  The Taylor family had settled there by the 1780s,...

[Watch] Cruise Ship Sinking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjTuAV036yY When any ship sinks it makes headlines, especially when a passenger cruise liner sinks - Watch a cruise ship sinking.  The sea is known...

Motivating Women to Take up Men’s Jobs: A Russian Analysis

Motivating Women to Take up Men’s Jobs: A Russian Analysis On 22-23 September 2015, a round-table meeting took place in St Petersburg to analyse the...

A Bride’s Emotional Dance with The Selfless Hero Who Saved her...

A Bride’s Emotional Dance with The Selfless Hero Who Saved her Life Greta Hokanson Danced with Danny Daniels her saviour. Greta was just 16 when...

Cargo Ships Take Passengers as Well!

Cargo Ships Take Passengers as Well! Shipping company CMA CGM had been allowing two to 14 passengers on board its cargo ships.  The price per...

Damen Shipyard Builds a New Icebreaker For Australia

Damen Shipyard Builds a New Icebreaker for Australia The Australian company DMS Maritime Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Serco Australia, has been selected to undertake...

Alphaliner’s Idled Tonnage Nears A Million TEU

Maritime industry suffers a lot during the winter slack season.  In the next few weeks,  services will be withdrawn and the containers will pile...

Medical Evacuation by Coast Guard from Tank Vessel off Oahu

Medical Evacuation by Coast Guard from Tank Vessel off Oahu On Saturday, the Coast Guard medically evacuated an injured 43-year-old crew member from a vessel...

USNS Apache Locates The El Faro

New Jersey-based shipping firm’s vessel, the El Faro, said to have sunk on Oct. 1 in the Bermuda Triangle during Hurricane Joaquin, had in...

Boat Capsized off Southern Vietnam

Boat Capsized off Ho Chi Minh City In Vietnam, off the coast of Ho Chi Minh City, the Hoang Phuc 18 capsized at around 7...

Piston less Power for LNG Fuelled Mega Box Ship

Piston Less Power For LNG Fuelled Mega Container Ship A technical and feasibility study was released by GTT, CMA CGM (and its subsidiary CMA Ships)...

Plane Crash Kills All 224 People on Board

All 224 Flight Passengers Aboard Killed in Plane Crash Incident : A Russian airliner crashed Location : Egypt's Sinai peninsula Casualties : 224 people died Reports say a Russian airliner 'broke...

A New Factory In China For The Joint Venture With Wärtsilä

The CWEC joint venture was established in July 2014 for the manufacture of diesel and dual-fuel Wärtsilä engines.  A new factory construction began on...

[Watch] Largest Sail-Assisted Motor Yacht on Sea Trials

Largest Sail-Assisted Motor Yacht on Sea Trials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be The world’s largest sailing yacht sail-assisted motor yacht sets out for a series of sea trials off...