NYK lines (Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha) and MOL (Mitsui O.S.K Lines) both Japan-based companies placed an order with Chubu Electric Power for two LNG vessels...

The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006 entered into force on 20 August 2013 and, as of March 2015 it has been ratified by 66...

A containership spilled fuel oil during bunkering operations on Tuesday night. A Denmark flagged container vessel spilled oil 70 miles off Barcelona in the Mediterranean...

Panama flagged carrier ignores warning and runs aground off Bhosphorus. Panama flagged bulk carrier, ran aground in Umeryeri area, Bosphorus, Istanbul at around 0500...

The Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative (AAWA) is a  €6.6 million research project initiated by  Rolls-Royce.  The project aims to do futuristic R &...

Animal figurines made of straw with eerie postures are displayed in Niigata during the Japanese Wara Festival. The festival celebrates the straw harvest around...

According To Platts Cflow, the Gulf Coast Distillate exports from US Gulf Coast to Europe Touches 250,000 mt. An estimated 250,000 mt of distillates were...

Accident : Plane bound for London caught fire Airways : British Airways Location : Las Vegas airport Date : 08-Sep-15; 4:13 PM (23:13 GMT) Injuries : 13 people with minor injuries Evacuation : 172 people evacuated safely A British Airways plane caught...

Accident : Fire. Date : 6th September 2015. Location : Off St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Vessel Involved : Caribbean Carnival Liberty, a cruise ship. Casualties : None. Engine room fire in the cruise...

The Chinese CSCL ‘s profit has plunged due to the economic slowdown in China and a decrease in European Luxury imports.  To increase the...

Julie Lithgow, Director of Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, has been recognised as the “WISTA-UK Woman of the Year” by the Executive Committee of WISTA-UK. This...

Thomas Miller expands its services through a new venture - Thomas Miller Law. An UK based marine law firm specialist Davis Johnson & Co has...

Two dead and one seriously injured from asphyxiation following a jet fuel vapor leak. Accident : Gas leak and intoxication Vessel involved : Zhoushan-registered 2,000dwt oil tanker Jin Wang You...

Following IMOs stringent rules and regulations for Mandatory Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plans ( SEEMP), Hempel introduced Hempaguard, an antifouling agent for vessel coating....

Some persons have the penchant for addressing themselves in third person.  One such is the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who is very prolific...

A record of 1356 ships have crossed the New Suez Canal within a month as a result of new, widened and renovated waterway, which...

BoB stands for ‘SEA-Mate Blending-on-Board’ and is the brainchild of Maersk Fluid Technology.  The core product is a small machine that can reduce the...

A nightmare of checking into a hotel made 18-year-old college dropout Ritesh Agarwal four years later, the CEO of Oyo rooms, a network of...

Summary of the accident: A bosun was cleansing the hatch coaming of a cargo hold, he fell from a low-rise stepping platform and died. The bosun...

Accident : Explosion. Date : 6th September 2015. Location : Shital Enterprise scrap yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Casualties : 8 injured. The scrap yard in Chittagong exploded due to leak in a gas cylinder.  The reports...