Egypt: Ports Goes Hi-Tech For Speedy Transits
The Egypt’s Ministers of Transportation, Finance and Trade have announced that they are planning to use an electronic system to link the data available...
New Rules On Tax-Free Status For Indian Seafarers
The government has issued guidelines regarding the new tax rules for seafarers working on ships so as to qualify them for non-resident status. This...
[Watch] The Pipe Dream: Maddo Surfs His Moto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Og6-oFKoV0&feature=youtu.be
Robbie Maddison (Maddo), an Australian motorbike stunt rider, has achieved a career-defining feat by riding his dirt bike on the powerful waves of Tahiti....
Army Called In To Contain The Greek Migrant Crisis
Last month alone Greece saw an influx of 50,000 migrants. As per UN officials, since January 160,000 migrants have arrived in Greece. Frontex, the...
New LNG Bunker Barge Concepts by Crowley’s Jensen Maritime
Crowley Maritime Corporation, a subsidiary of Jensen Maritime shared that they are developing two new, liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker barge concepts that can...
Piracy And Armed Robbery In Asia – A Report For July...
The Information Sharing Center of the “Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery” against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) is a formally recognised...
Launch Of LNG Carrier Pool By Prominent Players
Dynagas Ltd, GasLog Ltd. and Golar LNG Ltd have jointly pronounced about the LNG Carrier Pool, The Cool Pool, for marketing their vessels in...
Big Three Korean Yards Face Recession
The big three Korean yards, plan to lay off about 3000 employees following the financial loss in the Q2, 2015.
The loss reported are as...
A Pipeline Unites Congo & Angola – Chevron clinches World-Record.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Og6-oFKoV0&feature=youtu.be
Chevron has taken up the Congo River Canyon Crossing pipeline project. The Congo River crossing is Chevron’s largest-ever well intersection and it is the...
A View From Space: The Ships In Line In Suez Canal
Scott Kelly, an astronaut from NASA, is currently living and working on board the International Space Station(ISS). He has snapped a photo from the...
Is Your Ship Safe Against Cyber Attacks?
New online tool to assess the safety of ship against cyber attacks.
The Maritime industry is increasingly dependent on programmable control systems. This dependency increases...
World’s Richest Shipping Families
The shipping industry (owning and operating container ships, ports and other shipping related businesses) has led to massive family fortunes all over the world.
Analysts...
A Transgender Appointed As A White House Staff Member
Raffi Freedman-Gurspan is a full-time member of staff in the White House. She is an outreach and recruitment director for presidential staff. She supports...
[Watch] Time Lapse Video Of The Tanker Maneuvering The Port
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Og6-oFKoV0&feature=youtu.be
The above video shows how the UK-flagged tanker Galway Fisher maneuvers the Port of Galway in Galway city, Ireland.
The Port, currently, can facilitate the...
Acts To Boost Mental Wellbeing
Health is not absence of illness. Health, especially, mental health means feeling good, functioning well during the day, rising up to face a challenge...
Catfines – The Real Culprit.
An elephant may be huge and strong as marine diesel engines are. Whereas an ant can bring the elephant down as it enters the...
Port Louis: Port Expansion Increase Employment Opportunities
Event
:
Open Day at the Mauritius Maritime Training Academy
Date
:
13 &14th of August
Chief Guest
:
Mr Premdut Koonjoo, the Minister of Ocean Economy, Marine Resources
Organiser
:
The Ministry of Ocean...
Drainage Pot Pressure Increase Blows Up and Kills Crew
Vessel
:
Tanker.
Location
:
Drifting Close to Anchorage.
Casualties
:
One.
Incident:
The third engineer was taking his routine watch keeping rounds, which includes draining accumulated water (condensate) from the main and auxiliary...
Seaspan Welcomes Its Fifth SAVER
Seaspan Corporation, a worldwide leader in independent containership management and ownership, has received the delivery of a Yang Ming Wellness, 14000 TEU SAVER design...
Diesel-Electric Propulsion Systems To Reduce Fuel Costs
Siemens to supply diesel-electric propulsion systems and other accessories to CSBC Corporation Taiwan for its four 65,000-ton semi-submersible deck cargo vessels (SSDCVs).
Highlights:
Enhanced maneuverability when...