Reducing Risks For Cargo Liquefaction

Liquefaction of cargo vessels involve a lot of risks.  But, there are mitigating actions to reduce these risks.  DNV GL has published a guideline...

Bunkering in Rotterdam? Watch Out for Wax clogging your Filters!

 If your vessel is bunkering LSMGO in Rotterdam, then your filters may get clogged.Statistics: In the last One Week (12th October to 19th October 2015),...

Armed Pirates Abduct Four Seafarers Off Nigeria

On 19th October 2015, the armed pirates boarded the 19 crew member cargo ship and kidnapped four crew members, two Lithuanian and two Ukrainian....

Drillship Accident Kills One

Drillship Accident Kills One; Investigations UnderwayIncident : Accident on a drillshipDate : 20th October 2015Vessel involved : Pacific Santa Ana drillshipLocation : About 200 miles south of Lake Charles,...

CMA CGM To Go With French Ballast Water Treatment “BIO UV”.

The year 2015 has seen significant changes or improvements when it comes to shipping emissions, pollution prevention and energy efficiency.  More companies are opting...

Invention to Reduce Sulphur Content in Bunker Fuel

Louis Gomez files patent for new Invention that lowers sulphur content of bunker fuelExtracts from the patent filed: Bunker fuel degrades slower than standard fuel...

Wikileaks Tweet CIA Boss Emails

Wikileaks tweeted on Wednesday that it would release some of the information of CIA director John Brennan's email content shortly.  After few hours, six...

Subway Will Ensure ‘Footlong’ Sandwich

New Measures Guarantee A Foot Long Subway SandwichIn the year 2013, Australian Matt Corby posted a picture in facebook showing a subway sandwich with...

[Ceremony] Watch The Ribbon-Cutting At Water Depths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be The world’s first subsea gas compression system went on stream on September 17, 2015.  The Aker solutions-built Subsea gas compression system was opened officially...

Father Saved Two; Mother Succumbs to Fire with Three Kids

The fire gutted three brick buildings built in 1840. Chris Hargis and Lori Doppelheuer escaped a fire consuming their old row house.  But both...

UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2015

The maritime transport growth of 3.5% during the past 12 months till January 1, 2015, is the lowest in over a decade.  At the...

Wet And Dry Market Make Assessment Difficult

The shipping data is available in many different ways these days. But, the actual “operational fleet” statistics at any given time still eludes accurate...

Alfa Laval’s Economiser Unit For EGR System- A Great Fuel Saver

Alfa Laval is a leading global provider of specialized products and engineering solutions based on its key technologies of heat transfer, separation and fluid...

Moin Enhances Export Capabilities of Costa Rica

APM Terminals Moin will bring in facilities to serve the larger vessels entering the Latin American trades.  It is to enable the Costa Rica’s...

Exotic Super Metal Alloy used in Tru-Marine’s 3D-Printed Nozzle Ring

Turbochargers are used to supercharge and thus improve the efficiency of an engine. The marine turbochargers are designed to supply the large mass of...

Counterfeit Refrigerant Cylinders – An Industry Menace

Wilhelmsen Maritime Services issued a warning regarding the dangers posed by some of the counterfeit refrigerant cylinders readily available in the market. The counterfeits...

More Bunker Tankers Fitted with Mass Flow Meters – MPA

MASS FLOW METER (MFM) technology has been around since the 1950s and has been in use in various industries.  From 2007, news of the...

Brave Police Officer Dies in a Gunfire

Randolph Holder was killed in a confrontation with an armed suspect in East Harlem on Tuesday.Officers responded to a report of gunshots fired near...

Indonesia Experiences Country’s Biggest Forest Fire

Highlights:The extremely dry weather prevailing in Indonesia caused the forest fires. The forest fire that occurred in Sumatra Island and Borneo Island in the...

Want To Test Your Hearing Ability? Check This

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be We may not hear certain frequencies clearly.  The reasons for this may be age or frequent listening to louder music.  The below video helps...