Hong Kong Shipping Register Crosses 100 Million Tonnage
The Hong Kong Shipping Register (HKSR) set up on December 3, 1990, with a Gross Tonnage of 6 million at the time, is the...
Shippers Prefer LNG To Power Their Vessels
Last month TOTE Inc., a shipper that operates between the U.S. and the Caribbean, launched the World’s second massive container ship fuelled by liquefied...
Problem Fuels Supplied In Russian Ports
In the last 3 months, 4 cases of problems fuels causing damage to machinery have been reported. These fuels have been bunkered in the...
World Requires More LNG Bunkers at Ports
Jacob Høgh Thygesen, Director, Merchant Ship Design Solutions with Wärtsilä opines that making available LNG fuel bunkers at ports is a prime necessity. According...
London Metal Exchange Propose to Buyout Baltic Exchange
The LME has approached the Baltic Exchange for a takeover bid.The Baltic Exchange is the world's only independent source of maritime market information for...
World’s First Guide For SOx Scrubber Ready Vessels
Classification society ABS has come up with the world’s first guide for SOx scrubber ready vessels. This comes at a time when more emphasis...
Most Modern Icebreaker To Use Wärtsilä 31 Engines
Guinness World Records have acknowledged Wärtsilä 31 engine as the world’s most efficient 4-stroke diesel engine. It will power a state-of-the-art new generation icebreaker...
Sprinkler Pipe Leak Puts Ferry Out of Service
Finnish ferry was forced out of service after water from a faulty sprinkler pipe damaged around 90 of the vessel’s cabins.October 10, Finnish ferry...
[Video] Madison Maersk Sets Record With 17,152 TEUs Onboard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be
The Maersk Triple E containers comprise a family of Very Large Containerships. Recently,
Madison Maersk, a Triple E class vessel, has set a record load...
Philippine Vessel Crew Prevents Piracy Attempt
Incident
: Piracy AttemptVessel
: M/V CeciliaDate
: October 10, 2015En route
: Davao to Santos CityThe crew members onboard the Philippine-flagged vessel, which was travelling off the Davao del...
US Navy(1775-2015) Celebrates 240 Years of Excellence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be13th October marked the 240th birthday of US NavyFrom everyday small feats to undeniably heroic efforts, the accomplishments and achievements of America’s Navy are...
A New Raft Of Regulations For Cyber Safety
The 170 million GT, ‘A’ rated North P&I Club has warned its members to be prepared for a new raft of regulations for cyber...
The Fourth Container Terminal in Mumbai
Jawaharlal Nehru Port is India's largest and premier container gateway. The foundation stone for fourth container terminal was laid in Mumbai.
The Ceremony was...
[Shocking] Speed Thrill Killed Two
Two Young men died as they smashed into a church wall in Crowborough, East Sussex.Kyle Careford, 20, died along with friend Michael Owen, 21,...
Quebec Diesel Fuel Spill Removal Completed
Incident
: Fuel SpillVessel Involved
: M/T Sarah DesgagnésLocation
: Salluit, West of Ungava Bay, in Northern QuebecEstimated Fuel Spill
: 3000 LitresCause
: Severed Fuel lineThe Canadian Coast...
Wall Collapse Claims Two Firefighters
A massive fire engulfed the block-long structure on the Kansas city's northeast side. Rapid intervention team of firefighters devised a strategy to suppress the...
[Watch] Ocean Phenomena – Bioluminescence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HXXQBz6Vv0
One of the vast and overwhelming subject is Ocean. Sailors experience and witness enormous mysteries under the water, all around the world. Experts have...
Maersk’s Air Lubrication System Trial-Run Results-Inconclusive
Jasper Boessenkool, head of strategic R&D for Maersk Maritime Technology spoke at a media gathering at Maersk’s headquarters in Copenhagen where he admitted that...
The Baltic and Maritime Council Redefines High Risk Area
BIMCO has agreed to revise the definition of the High Risk Area.The High Risk Area is now defined as being bounded by:In the Red...
ClassNK Certification For Ship Breaking Yards in India
On 29th September, 2015 two Indian ship breaking yards based in Alang, Gujarat won the compliance status with IMO’s Hong Kong International Convention for safe...
