World’s Largest Ultra-Wide 3D4D Marine Seismic Project 

Polarcus  introduces the largest man-made moving object on earth. Polarcus Amani is the largest in-sea configuration ever towed by a single seismic vessel. Highlights: The vessel measures 1.8...

MV Bukoba Capsized Off Mwanza Killing 894

MV Bukoba was a Lake Victoria ferry that carried passengers and cargo between the Tanzanian ports of Bukoba and Mwanza.  Bukoba was built in...

Low Vitamin-D Linked To MS

Sunlight contains Vitamin D. People genetically prone to low vitamin-D levels are at increased risk of multiple sclerosis, according to an extensive study based on...

Cylinder Head Gaskets Blew-up When Main Engine Started!

Type Of Ship : Car Carrier Engine Make : Wartsila - W8L32 Engine running hrs : 34,027 What Happened: The ship crew were testing the Main engine (4 Stroke engine) as...

Multi-Mission Support Ship For $400 Million

MSC Adds A New Multi-Mission Support Ship In its MSC T-AKE ship Fleet. The MSC T-AKE ship fleet consists of 14 ships.  This support ship...

More the Kids Greater the Stress Her Body Endures

  Study revealed: Childbearing causes accelerated aging in women Having kids causes women to experience oxidative stress Lactation, birth and childcare require increases in energy metabolism Increases biomarkers for...

Ocean Cleanup – Garbage Patch To The Micro Plastic Mass

Ocean pollution has a very bad and damaging effect from zooplankton to ocean-going ships.  Lot of trash from the world's oceans especially from stray...

[Watch] The Most Advanced Marine Diamond Sampling And Exploration Vessel

  Kleven Verft has built and launched MV SS Nujoma at its shipyard in Ulsteinvik, Norway. Highlights of the vessel: The MV SS Nujoma is the...

Do you know how and when you’re likely to die?

Nathan Yau has come up with a way to predict answers to these questions, based on your race, age, and sex. Simulation ... Looks at how...

The Tragedy Of SS Kiangya

SS Kiangya which is also spelled “Jiangya”, was a Chinese passenger steamship, operated by the Shanghai Merchants Group and the sister ship of the...

Container Shipping Pioneer Dies

The 90-year-old  shipping pioneer and founder and group chairman of the Evergreen Group Chang Yung-fa passed away at 11.05am on Wednesday. A Brief Bio of...

Tanker Capsizes With 2,200 Tons Of Sulphuric Acid

Accident type : Vessel Capsize Location : River Rhine in Germany Casualties : Two crew members found missing Spill : None The tanker was carrying at least 2,200 tons of sulfuric acid,...

Fire Defaced Engine Room In A General Cargo Ship

Engine room fire in a General cargo ship off Yingkou, China. Accident type : Fire accident Vessel type : General cargo ship Location : off Yingkou, China in Bohai sea Casualties/Pollution :...

‘Zombie Ships’ Send Shivers About  Global Economy

The economic slowdown in China and the effects of rapid expansion through cheap debts has put the shipping industry in its worst crisis ever. The...

Fatality Due to Fire Extinguisher Explosion

Fire extinguishers onboard a ship play a vital role when it comes to firefighting. In most cases, the fire extinguishers are kept rested against...

Sulfur Pile Collapse Kills One

The Gulf Coast Bulk Equipment employee, While moving sulfur to a semitrailer at the Port Redwing site was killed when a 30-foot pile collapsed. On...

WhatsApp On Its Way To 1 Billion Users

According to an official announcement in a blog post on Monday, WhatsApp will no longer charge its users with an annual subscription fee of...

[Watch] Change the Way You See the Universe

  Here's a 3-minute animation that will provide you with an extraterrestrial perspective of grand scheme of things, Earth and everything on it is...

Maritime Satellite communication Market Will Escalate By 2020

A survey report by markets and markets have issued a "Maritime Satellite Communication Market by Type (VSAT, MSS), Service (Voice, Video, Data, Tracking &...

Unique Opportunity For Artists On The Open Pacific

A Vancouver art gallery is all set once again to search for interested artists to spend 23 days in residency at sea.  It is...