Vessel Capsizes off Dampier Kills Two
On early Sunday morning, two people have been found dead after an overturned vessel was spotted south of Mawby Island near Dampier.
A Marine Search...
A New Case Of Ebola Discovered In Africa
An individual died of Ebola last week who is believed to have travelled from Kambia near to the border with Guinea. The incident is...
Ship-to-Ship Transfer of LNG Completed
Earlier this week, ship-to-ship transfer of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) between the tankers Excelerate and Arctic Princess has been completed successfully.
In the fourth operation...
57 Jumped Overboard as a Ferry Caught Fire
Fire onboard a passenger vessel off the northeastern coast of New Zealand’s North Island near the town of Whakatane. Around 57 people onboard the...
A Tanker Loaded with Lubricating Oil Sinks After Collision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
A coastal tanker loaded with lubricating oil collided with a gravel carrier off Umihotaru in Tokyo Bay, Japan. The 92 ton coastal tanker suffered...
IMO Ballast Water Convention Will Not Come into Force in 2016!
Ballast Water Management(BWM) convention along with IMO and partner IHS Maritime & Trade were tied up to verify tonnage figures compliance for convention’s final...
America Tops the Global Energy Sector
America has become the world’s number one energy producer due to its ingenuity and initiative in the field of oil and natural gas. This...
What are Wave Springs?
A Spring is an elastic device, typically a helical metal coil, that can be pressed or pulled but returns to its former shape when...
Fire in Brazil’s Santos Port
A Chemical Container Blaze Restricts Brazil's Santos Port
On Thursday, the fire started at the container terminal in Brazil's largest port of Santos.
Nearly a dozen...
Stretch Often At Work
Are you a person spending a long day by working on your desk? Please study carefully.
Sitting back at your desk a long day is...
A Ship Which Switch Fuel Four Times a Tour.
In more and more regions of the world, ships have to change to low-sulfur fuel before being allowed to sail into Emission Control Areas....
Blue Star Ferries Bags Energy Award
Event
: Energy Mastering Awards 2015
Awardee
: Blue Star Ferries
Organised by
: Boussias Communications
The Blue Star Ferries bagged a ‘Silver Award’ for the category Energy Efficiency Management...
Zero Exhaust Emission Ferry By Wartsila
Wartsila has introduced the zero or low emission ferry concept on shuttle ferries. This concept is in adherence to the Norwegian government’s new environmental...
Can Telemedicine Be The Future For Mariners At Sea?
Today’s communication techniques have achieved the higher duty of care to passengers and crew onboard the ship at sea. Yes. Maritime Telemedical Assistance Services(TMAS)...
Vessel Hits Railroad Bridge
On Thursday around 7:44 a.m, A towing vessel hit the Vicksburg Railroad Bridge near 435.8 mile marker.
Reports say that all barges are intact and...
[Watch] Allision Of Barges On Mississippi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
According to USCG, a towboat pushing several dozen barges struck a railroad bridge in Vicksburg, Mississippi on Tuesday morning, while nine barges containing coal...
The Cutting Edge Of Maritime Innovation
Maiden LNG-fuelled bulker to match new DNV GL rules.
ESL Shipping has built the maiden LNG dual-fuelled bulk carriers to the new set of DNV...
Type-2 Diabetics Cured After Surgery
The Lancet published the results of a trial on 60 people which found surgical reduction of the size of the stomach and small intestine...
SS Rockport Sinks With Load Of Iron Ore
SS Rockport had been built at Portland, Maine, as Wilfred B. Bellevue and completed in March 1945. SS Rockport was originally an American Liberty...
[Watch] All You Need to Know About Container Weighing
Check out this Part-2 video, where he explains what equipment container weighing technology can be implemented, as well as answering whether a wider industry...
