Ferry Capsized Off Surabaya Port

Accident : Vessel CapsizedDate : 16th November 2015Vessel Involved : Wihan Sejahtera, Indonesia Ro/Pax FerryLocation :  A quarter mile off at the port of Surabaya, IndonesiaCasualties : NoneOn Monday...

Stena Goes Green By Taking Advantage Of LEMAG

Fitting LEMAG’s SLASHPOL E-WIF Homogenisers To Reduce NOx Emissions: Taking this advantage, Stena goes green!The first LEMAG SLASHPOL E-WIF FQI (fuel quality improver) homogeniser...

China Finds Gold Under The Sea

China has discovered gold under the sea with the location of a multi-billion-dollar gold deposit in the water of the Bohai Sea.  The deposit contains...

Saudi Aramco And HHI Sign MoU

Saudi Aramco, the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals company, and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group signed a general memorandum of understanding (MoU) to...

Consolidation For Containership Growth

Neptune Orient Lines, the Singapore-based shipping company is up for sale for $2bn.  Maersk Line has proposals to buy it.  Maersk Line, the world’s...

General Cargo Ships Collide in Taiwan Strait

Accident : CollisionDate : 14th November 2015Vessels Involved : Ji-Xin 9 and Guang YunLocation : Off Shantou and near the Nanpeng island in the Taiwan StraitCasualties/Pollution : NilOn Saturday,...

Container Owners Meeting In Hamburg

COA Meeting In HamburgThe Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Container Owners Association (COA) will be conducted at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Hamburg...

Oil Prices Dips Due to Surplus

Lower Consumption Causes Surplus And Dips Oil PricesThe global supply imbalance is getting worse.  So, oil futures prices (WTI) plunged 12.5% this week from...

IRI Opens A New Office In Manila For RMI

IRI (International Registries and its affiliates) has opened an office in Manila for Marshall Islands Registry staffed by four personnel who have a background...

Make Relationship Blossom And Not Wither

Dr. Randi is a relationship therapist who in the free advice e-newsletter, Heroic Love, gives 14 point formula for a stable marriage based on...

Wrecked Bulker To Form An Artificial Reef

The damaged Mexican bulk carrier Will Be Sunk To Form An Artificial Reef Off MexicoThe Mexican bulk carrier Los Llanitos fell victim to the...

[Watch] The Assembly Of The International Space Station

November 2nd, 2015, marks the 15th anniversary of one of the greatest engineering feats in human history.The International Space Station (ISS) has been orbiting...

Container Ship Collides With Fenders in Antwerp

MSC Gemma Collides With Fenders In AntwerpAccident : CollisionVessel Involved : MSC GemmaLocation : Zandvliet Lock in Antwerp, BelgiumCasualties/Pollution : NilVessel Info:Length : 279.00 mBeam : 40.00 mDraft : 9.00 mDeadweight : 67,566 DWTGross tonnage : 66,289...

[Watch] Triple E Maersk Arriving Among Gale Force Winds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be On 13th November 2015, around noon, the 18,270 TEU Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller arrived among the gale force winds.  The winds were blowing at a...

A Courageous Woman Helps Victims In Paris Terror Attack

Terrorists attacked Paris leaving 1127 dead and many more injured.  In one of the sites, a heroic woman Margarida Sousa who lived opposite the...

Barge Stuck Under Railway Bridge

Barge Stuck Under Kaniampuzha Railway BridgeA barge ferrying sulphur to FACT Udyogamandal got stuck beneath the Kaniampuzha railway bridge during early hours on Saturday...

Cargo Vessel Runs Aground in Columbia River

Accident : Vessel groundingDate : 14th November 2015Vessel Involved : The Viking EmeraldLocation : Columbia River near WoodlandCasualties : NonePollution : NilThe Viking Emerald, a 550-foot cargo vessel carrying automobiles...

Pirate Leader Arrested in Philippines

Southeast Asian waters have long been notorious for piracy and 2015 has been no exception.  The ICC's International Maritime Bureau reported an average of...

Using Mid-Range (50-60 BN) Cylinder Oils? Man Diesel & Turbo...

MAN Diesel & Turbo has warned against using existing mid-range cylinder lube oils in its two-stroke engines when burning fuel with a high sulphur...

An Electric Shock to Flowing Water Makes it Potable

Clean and potable water can be obtained from effectively treated salty, brackish or contaminated water so that it can be safe to drink.  A...