Incident : Vessel groundingVessel Involved : Containership SyltLocation : BremerhavenPollution : Oil spillThe vessel, en route from Vuosaari, Finland to Copenhagen, Denmark, arrived at the German port and...

Open-water swimmer Simon Holliday swam from Hong Kong to Macau on 24 May 2014.  In that he created a record for fastest swim from...

Accident : FireVessel Involved : Awassi Express, a livestock carrierCargo Onboard : GrainsDate : 3rd November 2015Location : Off the coast of Victoria in AustraliaCasualties : NoneA livestock carrier, carrying...

"Enekarte" is a  vessel inspection system based on tablet computer.  This was developed in cooperation with Azbil Corporation (a major Japanese provider of instrumentation...

The strike by pilots and tugs in the Greek port of Piraeus began at 6:00 am local time (0400 GMT) Monday and was scheduled...

One of the most important projects of modern Greece, which played a catalytic role for the Mediterranean trade, the canal of the Isthmus of...

One common problem which the shipboard staff experience with the hydraulic oil systems, especially the mooring winches and anchor/windlass hydraulic systems is - “Contamination...

Fatigue may have contributed to mistakes which led to a fire onboard a cableship during a bunkering operation. The French accident investigation body BEAmer said...

A male student at University of California, Merced who stabbed four others was shot dead in the University of California, Merced.A male student and...

IMO is authorised under MARPOL Annex VI to establish ECAs where vessels have to control and reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulphur oxides (SOx)....

Battle To Save A Cargo Ship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Nine crew members are missing after their boat sank off the coast in stormy conditions. Rescue workers are also...

The Greatest Marine Horrors On RecordAccident type : CollisionVessels involved : PS Lady Elgin and schooner AugustaLocation : Lake MichiganDate : September 8, 1860Casualties : About 300 livesVESSEL INFORMATION:Name :...

Hong Kong’s economy owes a great deal to the container port industry.  The combined midstream services of Hong Kong terminal operators (Hutchison Port Holdings...

Rotterdam Maasvlakte II terminal set a loading record last month on the Madison Maersk with 17,152 TEU loaded, including ten high above deck stowage....

On November 2, Alice Oldendorff, Portuguese-flagged bulk carrier (owned by Oldendorff Carriers of Lübeck) was sailing from Canada to New York when a Ukrainian...

In Finland, Hanasaari coal power plant at central and Salmisaari power plants at Helsinki produce roughly 50% of the heat in the entire region,...

American Petroleum Tankers (APT) had placed orders for five tankers with the General Dynamics NASSCO.  The first ‘ECO’ tanker was named ‘the Lone Star...

Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey has signed a Letter of Intent for the supply of an extensive range of propulsion units over the next three...

A Product tanker collided with a fishing vessel, southeast of Quanzhou, Taiwan Strait.Accident type : CollisionVessels involved : Hu You 8  and Min Shi YuLocation : Southeast of...

In what she described as a "win for the ladies" the American, who has won 21 Grand Slam singles titles, chased down the man...