Container Ship Detained After Oil Spill in Bremerhaven
Incident
: Vessel groundingVessel Involved
: Containership SyltLocation
: BremerhavenPollution
: Oil spillThe vessel, en route from Vuosaari, Finland to Copenhagen, Denmark, arrived at the German port and...
Pink Dolphin Witness Simon Holliday’s World Record
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...
Livestock Carrier on Fire in Portland
Accident
: FireVessel Involved
: Awassi Express, a livestock carrierCargo Onboard
: GrainsDate
: 3rd November 2015Location
: Off the coast of Victoria in AustraliaCasualties
: NoneA livestock carrier, carrying...
A Tablet for Onboard Inspection
"Enekarte" is a vessel inspection system based on tablet computer. This was developed in cooperation with Azbil Corporation (a major Japanese provider of instrumentation...
Extension of Strike by Greek Port Pilots Stirs Concern
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...
Isthmus: The History
One of the most important projects of modern Greece, which played a catalytic role for the Mediterranean trade, the canal of the Isthmus of...
Hydraulic Oils – Care for its Cleanliness
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 & Jet Lag Caused Fire On a Cableship
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 Student Who Stabbed Four Was Shot Dead
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...
Disputes In Emission Control Areas Over Low Sulphur Fuel
IMO is authorised under MARPOL Annex VI to establish ECAs where vessels have to control and reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulphur oxides (SOx)....
[WATCH] The Battle to Save a Cargo Ship
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...
Steamship Sank In Lake Michigan Killing 300
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 Port Expands in Size And Service
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...
Gantry Cranes Create a Loading Record at APM Terminals
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....
A Swift Medical Evacuation by The Coast Guard
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...
Greenpeace Activists Stop Coal Supply to Power Plants
In Finland, Hanasaari coal power plant at central and Salmisaari power plants at Helsinki produce roughly 50% of the heat in the entire region,...
General Dynamics NASSCO To Deliver The First Tanker For APT
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 Chooses Caterpillar’s Propulsion Units
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 Collides Off Taiwan Strait
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...
Serena Williams Chases A Phone Grabber Down
In what she described as a "win for the ladies" the American, who has won 21 Grand Slam singles titles, chased down the man...