AMECS As An Alternative To Cold Ironing
California Air Resource Board (CARB) Allows Use Of the new Advanced Maritime Emission Control System (AMECS) As An Alternative To Cold Ironing In Marine...
First ever Conversion To Dual-Fuel LNG Propulsion
German shipowner Reederei Wessels has announced the world’s first conversion of a containership to dual-fuel LNG propulsion. The refit will be carried out next...
Lessons From Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
The Deepwater Horizon platform collapsed due to a subsea well blowout in April 2010 spilling an estimated 205.8 million gallons of oil. The response...
Stormy Weather Keeps Rescue Crews From Reaching Stranded Tug
A tug boat, the Peter F Gellatly, had grounded by the weekend's storms off Galveston's East Beach since Sunday along with the barge it...
Wärtsilä Announces Contest For Ideas
Wärtsilä is a globally known pioneer in the utilisation of digital technologies in the marine and energy industries. It launches an innovation contest for...
Hurricane Patricia Grounds And Threatens Breaking of Bulk Carrier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.beAccident
: GroundingVessel involved
: Los Llanitos, a bulk carrierLocation
: Barra de Navidad, MexicoCasualties
: NonePollution
: Small amount of Oil SpillThe vessel, which departed from the Port...
U.S Tourist Dies After Zipline Mishap
Marsha Boekeloo, a 56-year-old cruise ship passenger, died after falling from a zipline in Puerto Rico. The fatality occurred on October 15, but the...
Florida Hunters Kill 200 Bears on The First Day
The Florida State’s bear population has grown to about 3000 bears from a mere 300 in the 1970's due to the State’s wildlife conservation...
Remains of Hurricane Leaves Flood Threat For Parts Of US
Hurricane Patricia to give Heavy rain and flood threat for the Gulf Coast, Lower Mississippi valley.The Gulf Coast and the lower Mississippi Valley can...
[BreathTaking Footage] Diver’s Near Brush With Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be
This rare video footage shot by Phil Jaynes shows how two deep sea divers go down to investigate the damage caused to M/S. Seaward,...
Hull Damaged As Boxship Ran Onto The Rocks
Container ship BF Fortaleza ran aground on the Skatestraumen near Maloy, Norway on October 22 Thursday.Accident type
: GroundingVessels involved
: BF FortalezaDate
: 22nd October 2015Location
: The Skatestraumen...
NextGen Two-Tiered Terminals At Port Tuas, Singapore By 2030
Due to the shortage of land, Maritime & Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore has started work on land reclamation for the construction of Tuas...
Nautical Institute Welcomes New COO
John Lloyd, MBA, AFNI will take up the newly created post of COO in the Nautical Institute with effect from 2nd November 2015.Highlights From...
High Speed Ferry Collision Injures 100
Accident
: CollisionDate
: 25th October 2015Vessel involved
: FerryLocation
: Off Siu A Chau, near the larger island of LantauCasualties
: More than 100 injuredEn route
: Macau to...
Rigged Tests Haunt Volkswagen After A Decade
Norwegian shipowner, I.M. Skaugen is seeking a $50 million compensation from a marine unit of Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) for rigging performance tests of ship engines...
Oil Spill Research Priorities
The U.S. Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research (ICCOPR) has approved the Oil Pollution Research & Technology Plan (OPRTP) for FY2015-2021 and selected...
Application Of Laser Technology In Berthing
The E.U.’s Docking Monitor project was concluded in August. Automated port safety systems are improved combining berthing aid with a drift monitoring system using...
South Asian Breakers Preferred despite EU Regulations
As living things age and wither, so do the non-living things. Ships are no exception. The old ships that are not operational anymore are...
Diana Shipping To Go For Charter Contracts
Diana Shipping Inc. has entered into a time charter contract with Swiss Marine Services S.A., Geneva, for a Capesize dry bulk vessels. The gross...
The Art of Writing a Perfect E-mail
E-mail has come to stay, if you like it or not, especially in the business world. The business e-mail traffic accounts for 55% of...
