NASSCO Delivers The World’s First LNG Powered Ship
(NASSCO delivers Isla Bella 2 months ahead of time. She is the world’s first LNG fuelled box ship.)
The launching ceremony of the Isla Bella...
Singapore, The Next Stop For Exxonmobil To Market LNG
ExxonMobil Fuels & Lubricants (F&L) is a leading marketer of finished lubricants, asphalts and specialities products, as well as one of the world’s largest...
Italian Authorities Seize 20 Tons of Hashish in Cargo Ship
Italy’s Guardia di Finanza said that the Italian Authorities have arrested the captain as well as the eight crew members of the ship MV...
Aground Oil Tanker Refloated Outside Marina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.beIncident
: Vessel groundingDate
: October 17, 2015Vessel Involved
: Tokyo Spirit, crude oil tankerLocation
: Near Lisbon, PortugalPollution
: NilOn Saturday, the Teekay Tankers owned crude oil tanker...
Dr. Vis – The “Bunker Guru”
Dr. Ram Vis, whose name Viswa Lab carries, is first a Marine Engineer and has a Doctorate in Metallurgical Engineering and a Masters in...
SK Shipping Requires $600m To Finance Four LNG carriers
SK Shipping has approached 20 local and foreign banks to raise funds to the extent of $600m for the construction of four LNG carriers.
This...
Mr. Holger Jacobsen – The “Engine Expert”
Holger has spent over 23 years with MAN Diesel & Turbo, managing both field and technical services in Australia and Singapore. He was the...
Chinese CMP Renews 35 Year-Old Licence Agreement With MAN
8th October 2015 marked the renewal of a licence agreement and cooperation that first started in the 1980s between CSSC Marine Power Co., Ltd and...
Innovative Multigas Carrier Design
Deltamarin Ltd and Brevik Technology AS, a VARD affiliate, have joined forces to develop a unique and novel multigas carrier design. The concept weds...
Subsea Compressor Now And Subsea Factory Later!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be
Statoil, Petoro and OMV have partnered to start a revolution in recovery gas from under the sea by starting the first wet gas compressor...
Paris MoU Site Offers Inspection Results in User-Friendly Way
Paris MoU Introduces a new statistical feature on inspection results throughout the region.Paris MoU site offers access online to know the results of inspection...
Astounding Port Developments & Cheaper Fuels – Is Russia the Sweet...
We have recently released a “Fuel Problems - The Watchdog!” alert on Russian Bunker fuels. Ships have experienced serious machinery damage when fuels have...
Early Detection of Abnormalities in Electrically Controlled Diesel Engines
Leading Japanese classification society, ClassNK, has started verification tests of its next-generation condition-based engine monitoring system.Aim:To assist in the early detection of abnormalities...
The Merger of Two Giants Afoot – Cosco & China Shipping
The two state-owned Chinese shipping giants China Ocean Shipping Co. (Cosco) and China Shipping Group Co. are currently the world's sixth and seventh largest...
Husnu Ozyegin Buys Piraeus Port
Fiba Holding is the owner of a 65% stake for a healthy price of $940m, in Turkish container terminal Kumport and Ozyegin. Mr Ozyegin...
Hero Doctor Helps to Delivers Baby On Flight
Dr. Angelica Zen, a UCLA Resident Physician, was returning from her honeymoon in an overseas flight when a fellow passenger went into early labor.
Dr....
Typhoon Alert For Philippines
Typhoon Koppu moved towards main Philippine island of Luzon on Friday. This prompted storm alerts in nearly 20 provinces and placing army and police...
Tanker Delivered to Concordia Maritime
Stena Important was delivered on 15 October from the Chinese shipyard GSI (Guangzhou Shipbuilding International) in Guangzhou to Concordia Maritime. The vessel, a 50,000...
Biofuel From Bacteria – New Research
Professor Richard Kohn, an animal and avian sciences Ph.D., along with Seon-Woo Kim, a faculty research assistant at the University of Maryland has discovered...
New MD For Scandinavian Bunkering
The global marine fuel supplier, Scandinavian Bunkering, has announced their new Managing Director. Erik Vinde, the COO of the company, takes the helm. He...
