MISC Plans to Buy VLCCs and FPSOs

MISC, Malaysia's leading shipping company eyes on the secondhand crude tankers in the market that are suitable for charter contracts.  The crux of a...

Next Gen Global Internet Customer Support Launched

MOL launches Demo of Electronic Global Internet Customer SupportMOL announced that they were able to successfully launch and demonstrate the working of their Next...

Vroon Announces Lay Up Of 12 Offshore Vessels

On Thursday, the Dutch Shipping Company Vroon Shipping Services announced that 12 offshore-support supply vessels will be taken out of operation due to the...

Stronger Steel Approved For Intermediate Shafts

The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has approved an intermediate shaft with tensile strength of above 800N/mm2 for the first time.  The component...

32% Year on Year Decrease in Ship Loss

Total ships lost has become 75 in 2014, that is down from 110 total losses in 2013 and is well below the 10-year average...

Fire on Indonesian Cargo Vessel

Accident type : FireVessel involved : Intan NusantaraVessel type : FreighterAccident location : Palabuhan Sukabangun, Ketapang, western Kalimantan, IndonesiaCasualties/Pollution : Not reportedA small Indonesian freighter Intan Nusantara was docked in...

[Watch] Quadcopter Filming The Cargo Ship Voyage

A Quadcopter is an unmanned helicopter lifted and propelled by four rotors.  It uses two pairs identical fixed pitched propellers; two clockwise (CW) and...

Sunken Ship Spills Oil, Pollutes Sea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.beOn 6th October 2015, Lebanon flagged livestock carrier “Haidar” sank after developing a list at the Porto Vila do Conde in Barcarena, Brazil.  The vessel...

Tanker Spills Oil Yet Again After 45 Years

Background:  Liberian-registered tanker “SS Arrow” was built by Bethlehem Steel Company, Maryland in 1948 as the tanker Olympic Games.  She was renamed the “Sea...

Whisky Residue to Power Automobiles

Scottish Firm Use Whisky Residues To Produce BiofuelEdinburgh-based Celtic Renewables became the world’s first to produce biofuel made out of whisky residue to power...

Diesel Generators’ Fuel Pumps Failed with Bad Quality Fuel.

Vessel Oil TankerLocation At SeaBunker RMG 380The Incident: The vessel bunkered 1500 MT of RMG 380 at Vladivostok (Russia).  The vessel sailed out to Japan for discharging the...

Superstar Chef of Cajun and Creole Cuisines Dies at 75

Legendary chef Paul Prudhomme known for popularizing authentic Cajun and Creole cuisine around the world, has died at age 75.  The Chef is reported to...

Sun-Ocean Combo To Provide Potable Water  

Water is becoming an increasingly rare commodity.  Overuse and mismanagement around the world have resulted in many water bodies drying up.  It is the...

Managing Underwater Noise Pollution

The ocean bed is disturbed ceaselessly by governments and industries for oil and gas reserves.  It had increased noise associated with shipping and high-decibel...

French Train Hero Stabbed

Spencer Stone Hospitalised After Being StabbedOn October 7, the French train hero Spencer Stone, aged 25, was hospitalised in California hospital after being stabbed....

Pilot Program To Improve Marine Bio-Fuels

Wärtsilä, GoodFuels Marine, and Boskalis are a part of the consortium, whose main purpose is to increase the growth of sustainable, scalable and affordable...

Statoil Discovers Oil Spill At North Sea

Incident : Oil SpillLocation : Near Statfjord offshore oil fieldCause for the Spill : A leak in the loading hoseOn Tuesday, around 8.30 am, the Norwegian Oil...

NYK’s Grand 130th Anniversary

NYK of Japan began business on October 1, 1885.  NYK president Tadaaki Naito who addressed the  company employees to mark the 130th anniversary of...

IMF Warns Of Global Financial Crisis and Recession

If policymakers don’t handle market stability risks properly, the world may see a fresh financial crisis that may lead to global recession says the...

Underground Fire threatens St Louis With Radioactive Fallout

Just 1,200 feet across each other, underneath a landfill area in St. Louis, two things lurk that should never meet: a slow-burning fire and...