Two Global Companies Fined Over An Incident

Two global companies have been sentenced after a worker was killed and another seriously injured during construction of an offshore wind farm.On 21 May...

Inmarsat Everywhere

In September, Inmarsat launched its third satellite in its Global Xpress constellation and unveiled its new machine-to-machine and the Internet of Things strategy –...

Green-Way To Clean Oil Spills

NTNU student entrepreneurs - Anette Andersen, Nina Heir and Karl Nevland have come up with an environmentally safe and green method of cleaning oil...

Electronic Navigational Charts In SOMS

New ENCs To Provide High-Resolution Bathymetry Information For Safe Navigation In SOMSThe Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS) is an important, world’s busiest...

Epic Gas Finances US$ 120 M For Seven NewBuilds

Epic Gas Ltd., owns and operates a fleet of 45 modern and high quality fully pressurised gas carriers providing seaborne services for the transportation...

Renaissance Divests Assets, Sells Topaz Engineering For $18.5m

Oman’s Renaissance Services SAOG (Renaissance) is an Omani multinational Oil & Gas company that has two core business groups in Marine and Contract Services....

Pilot Dies in Flight; American Airlines Plane Lands Safely

Early Monday pilot of an American Airlines plane, Captain Michael Johnston, 57 suddenly died in flight.  The first officer made an emergency landing safely...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine – 2015

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 was awarded with one half jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries concerning a novel...

Be Cautious While Doing Hot Works Near The Engine Room

Transport Malta has issued a safety investigation report into the engine-room fire onboard the Maltese registered supply vessel GSP PERSEU at GSP Shipyards, Agigea,...

[Watch] The Floating Instrument Platform In Action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be The Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP) is an Ocean Research Platform. It is owned by the U.S. Office of Naval Research. The Marine Physical Laboratory...

Rolls-Royce to Reduce Manpower in Marine Division

Rolls-Royce is the world’s biggest maker of jet engines.On Monday, the company announced 400 job cuts in its marine division to shore up confidence...

Cargo Goes Smart

After classrooms and mobiles, cargo also goes smart.  The next-generation technology of built-in container connectivity, when outfitted in vessels will enable even the most...

Vacations Go to Next Level

Andy Stuart, president and chief operating officer of Norwegian Cruise Line said, “Each and every day, the hard working 20,000 Norwegian team members worldwide...

Three V’s of Big Data

Predictive analytics and advisory services are in great demand to maximize intervals between maintenance periods, streamline logistics for deliveries and ensure that main engines...

Over 8,800 Refugees Rescued With Camcopter Assistance

For the past five months, the NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) worked relentlessly to save over 8,800 lives in the dangerous borders of...

ME-GI Engine Passes FAT Test in Japan

DNV GL, the classification society, oversaw and cleared the factory acceptance test for the first, Man Diesel & Turbo’s ME-GI engine in Japan’s MES...

Swedish Club Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary

The 35th anniversary of the establishment of the Swedish Club was celebrated in its Piraeus office in Greece.  Established in the year 1980, the...

ExxonMobil Works On Bio-Oils

The algae bio-oils if processed in the U.S. refineries will supplement conventional gasoline, diesel, aviation fuels and marine fuels. There is an additional potential...

Odfjell Retrofits Rated A+ For Reduced Emissions

Odfjell SE is a Bergen-headquartered shipping and tank terminal company.  They are in the process of upgrading the propulsion systems on 19 of their...

Revised ISO Standards Has Been Published

ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems, the world's leading quality management standard, has recently been revised.Why was ISO 9001 revised? All ISO standards are reviewed every...