[Watch] A Short Film On 9/11 Resilience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be
More than 3,000 people lost their lives; there was a serious damage to the infrastructure after the suicide attacks on the World Trade Centre,...
Floatplane Crash Kills Three People
In southwest Alaska, a floatplane carrying 10 people had crashed when taking off killing three and injuring the rest on board. Cause for the...
Facebook Likely To Introduce ‘Dislike’ Button
Facebook is to add a "dislike" button to its social network, founder Mark Zuckerberg has said. Facebook held a Q and A session in...
Largest Manmade Waves
In the Netherlands, just outside the city of Delft the engineers of Deltares Research Institute are carrying out the final tests on their new...
Giant Sized Pot of Lentil Stew Can Feed 10 Thousand People
Cooks in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, prepare a giant lentil stew aiming to set a new Guinness World Record on September 13, 2015....
Yang Ming Plans to Enhance Their Boxship Fleet
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation, founded in 1972, is based in Keelung, Taiwan. They operate 84 container ships in the 8,250 TEU range and...
Woolly Hat Day 2015
Woolly Hat Day 2015 will take place on Friday 9th October 2015. It urges maritime industry to wear a woolly hat in support of...
The Dragon Shaped Chinese River
Chinese netizens are crazy about this dragon-shaped river.
The dragon is considered as an auspicious symbol in Chinese mythology. So when this photo of a...
Shipowners P&I Club Issue Armed Guard Checklist
The Shipowners P&I club has also seen the rise in vessel operators who prefer to appoint armed guards onboard their ships. This safety measure...
Wärtsilä’s Marine Solutions Gets Its New President
From November 1st, 2015 Roger Holm will lead as the President of Marine Solution Group of Wärtsilä. He has also been elected as the Executive...
ECDIS – Future of Navigation
“ECDIS - Electronic Chart Display and Information System” is one of the most pronounced words in the maritime industry in recent times. IMO has...
Advanced Security System By SRG and IMSA
SRG Technology partnered with the International Maritime Security Associates (IMSA) has developed a first-of-its-kind Maritime Alerting Security System (MASSTM) which provides the innovative software...
Maritime Labour Conventions’ Standards Not Followed
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) reports that the number of vessels that failed to comply with Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) standards has increased...
Chemical Tanker Exploded During Tank Cleaning
Vessel
Chemical TankerCargo Carried
BenzeneOperation
Tank CleaningA chemical tanker in ballast was en route and the crew were preparing the tanks for loading. The crew had just...
Improved Scrubber Technology – Lynx Separator
Researchers of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have developed a technique for improving scrubber technology.Lynx Separator is a promising scrubber technology...
Oil Spill Contaminates River Rizal
Bunker oil was spilled into Teresa river on September 8th,2015 from a storage tank located at the Antipolo plant belonging to Solid Cement Corporation....
Casualties in Shipbreaking Yard Calls For Stringent Safety Measures
Inflammable, odourless gas that had leaked from a cylinder, led to serious blast when a worker lit up the fire. All of the eight...
ReCAAP: 18% Rise In Piracy Incidents
ReCAAP, the regional watchdog for piracy and robbery at sea in Asian region, in its August incident report states: In all there were 24...
Main Engine Fuel Pump Damage – Guess Why?
BACKGROUND
A Vessel technically managed by a very large Ship Management company visited Houston and found that all fuel pumps had suffered damage. The lab...
[Watch] Ariel view of Panama Agua Clara Locks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be
The Pacific Canal Expansion is very close to completion. The three dams near the Cocoli locks were completed in the month of August. These...
