Incident : Tug boat SankDate : 12th September 2015Location : Juneau's Gastineau ChannelCasualties : NoneAt around 3 pm on Saturday 12th September 2015, a resident witnessed the tugboat...

34 refugees drown in Aegean Sea while making their ways to EU. At least 34 migrants and refugees, among them 15 infants and children, drowned...

Delta State university having 3,500 students enrolled near the Arkansas border, in the city of Cleveland is about a five-hour drive north and police...

On 11th September 2015, a 59-year-old woman passenger who was aboard the Seabourn Quest, a ten-day cruise from Boston to Montreal, fell overboard from the ship....

Accident : Fire Injury to SeafarerVessel   : MSC SariskaDate : 13th September 2015, SundayA Russian native suffered 90% burns in a containership on Sunday morning....

On the International Anti-Corruption Day in 2014, UN Global Compact celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Principle 10, which prohibits corruption in all its...

Migrants have been attempting the perilous journey across the sea towards Europe fleeing wars and crises in their own countries.  These people are in search...

Haze has reduced the visibility in some major cities and towns of Malaysia and Singapore.  Hence, the Marine Department and Civil Aviation Department have...

Ten-year-old Mainumby became front-page news in April in Paraguay, the South American nation.  She first complained of stomach ache in January and three months...

California witnessed devastating blazes recently: Valley Fire,  Butte Fire and Rough Fire to name a few.  Valley Fire, started on Saturday in Lake County,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.beTopic of the video : Overview of MLC, 2006Producer : Seafarers Rights International (SRI)Commissioned and funded : International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)Maritime Labour Convention is an International Labour Organisation Convention...

Incident : Oil SpillDate : Thursday, 10th September 2015Location : Malta FreeportCause : Failure of hoseTransport Malta Personnel were alerted about an oil spill on 10th September.  They immediately...

Incident  : Fire in ShipVessel  :  M/V Cape Moreton cargo shipDate :  September 12, 2015Place :  Anchored at the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT)The cargo...

Event : ForumDate: 7th September 2015Topic: LNG as a Marine Fuel: Addressing the ChallengesChief Guest : Chris Clucas, Corporate Expert – Liquefied Gas for BSM and...

Asia Bunker Forum is an international industry event, covering all the major bunker markets in Asia like Singapore, China, UAE, Japan, Korea and India,...

The political tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia over the control of shipments on the Strait of Hormuz has led Saudi Arabia to plan...

MACN is a global business network working towards the vision of a maritime industry free of corruption that enables fair trade to the benefit...

The MLC, 2006 entered into force on 20 August 2013 and, as of March 2015 has been ratified by 66 countries representing more than...

Tropical storm Etau caused a very heavy rainfall resulting in a deluge at Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures.  The near-daily rainfall has inundated 60 centimeters...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMG1SdeYLFE&feature=youtu.be On 28th February 2006 the Norwegian Parliament approved the bridge.  With the support of private bridge consultants, the Norwegian public road administration department of...