Appointment of Maritime Safety Division Director
Captain Ashok Mahapatra has taken the charge of new IMO Director, Maritime Safety Division. He would be taking his position on 1st October 2015....
[Watch] How to Construct a Ship in 6 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMG1SdeYLFE&feature=youtu.be
MK time-lapse from Hamburg, Germany have used their famed proprietary time-lapse cameras that can capture one 16mp frame every minute. This camera was used...
Mississippi River: Towboats Collision Leads to Oil Spill
Accident
: Collision.Date
: 2nd September at 20:22 hours.Location
: Mile marker 937, Mississippi River near Paducah, Kentucky.Oil Spillage
: 250000 gallons of spilled into the river.Casualties
: None.On Wednesday,...
Singtel Launches All-In-One Smartbox Mobile App
Event: Launch of Mobile App.Date
: 27th August 2015.Place
: The Grand Park Orchard in Singapore.Chief Guest
: Head of Singtel satellite Group, Mr. Lim Kian Soon.A...
Chinese Registered Vessel Sinks
Accident
:
CapsizeDate
:
September 3rd, 2015Vessel involved
:
MV. Zhe Pu 01833Location
:
China’s Ningbo-Zhoushan PortCasualties
:
NoneThe vessel reportedly lost engine power when it sailed close to China’s Ningbo-Zhoushan port. The failed...
Private Cruise Terminal in the Port Of Barcelona
Carnival Corporation has signed a €30million deal to build and operate its second private cruise terminal in the Port of Barcelona, one of the...
Do Real Women Visit Ashley Madison, The Infidelity Site?
Ashley Madison is an infidelity dating website which has around 36 million members of whom hardly 12,000 are women reveals an article by Gizmodo,...
Funniest Mobile Phone Joke In Edinburgh Fringe
The following pun by comedian Darren Walsh has won the prize for funniest joke of the Edinburgh Fringe:
"I just deleted all the German names...
Stateless Ship Up For Auction
The Libyan government has put up the oil tanker M/T Morning Glory on auction. Earlier, the vessel that was transporting crude oil from Es...
World’s 2nd LNG-Powered Containership Launched
Perla del Caribe, a 764-foot long container ship is known to be the world’s largest dry cargo ship of its kind, to be powered...
Indonesian Port To Be Built By Rotterdam
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has signed an agreement with the Indonesian Port Corporation for the construction of the new deep sea port Kuala...
Two Missing After Ship Sinks In Java Sea
Accident
: Vessel Capsized due to water ingressIncident
: 2 missingDate
: 2nd September, 2015.Location
: 100 nm North East of Surabaya, IndonesiaVessel involved
: Container Ship Meratus Banjar-2The...
APM Terminal Pipavav Starts New Ro/Ro Service
Pipavav, India, runs its first ro-ro automobile export service to Mexico loaded onto the Grand Dahlia.A new era for the Indian auto industry and...
[Watch] The Maiden Voyage of Hoegh Target From China to UK...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMG1SdeYLFE&feature=youtu.be
Hoegh Target, the world’s biggest Pure Car and Truck Carrier, made its maiden voyage to the UK carrying 8500 cars. When the 8500 cars...
Fatigue And Its Impact On Seafarers
Fatigue among seafarers has been the cause of concern for a while now. Those involved in the industry realise that one cannot brush fatigue...
Taylor Swift’s New Africa Video is Too White
The director of Taylor Swift's ‘The video for Wildest Dreams’ had been accused of a "white colonial fantasy of Africa". But director Joseph Kahn...
Seventy Ships and 4m Tons Pass Through Suez Canal
On Monday, a record number of 70 ships passed through the Suez Canal, without waiting, in both directions, ferrying a total of 4m tons....
YouTube Gaming Edges Out Twitch
YouTube is known for its on demand video sharing. It quietly launched a dedicated app and website for video gamers on Wednesday evening. It...
Singapore to Host ITLOS Peace Talks
The United Nations 1982 Convention on the Law of Sea, established an independent Judicial body called the “ The International Tribunal for the Law...
Idle Containership Fleet Soared to New High
Alphaliner says that idling of containerships across the global fleet has soared to new high in 2015 reaching 500,000 TEU capacity mark.Alphaliner, the market...
