[Watch] TimeLapse Video Of Norwegian Escape’s Funnel Mounting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMG1SdeYLFE&feature=youtu.be Norwegian Escape, the 164,600-ton vessel, will be the largest ship in the Norwegian Cruise Line Fleet. Since September 2014, the vessel was under construction...

Cargo Ship Collides With Tanker Off Bosphorus Strait

Accident : Collision.Date : 31st August, 2015. Around 11.30 p.m.Location : Eight nautical miles off Bosphorus Strait, Black SeaVessels Involved : Paros Wind, a product tanker and CS...

New Cruise Ship Terminal Rising to Match the Doubling Passenger Ship

Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal plans to double up its capacity by 2016, as it eyes further expansion of offshore cruise routes to Asian...

Drugs Held In A Cargo Ship Off Mauritius

1.5 kilo of heroin found in a container ship approaching Mauritius.A cargo vessel en route from Toamasina via La Réunion was travelling several miles...

Port Of Hamburg Begins Construction Works

Port of Hamburg has started construction works on a third cruise ship terminal as a response to a growing number of passengers.  The number...

Pacific Turbulent With 3 Simultaneous Major Hurricanes

The first time, in recorded history of hurricanes, comes this rare simultaneous occurrence of three “Category-IV” hurricanes over the Pacific Ocean. The hurricanes, named...

Greece to Sell Two Ports to Unlock Bailout Funds

In May 2015, Greek Government invited bids from Maersk Group’s APM Terminals, China’s Cosco Group and Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) to own...

New Distributor For Thordon Bearings In China

Thordon Bearings Inc. of Canada has shared information that CY Engineering Co. Ltd. would be the new, authorized distributor for the People’s Republic of...

Hydrogen-Cell Fuel For Ports In Honolulu

Honolulu port has begun its test-run of the hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered generator in Hawaii.  The project is led by Sandia National Laboratories.  The aim is to...

Exploring the Unfathomed Depths of Ocean – Live

Ocean Networks Canada(ONC), an initiative of the University of Victoria has opened an new era in exploring the ocean abyss.ONC is  poised to reveal...

IR-Class holds rapid expansion plans – New office established in Abu...

Indian registry of shipping established in Abu Dhabi. Second in the soil of Middle East next to the one in Dubai.  The oil and...

NASA Grants US$200,000 for Food from Faeces  

Providing food for astronauts who sprint across space to distant planets in long-term travel is a major problem identified by the US space agency....

A Year Long Ocean Race Launched in London

The Clipper Round The World Yacht Race is the longest ocean race in which 12 teams spend a year travelling the globe at 40,000...

[TimeLapse Video] Happy Ranger Carrying Eight 315 mt Storage Tankers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMG1SdeYLFE&feature=youtu.be Happy Ranger, built in 1998, carried 18 LPG tankers in three shipments.  The voyage started from Terneuzen, the Netherlands to St Croix, Virgin Islands....

Chief Pirate Behind Hijack Of ORKIM HARMONY Arrested In Vietnam.

On June 12th, 2015, Malaysian Tanker, ORKIM HARMONY, carrying around 48000 barrels of RON95 gasoline heading toward port Kauntan from Melaka disappeared, following a...

Missing Crew Member Found Dead

The 35-year-old seafarer, a Romanian national, has been found dead across the Aegean Sea between Karpathos and Rhodes islands.Incident : Death of a crew memberVessels Involved :...

Fuel Tanker Takes In Water After Collision

Accident : Collision.Date : 30th August, 2015.Vessels involved : M/T Erin Wood, the bunkering tanker and M/V Daroja.Casualties : None.The two-member crew of bunkering tanker Erin Wood alerted...

U.S. Ratifies Two Key Instruments from the SUA 2005 Convention

The 2005 Protocols to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, abbreviated as "SUA 2005", has now undergone...

Cargo Ship Runs Aground

A cargo ship, Nathalie has run aground at Bath in South Beveland, the Netherlands.Incident: Cargo ship runs aground off BathVessel Involved: Cargo vessel NathalieLocation: Wester Scheldt, South...

Eni Makes Mega Gas Discovery Off Egypt

Eni engages in oil and natural gas exploration, field development and production, as well as in the supply, trading and shipping of natural gas, LNG,...