Can a Coin Dropped from the Empire State Building Kill You?

From tumbling air conditioners to defective sidewalk grates to deli salad-bar tuna, there’s a random death potentially waiting around every corner in New York...

ABB and Presserv Team up to Provide Preservation Programs for Idle...

ABB’s marine and ports business will partner with Presserv to offer maintenance packages for vessels that serve the oil and gas industry that are...

IMO Concludes GloBallast Project to Address Marine Bio-invasions

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has successfully completed the execution of the GloBallast project, which assists developing countries in reducing the transfer of harmful...

Flags of Convenience Disagree on Gross Tonnage and Merchant Vessel Statistics

A recent claim by the Marshall Islands to have overtaken Liberia has not gone well with Liberian Registry. Difference of claims: As mentioned recently about the...

US Cruise Ship Captain Convicted of Using a Stolen Identity

In a shocking case of identity fraud, a 53 year old ship captain has pleaded guilty to identity theft, after using a stolen birth...

[Watch] Video Catches Ocean Polluters in the Act

Video shot by a deckhand acted as a key piece of evidence that helped convict the owner of a Puget Sound fishing vessel for...

The Business of Selling ISO 8217

Why is it called “The Business of Selling”? The reason is that the ISO 8217:2017 standard itself does not have the intrinsic merit to sell...

Praise for Disaster Management After Ship Fire

An Austrian container ship which earlier caught ablaze last month and was forced to dock at the Port of Ngqura has sailed to Durban...

One Missing in Ship Collision Off Northern Taiwan

Reports received on Saturday night indicated that one man has yet to be accounted after he vanished following the collision of ships in waters...

LNG for Bunkering is No Better than Burning Fuel Oil

Using LNG for bunkering is a way to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the marine sector, according to the gas industry. We disagree,...

Cargo Vessel Went Missing in Atlantic 2 Found 22 Missing

A Korean cargo vessel reportedly went missing earlier this Friday night in the South Atlantic near Uruguay. Before vanishing the ship had raised a...

Master Required – Must have Ability to See into the Future

UK P&I Club: Master required – must have ability to see into the future Alex Gray, Claims Executive, handling claims for both the UK P&I...

ISO 8217:2017 – Viswa Lab Comments on Distillate Fuel Testing

Viswa Lab offered its preliminary comments on new fuel testing standard ISO 8217:2017 last week. Further to those comments, here are more comments on...

New Piston Ring Concept by Winterthur Gas & Diesel for Optimized...

This is fools day special Article Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) reveals a groundbreaking new piston ring concept for optimized fuel consumption. Friction reduction cavities...

[Watch] Volunteer-built Ship Unveiled in Sausalito

On Wednesday, a special ship was unveiled in Sausalito, San Francisco Bay Area city in Marin County, California. Built by volunteers: The 130-foot-long vessel, preparing to...

Shipowners Back Down from Tanker Ship Purchases

Shipowners Back Down from Tanker Ship Purchases as Future Market Prospects Fade Activity in the S&P tanker market has fallen by 68% y-o-y during the...

World’s First Dual-Fuel / LNG Asphalt Tanker Delivered

On Thursday, Desgagnés announced with the pomp that it has taken delivery of the M/T Damia Desgagnés, a brand new vessel built in Turkey....

Container Stowage System Upgrades to Improve Fleet Efficiency

Seaspan Corporation, world's leading independent owner, operator and manager of containerships, has placed an order with MacGregor for cargo system update of its eleven...

ClassNK Holds Industry Presentations at Gastech 2017

Leading classification society ClassNK has teamed up with major industry players to showcase the latest research and technological developments in the gas sector at...

Fuel Crisis! Ship Carrying Fuel Waiting for Power to be Restored

A tanker vessel laden with fuel is currently anchored in Mackay Harbour waiting for the green signal. The Mackay Harbour is currently waiting for power...