The Creativity Of Wolfpack Enhanced By Isolation

Oscar Angulo, a former Macchu Picchu tour guide, was shocked by the gunshots he heard when they first moved to the Bronx.  So he...

R&D for Optimizing Gangway Operability

A R & D project sponsored by Norwegian Government's innovation is exploring the possibility of optimizing gangway operability to provide safe access to vessels...

Goni Threatens Taiwan, Japan, South Korea after Phillipines

Typhoon batters the Mariana Islands with damaging winds and flooding rain over the weekend, the eye of Goni will track just north of the...

UK P&I Club: Reminder On Air Emission Standards

The P&I Association in UK has recently seen a number of claims or potential claims for fines imposed on Members as a result of...

Clive Richardson, V.Group CEO, A Winner In Finance Monthly CEO Awards...

Clive Richardson CEO of V.Group, the world’s leading global maritime services provider, has been announced a winner of the Finance Monthly CEO Awards 2015....

California: Introduction of New Bill To Safeguard the Coastal Areas

A report says that an estimate of 101,000 gallons of oil leaked into the surroundings due to a broken pipeline.  Out of 101,000 gallons...

New Class Notation For Gas Bunkering Operation

DNV GL, an international certification body and classification society, has released a new class notation for gas bunker vessels that ensures safe fuel transfer...

Egypt: Ports Goes Hi-Tech For Speedy Transits

The Egypt’s Ministers of Transportation, Finance and Trade have announced that they are planning to use an electronic system to link the data available...

New Rules On Tax-Free Status For Indian Seafarers

The government has issued guidelines regarding the new tax rules for seafarers working on ships so as to qualify them for non-resident status.  This...

[Watch] The Pipe Dream: Maddo Surfs His Moto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Og6-oFKoV0&feature=youtu.be Robbie Maddison (Maddo), an Australian motorbike stunt rider, has achieved a career-defining feat by riding his dirt bike on the powerful waves of Tahiti....

Army Called In To Contain The Greek Migrant Crisis

Last month alone Greece saw an influx of 50,000 migrants.  As per UN officials, since January 160,000 migrants have arrived in Greece.  Frontex, the...

New LNG Bunker Barge Concepts by Crowley’s Jensen Maritime

Crowley Maritime Corporation, a subsidiary of Jensen Maritime shared that they are developing two new, liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker barge concepts that can...

Piracy And Armed Robbery In Asia – A Report For July...

The Information Sharing Center of the “Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery” against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) is a formally recognised...

Launch Of LNG Carrier Pool By Prominent Players

Dynagas Ltd, GasLog Ltd. and Golar LNG Ltd have jointly pronounced about the LNG Carrier Pool, The Cool Pool, for marketing their vessels in...

Big Three Korean Yards Face Recession

The big three Korean yards, plan to lay off about 3000 employees following the financial loss in the Q2, 2015. The loss reported are as...

A Pipeline Unites Congo & Angola – Chevron clinches World-Record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Og6-oFKoV0&feature=youtu.be Chevron has taken up the Congo River Canyon Crossing pipeline project.  The Congo River crossing is Chevron’s largest-ever well intersection and it is the...

A View From Space: The Ships In Line In Suez Canal

Scott Kelly, an astronaut from NASA, is currently living and working on board the International Space Station(ISS).  He has snapped a photo from the...

Is Your Ship Safe Against Cyber Attacks?

New online tool to assess the safety of ship against cyber attacks.The Maritime industry is increasingly dependent on programmable control systems.  This dependency increases...

World’s Richest Shipping Families

The shipping industry (owning and operating container ships, ports and other shipping related businesses) has led to massive family fortunes all over the world. Analysts...

A Transgender Appointed As A White House Staff Member

Raffi Freedman-Gurspan is a full-time member of staff  in the White House.  She is  an outreach and recruitment director for presidential staff.  She supports...