The Suez Canal And The Six Concurring Facts
The trial run has been completed in Egypt’s Suez Canal (expansion project) ahead of next month’s official opening. The $8.5 billion project would have...
Infectious Disease Kills One Onboard
Unknown Infectious, Viral Disease Kills One Onboard A Product Tanker A Seafarer has been reported to have died due an “unknown infectious viral disease” onboard...
First Dual Fuel Engine Retrofit In Hull
Caterpillar successfully completes the commercial marine industry’s first dual fuel engine retrofit conversion in hull. In just under six weeks, Caterpillar Marine along with Cat® dealer...
Waste Heat Recovery – The Miracle Of Adding Graphene
In 1821, Thomas Johann Seebeck, a German physicist discovered the thermoelectric effect. This effect takes place when a thermoelectric material is heated thereby causing the...
CEO of MtGox Arrested
Bitcoin is an innovative payment network proposed by Satoshi Nakamoto, a software developer. It is virtual money that uses peer-to-peer technology to operate collectively. There is no...
Final Clean Power Plan Of Obama With Boosters For Renewables
US President is keen on carbon-cutting through his Clean Power Plan. Earlier, in June 2014 the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the reduction...
FLNG Phase II Next In Pipeline
Petronas’ PFLNG 1, also known as the PFLNG SATU, happens to be the world’s first FLNG vessel. It is all set to start its operations on...
Livestock Carrier Enflamed
Accident type: Fire.
Date: 1st August 2015.
Location: Greek island of Crete
Vessel involved: Nabolsi I
Owned by: RJA Group
Operated by: Beirut-based Rania Marina
En route: From Lebanon to...
Founder of Facebook will be a Father Soon
Facebook an online social networking service was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It was started for Harvard College roommates and...
Christening Celebrations For MSC Zoe
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The Mediterranean Shipping Company(MSC), celebrated the christening ceremony for its Oscar class series third vessel - MSC Zoe on Sunday the 2nd of August...
Dark Hydraulic Oil? It could be due to Micro-Dieseling
Isn’t 1093 degree Celsius (2,000 degrees F) hot?
At this temperature, aluminum, copper, gold and iron would have melted. Stainless steel and carbon steel would...
USS Mount Whitney on Flames
.Accident type: Fire.
Date: 31st July 2015.
Location: Viktor Lenac Shipyard, Rijeka, Croatia.
Vessel involved: USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20).
Casualties: No reported casualties.
The vessel stationed at Viktor...
MOL Ferry On Fire, One Missing
A crew member was reported to be missing after a fire broke out at ferry at Japan’s MOL lineJapanese Coast Guard has reported that...
US, A Larger Market For Organic Products
About 43 million hectares of land, across the globe, is for organic agriculture. The demand for the organic products has grown to a larger...
Collision Of High Speed Ferries
Two high-speed ferries suffered a collision while sailing out of Piraeus port on Thursday and the collision did not result in any fatalities or...
Death Toll ‘To Rise’ In Myanmar Floods
Heavy monsoon rains have lashed Myanmar-also known as Burma - causing huge damage to major parts of the country. The United Nations has warned...
General Election In Canada On 19th October
Canada is to face a parliamentary election soon. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper had asked Governor General David Johnston to dissolve the parliament. He...
WERA In Vancouver Island
WERA -Tsunami Early Warning System Installed In Vancouver IslandNorthern Radar Inc of St. John’s NL, ASL Environmental Sciences Inc. of Victoria BC, and Helzel...
Is The Penny Worth It?
A single U.S. Penny is worth one cent. However you will be shocked to know that it costs 2.4 cents to make it.The United...
Lithium Battery Explosion Caused Eye Injury Due
Event Description:
One of the vessels reported an incident which highlighted the importance of wearing eye protection when carrying out activities that predispose you to eye...
