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Tragedy in Berlin: A deadly lorry
At least 12 people died and about 50 were wounded when a lorry sped into a Christmas market in...
Huge Box Ship Collides with Coastal Box Barge – Off Vietnam
A 10,000-teu box ship has involved in a collision with a coastal box barge in Vietnam. The Thanh Vien website stated that MOL Brilliance...
Boxship Ran Aground, Hull Breached & Partially Submerged
A Chinese containership has taken on water and is partially submerged after grounding in the East China Sea. Hongyuan Marine’s 2,006-teu Hong Yuan 02...
Mass Flow Meters Proving to be Five Times More Accurate
Mass Flow Meters in Singapore Proving to be Five Times More Accurate Than Official Error Margin
It is evident that with just couple of weeks...
Forget Data Analytics! Here comes Video Analytics for Minimizing Fire Risks
The What?
Yes! Here is an interesting piece of information where Video analytics are being employed to identify any visible source of oil mist or...
Stranded Crew of Cargo Ship Receives Load of Christmas Cheer
Stranded Crew of Cargo Ship Receives Load of Christmas Cheer that Includes Pig, Tree, Presents
The stranded crew of an empty container ship tied up...
A Huge Box Ship Lost Power in Greek Waters
A 13,870-teu giant box ship lost power in Greek waters and thus towed back to safety and currently anchored in Piraeus anchorage. It was...
Tanker Adrift After Fire with 30K Tons of Flammable Liquid
On December 19th, the chemical tanker Cape Bon suffered a glitch which started a fire in an electrical panel. The ship was adrift in...
Black Sea Shipwreck Discovery may Contain Heaps of Fabled British Gold
Archaeologists were working off the coast of the Crimean city of Yevpatoria when they uncovered a “graveyard” of ships on the ocean floor.
At least...
20 Years Ago ‘Hand of God’ Prevented Tragedy says Captain
By Paul Murphy
The marine freighter Bright Field slammed into a packed Riverwalk shopping mall in New Orleans 20 years ago Wednesday.
Veteran river pilot Capt. Ted Davisson was at the...
Demand Uncertainty to keep Freight Rates Low
Newbuilding deliveries are bound to exert more pressure to the product tanker market freight rates says Gibson in its latest weekly report. At the...
[Watch] Freighter Aground in Seine
Watch a video of the bulker that got Stuck in front of Quillebeuf on Saturday, the Citius was later refloated and brought to dock...
Baltic Dry Index Continues Seasonal Retreat, Falls Below 1000 Points
The Baltic Dry Index continued its anticipated late fall retreat on Monday, shedding 20 points to touch 926. Last Friday, the BDI fell below...
British Bulker Ran Aground in France
British Bulker Ran Aground in France and Got Refloated
On December 17, a British cargo ship Citius ran aground along the banks of Seine, between Le...
Expanded Panama Canal Welcomes its 500th Neopanamax Transit
Less than six months after the inauguration of the Expanded Panama Canal, the waterway welcomed its 500th transit of a Neopanamax ship on Wednesday,...
2016 Video of the Year Official Trailer
We are pleased to announce the 2016 nominees for Coast Guard Video of the Year. We’ve selected the top 10 videos from more than...
Engines Operating on Heavy Fuel – Is Savings on Operational Cost...
FALLY REGARDING SAVINGS ON OPERATIONAL COST BY USING HIGH VISCOSITY FUEL FOR SHIPBOARD DIESEL GENERATORS
Almost more than three decades back the engine builders offered to the ship...
First US Ship-to-Store Drone Delivery Successful
By Jennifer McKevitt
Dive Brief:
Drone delivery firm Flirtey and a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine professor successfully sent a drone from a medical relief...
Is Your Ship China Ready? China Emission Control Alert for Upcoming...
In a web alert dated 15 December 2015, the club reported on the regulations issued by the Ministry of Transport of China which designated...
Adolf Hitler’s Missing Gold Hoard ‘Found in Wreckage of Giant Nazi...
Adolf Hitler's Missing Gold Hoard 'Found in Wreckage of Giant Nazi Cruise Liner' Discovered Off Baltic Coast
A British diver has claimed that Adolf Hitler's...