By Timothy Renshaw The corporate wreck of Hanjin Shipping Co. validated the 2016 storm warnings for global container shipping lines, but there were some sunny...

The Club has recently experienced an increase in the number of bunker quality dispute claims arising from the delivery of allegedly off-specification or contaminated...

The European Union Commission has published its first ever list of approved ship recycling plants. The booklet named ‘European List of ship recycling facilities’ published...

By James Catlin Summary Over the past two years bunker costs for maritime trade have been falling. Much of this can be attributed to the...

Recently, a 738-foot bulk carrier ran aground while outbound on the Columbia River. The grounding resulted in limited damage to the vessel and no...

Last week, MFAME reported a really sad incident where 18 crewmen injured severely following an explosion onboard an Oil tanker.  The year 2016 is...

Early hours of Tuesday, 20th December 2016, a fishing boat sank as it collided with a box ship managed by Sinotrans, Chinese Media said....

Cylinder Cover Overhaul: Mounting of cylinder cover on engine This is a demonstration how to mount the Cylinder Cover on the Engine. For complete case...

Cylinder Cover Overhaul: Cleaning and Mounting of Cooling Jacket on Cylinder Cover This is a demonstration how to clean and mount the Cooling Jacket on...

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...

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...

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 in Singapore Proving to be Five Times More Accurate Than Official Error Margin It is evident that with just couple of weeks...

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 that Includes Pig, Tree, Presents The stranded crew of an empty container ship tied up...

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...

On December 19th, the chemical tanker Cape Bon suffered a glitch which started a fire in an electrical panel.  The ship was adrift in...

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...

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...

Newbuilding deliveries are bound to exert more pressure to the product tanker market freight rates says Gibson in its latest weekly report.  At the...