Bomb Threat Found Scrawled Inside Ship Docked at San Diego
Threat Found Scrawled Inside Ship Docked at Naval Base San Diego
On August 3, a brief security alert was triggered at Naval Base San Diego...
Weekly Maritime & Onshore Security Report 03 Aug 2016
Southeast Asia
Indonesia: Armed robbers steal properties from tanker at Lubuk Gaung 27 July
Six assailants armed with knives boarded a berthed product tanker at 0520...
Floating Diesel Storage Becoming Viable in NW-Europe
Floating Diesel Storage Becoming Viable in NWE
Thanks to the combination of a wider market contango and depressed freight rates, there has been more enquiries...
Water-Backed Welding Procedure Helps Avoid Drydocking
New Welding Procedure Helps to Avoid Drydocking
Whittaker Engineering, an independent Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) company, has developed a unique water-backed welding procedure for...
ClassNK Releases New PrimeShip-HULL (HCSR) Software
Tokyo – ClassNK has just released the latest version of its design support software PrimeShip-HULL (HCSR) Ver.3.5.0., developed in response to the IACS Common...
Swash Buckling Female Pirates?
Swash Buckling Female Pirates?
By Frederick Hedenberg
I'm rarely surprised by something I had given little or no thought to. This happened recently when a reader...
Forgotten Treasures of Sinan Shipwreck
A large merchant vessel pulled up anchor at Qingyuan Port (now Ningbo City) in Zhejiang Province of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) and left on...
Big Data: The ‘Oil of 21st Century’ for Maritime Industry
Shipping Wakes up to the New Digital Age
The analysis and collection of big data are becoming the ‘oil of 21st century’ for the maritime...
Tanker Charterers Better Shipowners in Fleet Management
Tankers: Charterers take center stage ahead of pure ship owners, actively managing tanker fleet
Lower charter rates are forcing a change regarding the commercial management...
The Plan to Ship Oil Through the “Graveyard of the Pacific”
The largest oil-by-rail terminal in the US would double oil shipments through the Columbia River.
by Julia Rosen
A proposal to build the United States’ largest...
Six Vessels Still Under Detention in UK Ports at the End...
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced yesterday that seven foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during July 2016 after failing Port...
Damen Shipyards Group Unveils New Decommissioning Vessel Concept
Damen Shipyards Group has announced its latest concept design: the Damen Decommissioning Series. The vessel will specialise in three core areas of the oil...
Cargo Ship Slams into a Concrete Wall at the Port of...
On August 2, a general cargo ship, Gibraltar-registered "Thorco Marjanne", reportedly hit the concrete wall at the Port of Ogdensburg, New York in the...
Life Imprisonment for Ship Owner and Agent in Greece
On August 2, a Piraeus Criminal Appeals Court handed down sentences of life imprisonment and fines for five of the 13 main defendants found...
[Watch] 40 Warships & Submarines in Close Formation
Forty Ships and Submarines Underway in Close Formation During RIMPAC 2016
Bulker Aground in Lake Superior
Forty warships and submarines representing 13 international partner nations...
Sunk Gambling Ship Owned by Mobsters Reappears After 80 Years
Not exactly a ghost ship but it's good enough to send shivers down your spine - a lost sunken ship called the 'SS MONTE...
How to Avoid Claims on Cargoes that Start ‘Cooking’ at Sea?
North P&I Club Explains How to Avoid Claims for Self-Cooking Soya Beans
North P&I Club has advised its members to be extra vigilant during loading...
Propeller Repaired Afloat, No Dry Docking Required!
Afloat Propeller Repairs by Hydrex
Recently Hydrex diver/technicians carried out afloat propeller repair work on vessels in Belgium and the Netherlands. In Antwerp the damaged blades...
Can Plaxx Substitute Heavy Fuel Oil?
Can Plaxx, be a Substitute for Fossil-based Heavy Fuel Oil?
Plaxx is the result of the depolymerization of plastic and is comprised of a blend...
11 Ways to be a More Attentive Partner
We all want attentive partners. We are not talking about clingy partners, but rather the kind who knows when we're not feeling well or...