Diesel engines are nothing without a piston.  Piston, a simple reciprocating component, which helps in compression and thus ignition and thereby transfer the combustion...

On June 23, HMM (Hyundai Merchant Marine) announced that they were negotiating to join the 2M (Maersk & MSC) after which many rumours are...

On June 16, AgTC (Agriculture Transportation Coalition), hosted an award ceremony in Long Beach, California, during the AgTC Annual Meeting dinner.  This was supposedly...

The shipping industry has been too busy focussing on bunker fuel savings and emission reduction to meet environmental requirements. Here comes an interesting piece of...

'It's like a puzzle': Students Working to Identify Ancient Shipwreck Found Off Quebec Two Montreal university students are hoping to solve a nautical mystery involving...

Taiwan and Japan's Ryukyu Islands Brace for Flooding Rain, Winds Over 160 km/h from Strengthening Nepartak Super Typhoon Nepartak will target northern Taiwan and Japan's...

The Unique Shipping Group christened its new DNV GL-classed vessel Oriental Jubilee in Ulsan, Korea recently.  It is the first vessel to receive the...

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior An oil spill polluted Haifa Bay.  The current carried the slick toward the shore and northward, prompting the closure...

On July 5, a ship working to remove old pipes from the seabed accidentally breaks a pipe, spilling oil into the waters of the...

A Huge Container Ship Ran Aground in Suez Canal On July 5, a 117,176 DWT Container vessel MAERSK SHAMS ran aground at 133 kilometer...

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply newbuild Chinese container vessels with a total of 24 9-cylinder Wärtsilä 32 Auxpac generating sets.  The...

World fuel indexes had extremely high volatility on the U.K. referendum’s eve and few days after, followed by a lot of different forecasts, analysis...

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior Watch an amazing video which explains how the expanded Panama Canal reduced nearly 650 million tons of carbon dioxide...

The Expansion Program is the largest enhancement project since the Canal’s opening in 1914.  Considered and analyzed for a decade with more than 100...

The Royal Navy’s fleet of six £1bn ($1.4bn) destroyers are losing power in the Persian Gulf because the ships’ engines cannot cope with the...

The newly-enlarged Panama canal is a source of huge national pride for Panamanians, with thousands gathering on the shores of the Cocoli Locks to...

The famous photo depicting the raising of the American flag over Iwo Jima has become an iconic image of World War II, but veteran...

Maersk Line’s announcement on sunday is an indication that it would add capacity through the newly enlarged Panama Canal.  This would be made possible...

On July 2, the Iranian Navy has reportedly prevented a major pirate attack on an Iranian merchant vessel in Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects...

275 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine worth hundreds of millions of dollars has been seized. Eight people have been charged. The Drug was found...