800,000 Barrels A Day Missing And Unaccounted, The Highest In 17...

Global oil supply is about 96 million barrels a day.  IEA collates production and demand data from around the world. The World produced about 1.9...

Hudson Crash: A 1000 Ton Heavy Duty Crane To Lift Sunken...

A 1000 ton crane will arrive at the Hudson River to recover the tugboat involved in a deadly accident near the Tappan Zee Bridge. A...

Cargo Ship Collided With Car Carrier Off Germany

Accident Collision Vessel type Cargo ship and Car carrier Location Off Wybelsum, Germany Casualties/Pollution Nil The reports state that the vessels were passing in opposite directions on Ems river when the car...

Wartsila Collaborates With SDARI For Ship Designs

Wartsila teams up with Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI), part of China State Shipbuilding Corporation(CSSC) Research unit for the designs of...

13 Young Women Killed As Spanish Bus Crashes

13 Killed As Spanish Bus With Students From 19 Countries Crashes At least 13 people were killed and 43 seriously injured when a bus carrying...

The Wreck Of HMHS Britannic

HMHS Britannic was the third, last-built and largest member of the White Star Line's Olympic class of vessels.  She was the sister ship of...

Fire On A Bulk Carrier Under Construction Kills Two

Accident Fire Date 16th March 2016 Vessel type Bulk Carrier(under construction) Location CSSC Chengxi Shipyard Casualties Two dead A 64,000 DWT bulk carrier, which was under construction at CSSC Chengxi Shipyard, caught fire and...

Fire On Petrobras FPSO

A fire broke out on board the Petrobras (FPSO) P-48 just after a shut down on the unit.  But it was quickly contained with...

Colombo Port Sets Triple Ship Record

Jaya Container Terminal has anchored three large-scaled containerships at the same time, setting a record for the terminal. A record has been set by the...

Ever Wanted To Name A Ship? Here Is A Chance

UK's new polar research ship needs a name, all are welcome to propose a suitable name on a special website which will accept ideas up until...

Mystery Of The Bermuda Triangle Unveiled

Bermuda Triangle is a triangular shaped mysterious area located in the North Atlantic Ocean, from Bermuda Island to Miami, USA and Puerto Rico, covering...

Signals From Shipwrecks Are Easily Detectable From Space

Millions of shipwrecks are found scattered across the oceans.  The recent studies reveal that satellites are used to locate the shipwrecks. In a study published...

Seafarer Injures His Hand Onboard A Container Ship

An electrical engineer sustained injuries to his fingers and hands while repairing the engine of a container ship at sea off Kemaman.  Babic Dijan, Serbian...

Paramedic Who Died Trying To Save His Girlfriend Awarded

Paramedic who jumped off a cruise ship and gave his life to try saving his girlfriend honored with a posthumous bravery award The paramedic, Paul...

Oil Removal Operations From The Grounded Ships Are Underway

According to the reports, the cargo ship ran aground in the waters of the northern part of Penghu County on Feb. 25 while a...

New Autopilot Route Control Function Can Save 1.5% Energy

MOL tests onboard the new "ACE" autopilot route control function; Results show about 1.5% energy savings. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. along with Tokyo Keiki Inc.,...

[Watch] MAIB Inspecting The Grounded Cargo Ship

  The cargo ship carrying luxury cars and machinery, started to list badly and ran aground in January last year. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch(MAIB)...

Captain Davies – Hero Of The Chilean War And Inspired A...

An Incredible story of a Cardigan sea Captain who became a hero of the Chilean war and inspired a classic novel by one of...