[Watch] Oil Leaks From A Car Carrier At Port Of LA

Incident : Oil Spill Location : Port of LA Vessel Type : Car carrier Amount of spill : Not available A cargo ship spilled oil into the sea during its refueling operations...

[Watch] Dolphin Stampede

  Whale watchers,  looking to catch a few glimpses of the animals were in for a surprise when hundreds of dolphins began racing and...

Woman Seafarers, Sexual Harassment On the High Seas

The Philippines started deploying women marine deck officers and marine engineers on international vessels in the late 1990s, sending 1,404 of them to sea...

Maritime Stocks: Upgrades & Downgrades

Navios Maritime Acquisition Co. (NYSE:NNA) - Wells Fargo  downgraded from outperform rating to an underperform rating on Friday.  They currently have $1.62 price objective...

NYK Develops Next-Generation Shipping And Logistics Solutions

NYK teams with Weathernews and Kozo Keikaku plans to develop a new company to provide market next-generation solutions in the shipping and logistics fields. Symphony...

MHI Delivers World’s First LNG Powered – Air Lubricated Ship

AIDAprima, the first new-generation cruise ship, was delivered to AIDA Cruises and set sail from the Nagasaki Shipyard heading to Hamburg, Germany.   During a...

Ship’s Engineer Suffered A Stroke!

A Seafarer was evacuated from the vessel offshore of Mouille Point, Cape Town on Sunday. A sea rescue craft, Spirit of Vodacom, was launched by...

This is How a Ship Can Explode – Do it the...

The Viking, a ship sought after for illegal fishing, was exploded by the Indonesian government on March 14. The Indonesian government exploded and scuttled a...

USS Lexington (CV-2) Sinks Killing 216 Crewmen

USS Lexington (CV-2), nicknamed "Lady Lex", was a Lexington-class early aircraft carrier built in the 1920s.  She was the lead ship among two of her...

[Watch] A Drone Delivers A Parcel To A Tanker

Watch the first delivery of a "LE 4-8X Dual" drone.  The drone was developed by the French start-up Xamen Technologies.  This is the...

New Guidelines For Ro Ro Fire Safety

Trade association interferry have issued practical guidance for fire safety on decks of ro-ro vessels, due to series of major accidents.  Measures to enhance...

World’s First Floating LNG Facility Ready

World’s First Floating LNG Facility- Completed Daewoo ship building & Marine Engineering company has concluded the construction of the World’s first floating liquefied natural gas...

Fire In Bulk Carrier, Off Italy

Reports say that fire erupted in one of the holds of a bulk carrier during cargo handling operations at Port of Brindisi, Italy.  On...

[Watch] Google’s Self-Driving Car Crashes

  On February 14 a Google-owned 2012 Lexus RX450h hit the side of a bus, under what Google terms it as "tricky" traffic conditions....

A Person Crushed And Killed By Shipping Container

A person died after being crushed by a container near the Port of Tauranga at Mount Maunganui. After midday, a sudden crash between a container...

MISC And AET Set To Merge Tanker Fleets

MISC Berhad announced that its chemical fleet will be merged with the clean petroleum products (CPP) fleet operated by its wholly owned petroleum subsidiary,...

Vessel Grounded in Kiel Canal as Steering Gear Failed!

General cargo vessel has reported to run into embankment of Kiel Canal at 58 kilometer mark. Accident type : Grounding Vessel type : General Cargo Location : Kiel Canal Cause of...

Tug Boat Hits Construction Barge On Hudson River; One Dead

Accident : Collision Date : 12th March 2016 Vessel Type : Tug boat and barge Location : Hudson River under the Tappan Zee Bridge north of New York City Casualties : One dead...

The Whydah Gally – Pirate Shipwreck

The Whydah Gally was a fully rigged galley ship that was originally built as a passenger, cargo, and slave ship.  It was measured 110...

Maritime Stock Ratings Update

China Shipping Development Co Ltd (NASDAQ:CSDXY) Given Average Recommendation of “Strong Buy” by Brokerages. Nordic Amer. Tanker Ship. (NYSE:NAT).  As of this moment, analysts expect...