Eagle LNG To Provide Fuel For New Ships

Eagle LNG Partners (Eagle LNG) will build a natural gas liquefaction plant (LNG plant) offering a capacity of 200,000 gallons per day (87,000 gallons...

[World-Record] UASC Loads 18,601 TEU On Board

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be The ‘Green Shipping Award’ winner UASC has done a record-breaking load of 18,601 TEU on board its containership Al-Muraykh.  Al-Muraykh is one of the...

The Shipwreck That Shook America

The S.S. Eastland widely known as the "Speed Queen of the Great Lakes" was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On...

Maersk To Deliver A Billion Toys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Maersk Line published a video in which it had committed to deliver one billion to the homes of children well in time for the...

[Update] 6 Still Missing In The Singapore Strait Collision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be A bunker freighter sank after it collided with a chemical tanker in the Singapore Strait.  The reports stated that only 6 crew members out of...

Radio Frequency Sensors to Make Diesel Engines Greener!

Emission regulations are getting tighter every day and marine industry is no exception to this.  A few years ago students from MIT invented a...

Car Crash Kills Two

Unexpected car crash killed fiance and mom of a new mother In only three hours after her delivery, Crystal Matrau-Belt heard the tragic news --...

Wärtsilä Secures Order For Three Mega Container Vessels

Three 'mega-class' container vessels being built for French ship owner CMA CGM at the HHIC-Phil yard in Subic Bay, Philippines have selected Wärtsilä's Nacos...

New Panel To Address Cyber Safety Concerns

IACS Council establishes cyber panel to address cyber system integrity The International Association of Classifications Societies (IACS) has announced its cyber initiative among decisions agreed...

Europe’s Gasoil Storage Is Full

European diesel prices and refining margins have collapsed in recent days to six-year lows as the market has been overwhelmed by imports from huge...

Bunker Freighter Sinks After Collision In Singapore Strait

Accident : Collision Date : 16th December 2015 Location : Singapore Strait Casualties/Missing : 6 Missing Pollution : Nil The freighter carrying 560 metric tonnes of bunker fuel sank after it collided with a...

Check Your Rigging Arrangement During Deployment of Clump Weight

What is rigging? The use of mechanical load shifting equipment and associated gear to move, place or secure a load using plant, equipment or...

BIMCO’ s Anti-Corruption Clause To Resist Illegal Payments

A set of explanatory notes has been issued following the recent publication of the BIMCO Anti-Corruption Clause for Charter Parties (See “BIMCO launches anti-corruption...

[Video] Watch The Prelude In Final Stage Of Construction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Prelude FLNG is the world’s first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas project being constructed for Shell.  The construction is at top speed and has reached...

The US Hobbyists To Register Drones

Drones in the US and the users older than 13 must be registered on a government database starting from 21st December to improve accountability...

The First Mass Flow Metering System for Hong Kong

ExxonMobil had introduced the first independently accredited mass flow metering system (MFMS) in Hong Kong after  successfully  introducing it in  Singapore.  The MFMS provides...

MAN Presented 60,000th Turbocharger

MAN Diesel & Turbo are in turbocharger business for eight decades.  During the Marintec 2015, marine trade fair in Shanghai the 60,000th turbocharger was...

ABB Chosen To Optimize Turbocharger Service

ABB Turbocharging, the manufacturer of turbochargers for 500 kW to 80+ MW diesel and gas engines, has signed a long-term Maintenance Management Agreement (MMA)...

Fire On Timber Carrier

Accident : Fire Location : 12 nautical miles northwest of Jeju, South Korea Casualties/Pollution : Nil Cargo Onboard : Timber En route : The Russian Far East to Shanghai The engine room of the...

A Woman Opted To Be The Next Secretary General

As the U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon steps out of his position by the end of 2016, the search for the new secretary general...