While Paris focuses on climate change, air pollution kills 400,000 Europeans a year. IN WIELICZKA, near Krakow, a handful of locals have gathered in a...

Bulker ran aground at Ahirkapi anchorage, Istanbul, despite being warned by the Egyptian Traffic Control. In the evening hours of December 6th, a bulk carrier...

When the vessel supply and charter volumes demand stand even freight rates will remain firm.  It is the case with Asian trades for very...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Watch how a 300m long Container vessel goes through a heavy sea. Opinions : AceTankerPaul 7 months ago That's really awesome that metal bends and not breaks Nicholas...

A cargo vessel carrying hazardous class A cargo grounded off Sangiang Island. Accident Type : Grounding Vessel Type : Cargo vessel Location : Off Sangiang Island in Indonesia En Route : From Australia to Jakarta Casualties...

MAN PrimeServ upgrades turbochargers on four Cruise liners of  Royal Caribbean Cruises MAN PrimeServ won a contract to add 30 turbochargers aboard four cruise liners...

  Classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has entered into a cooperation agreement with Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) to develop...

Every year during Christmas and Thanksgiving respectively, 22 million and 45 million turkeys are killed because 98% of the Americans celebrate thanksgiving.  A thanksgiving...

Decorative  lights can slow down wi-fi, warns watchdog Ofcom. It released an app to check uninterrupted data flow from routers to phones and tablets....

A crisis can occur anytime.  The shipowner will always be in the immediate line of fire and will retain ownership over any crisis that...

Accident type    : Wrecked Vessel involved   : SS Edmund Fitzgerald Date    : November 10, 1975 Location  : Lake Superior Casualties   : 29 crew members died VESSEL INFO:  Name : SS Edmund Fitzgerald  Built in : 1957  Type : Lake...

Incidents involving coal cargoes loaded at Indonesian ports have become increasingly frequent in recent years. Due to the coal’s chemical characteristics, the cargoes are prone...

North Kivu governor Julien Paluku said the government-operated speed boat left from Goma at the northern tip of Lake Kivu at about 7:30 a.m...

A tanker loaded with 786 tons of fuel oil and diesel fuel was en route from Nevelsk to Vanino in Russia when rough conditions...

Natural gas emerged as the fuel source that exceeded all known and anticipated environmental standards. In addition, liquefied natural gas (LNG) was already being...

Over the past decade, the maximum size of container ships has increased almost twofold.  There're even 21,000–22,000 TEU ships on order.  Larger vessels save...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be A 111-meter cargo ship plowed through a span of a railway bridge Thursday in Germany, closing the bridge indefinitely.  Reports say that a general...

CMA CGM has confirmed its acquisition of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) for $ 0.93 per NOL share, valuing the deal at $2.4bn.  This massive...

Tankers operating in the Asian waters run under the risk of  piracy and armed or sea robbery particularly  involving oil cargo theft.  ReCAAP ISC,...

Some countries pay more for the drugs and some pay less.  While the UK, Greece, Spain and Portugal pay the least, on average, for...