Guinness World Records have acknowledged Wärtsilä 31 engine as the world’s most efficient 4-stroke diesel engine.  It will power a state-of-the-art new generation icebreaker...

Finnish ferry was forced out of service after water from a faulty sprinkler pipe damaged around 90 of the vessel’s cabins. October 10, Finnish ferry...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be The Maersk Triple E containers comprise a family of Very Large Containerships. Recently, Madison Maersk, a Triple E class vessel, has set a record load...

Incident : Piracy Attempt Vessel : M/V Cecilia Date : October 10, 2015 En route : Davao to Santos City The crew members onboard the Philippine-flagged vessel, which was travelling off the Davao del...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be 13th October marked the 240th birthday of US Navy From everyday small feats to undeniably heroic efforts, the accomplishments and achievements of America’s Navy are...

The 170 million GT, ‘A’ rated North P&I Club has warned its members to be prepared for a new raft of regulations for cyber...

Jawaharlal Nehru Port is India's largest and premier container gateway.  The foundation stone for fourth container terminal was laid in Mumbai.   The Ceremony was...

Two Young men died as they smashed into a church wall in Crowborough, East Sussex. Kyle Careford, 20, died along with friend Michael Owen, 21,...

Incident : Fuel Spill Vessel Involved : M/T Sarah Desgagnés Location : Salluit, West of Ungava Bay, in Northern Quebec Estimated Fuel Spill : 3000 Litres Cause : Severed Fuel line The Canadian Coast...

A massive fire engulfed the block-long structure on the Kansas city's northeast side.  Rapid intervention team of firefighters devised a strategy to suppress the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HXXQBz6Vv0 One of the vast and overwhelming subject is Ocean.  Sailors experience and witness enormous mysteries under the water, all around the world.  Experts have...

Jasper Boessenkool, head of strategic R&D for Maersk Maritime Technology spoke at a media gathering at Maersk’s headquarters in Copenhagen where he admitted that...

BIMCO has agreed to revise the definition of the High Risk Area. The High Risk Area is now defined as being bounded by: In the Red...

On 29th September, 2015 two Indian ship breaking yards based in Alang, Gujarat won the compliance status with IMO’s Hong Kong International Convention for safe...

Figure 1: Rags found in the drain tank The Incident: A container ship departed its berth and was heading on the outward passage with a pilot...

NYK of Japan began business on October 1, 1885. NYK  President Tadaaki Naito who addressed the  company employees to mark the 130th anniversary of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be A highly advanced 3D radar system vested with special features such as detecting objects as small as a tennis ball, capability to travel three...

Sociedad Puerto Industrial de Aguadulce S.A. (SPIA), is a unit of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) in Colombia.  It had acquired four super...

Rolls-Royce has designed a new wind farm service vessel for the Norwegian based shipping company Østensjø Rederi for a five-year contract from DONG Energy....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be The ship was thrown against a sea wall in the rough seas.  The hull was unable to withstand the power of the waves that...