Product Tanker Ran Aground Off Russia

Accident type : GROUNDING Vessels involved : VOLGONEFT 255 Date : 9th October 2015 Location : Volga River near Volgograd Reservoir, Russia En Route : Samara to Kavkaz in the Azov Sea Casualties/Oil spill : None Identified Cause :...

Man Falls Overboard From Cruise Ship

Man Falls Overboard From Cruise Ship – Search Still On On Saturday, 10th October 2015 at around 03:00 hrs, the crew on board cruise Ship Ventura...

Paramedic Bride Rush to Save Life in Her Wedding Dress

Sarah Ray, a US paramedic who got married just a few minutes ago, rushed to save the life of a car accident victim while...

Fire Engulfs a NOMA Building in Manchester

In Manchester city centre, next to the Printworks near Victoria railway station a seven-storey building had been damaged in a large "challenging" fire just...

Bulk Carrier Ran Aground

Accident type : GROUNDING Vessels involved : DALMATIA G Location : Kattegat off Anholt, Denmark En Route : Paranagua to Klaipeda Casualties : None The 190 meter long 2010 built bulk carrier Dalmatia G ran aground in the...

Bulk Carrier Under Arrest In Singapore

S/NO ADM No WA No VESSEL NAME ARRESTING SOLICITOR ARREST DATE ARREST TIME SECURITY GUARD AGENCY APPOINTED  8  231/2015  56/2015  MARIA  JOSEPH TAN JUDE BENNY LLP  09/10/2015  02:00AM  FOCAL INVESTIGATION & SECURITY AGENCY PTE LTD Maria is the second bulk...

Passenger Ferry Allided With Pier In Norway

Accident type : Allision Vessels involved : ULLENSVANG Date : 7th October 2015 Location : Sulesund, Norway Casualties : None The Norway registered 27m long Ro-Ro ferry allided with the pier at Sulesund, Norway. A failure of...

Damen’s Largest Ever Stock-Vessel Transport 

The heavy-lift vessel Happy Star is all set to carry a total of 22 vessels from several Damen shipyards. This is Damen’s largest transportation...

[Watch] The Earth Without Ice – A Shocking Truth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be Global Warming is the increase in Earth's average surface temperature due to effect of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil...

NATO’s Helicopter Crash Kills Five

On Sunday afternoon, the Puma Mk2 helicopter crashed while landing at the Nato's Resolute Support mission headquarters, Kabul.  Five people including two RAF Personnel...

Water From Wave Energy

The energy of wind-driven ocean waves had been converted to electrical power. The offshore installation uses hydraulic pumps that push oil through a turbine...

Fire At Travellers’ Site Kills Ten

A sudden outburst of fire at Travellers’ site killed ten people including a six-month-old child. On Saturday, around 0400 local time, the Emergency services...

Veteran BBC journo’s Wake Up Call

A stark warning has been issued to shipping industry by the former BBC presenter Nik Gowing on the perils it faces from social media...

ImarEST Organizes A Discussion On Big Data

Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (ImarEST) conducted a roundtable discussion on the term “big data” and its definition in the marine sector....

Oil Spill Removal Underway Off Belgian Coast

Reports say that the efforts of Begian and Dutch authorities in containing the spread of an oil spill that resulted from the collision between...

MISC Plans to Buy VLCCs and FPSOs

MISC, Malaysia's leading shipping company eyes on the secondhand crude tankers in the market that are suitable for charter contracts.  The crux of a...

Next Gen Global Internet Customer Support Launched

MOL launches Demo of Electronic Global Internet Customer Support MOL announced that they were able to successfully launch and demonstrate the working of their Next...

Vroon Announces Lay Up Of 12 Offshore Vessels

On Thursday, the Dutch Shipping Company Vroon Shipping Services announced that 12 offshore-support supply vessels will be taken out of operation due to the...

Stronger Steel Approved For Intermediate Shafts

The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has approved an intermediate shaft with tensile strength of above 800N/mm2 for the first time.  The component...

32% Year on Year Decrease in Ship Loss

Total ships lost has become 75 in 2014, that is down from 110 total losses in 2013 and is well below the 10-year average...