The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) reports that the number of vessels that failed to comply with Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) standards has increased...

Vessel Chemical Tanker Cargo Carried Benzene Operation Tank Cleaning A chemical tanker in ballast was en route and the crew were preparing the tanks for loading. The crew had just...

Researchers of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have developed a technique for improving scrubber technology. Lynx Separator is a promising scrubber technology...

Bunker oil was spilled into Teresa river on September 8th,2015 from a storage tank located at the Antipolo plant belonging to Solid Cement Corporation....

Inflammable, odourless gas that had leaked from a cylinder, led to serious blast when a worker lit up the fire.  All of the eight...

ReCAAP, the regional watchdog for piracy and robbery at sea in Asian region, in its August incident report states: In all there were 24...

BACKGROUND A Vessel technically managed by a very large Ship Management company visited Houston and found that all fuel pumps had suffered damage.  The lab...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be The Pacific Canal Expansion is very close to completion.  The three dams near the Cocoli  locks were completed in the month of August.  These...

The Milaha provides integrated transport and supply chain solutions with core interests in maritime transport and logistics.  Their operations range from ocean transport and...

Incident : Tug boat Sank Date : 12th September 2015 Location : Juneau's Gastineau Channel Casualties : None At around 3 pm on Saturday 12th September 2015, a resident witnessed the tugboat...

34 refugees drown in Aegean Sea while making their ways to EU. At least 34 migrants and refugees, among them 15 infants and children, drowned...

Delta State university having 3,500 students enrolled near the Arkansas border, in the city of Cleveland is about a five-hour drive north and police...

On 11th September 2015, a 59-year-old woman passenger who was aboard the Seabourn Quest, a ten-day cruise from Boston to Montreal, fell overboard from the ship....

Accident : Fire Injury to Seafarer Vessel   : MSC Sariska Date : 13th September 2015, Sunday A Russian native suffered 90% burns in a containership on Sunday morning....

On the International Anti-Corruption Day in 2014, UN Global Compact celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Principle 10, which prohibits corruption in all its...

Migrants have been attempting the perilous journey across the sea towards Europe fleeing wars and crises in their own countries.  These people are in search...

Haze has reduced the visibility in some major cities and towns of Malaysia and Singapore.  Hence, the Marine Department and Civil Aviation Department have...

Ten-year-old Mainumby became front-page news in April in Paraguay, the South American nation.  She first complained of stomach ache in January and three months...

California witnessed devastating blazes recently: Valley Fire,  Butte Fire and Rough Fire to name a few.  Valley Fire, started on Saturday in Lake County,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be Topic of the video : Overview of MLC, 2006 Producer : Seafarers Rights International (SRI) Commissioned and funded : International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Maritime Labour Convention is an International Labour Organisation Convention...