Boost Hull Performance By Duplex Fouling Release System

What is a fouling release system? Fouling is the term generally used to describe the settlement and growth of marine plants and animals on submerged...

Alibaba Plans To Enter Car Carrier Fleet

Alibaba, Chinese e-commerce giant is planning to make investment in a fleet of car carriers.  This planning is to support the company’s car business...

Bleak Job Prospect For Bangladeshi Seafarers

Bangladeshi seafarers Job prospects got bleak due to rampant use of false documents to get employment in ships.  In a meeting with the Bangladesh...

Profile of Jebel Ali Port

Tuscor Lloyds has released an infographic that provides an informative overview of DP World’s Port of Jebel Ali. Tuscor Lloyds, International Freight Forwarder & Shipping...

Oil Spill Sets Moscow River On Fire

Moscow's Moskva River was in flames on Wednesday. The fire caused blazing flames, and a towering plume of black smoke was sent into the...

Maersk Ships With Operational Versatility

Maersk, Danish shipping Line has introduced new ships with a flexible operational design profile. Maersk Line has inked a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to construct...

E-mails that Destroy Themselves

More than 200 billion emails are sent across the planet every day, and the primary concern of every user is how safe it is....

Weight Loss Gained By Low-Fat Diets

Scientists at National Institutes of Health intensely analysed 19 obese people on controlled diets (low fat and low carbohydrate) by inspecting every morsel of...

Cargo Ship Sank, A Seafarer Missing

Cargo Ship Sank Off Shanghai, A Seafarer Missing Date of Accident : 11 August 2015  - Evening Vessel : Jia Ying 6 Place : West off Yangshan Heavy winds off Yangshan, Shanghai, sunk the...

Italian Coastguard Rescued 1500 Migrants

On Monday, it is reported that more than Italian coast guard rescued 1,500 migrants from at least seven vessels in the Mediterranean Sea.  Four migrant...

First Merchant Vessel Sails From China to Sweden via Northwest Passage

Vessel Name : 14357-GT - general cargo ship YONG SHENG Route : China to Varberg on the Swedish West Starting Date : July 22nd Arrival Date : August 16th The cargo ship by name YONG SHENG...

Taiwanese Carrier Withdraws Europe Service

Wan Hai Lines has decided to move completely out from Asia-Europe trade because of Ominous market conditions. Reasons: Spot rates on Asia-Europe trade routes fell to historic...

Underwater noise impacts explained

Underwater radiated noise from commercial ships may have both short and long-term negative consequences on marine life, especially marine mammals. IMO’s work on measures...

Explosions Kill 44 In China’s Tianjin Port City

Warehouse storing "dangerous and chemical goods," said to have exploded in China's northern city of Tianjin, leaving at least 44 people dead and more...

Alumnus Ronald Turns Celebrity At UST

Ronald “Ronnie” del Carmen is a  multi-awarded animator and illustrator of comics and books.  He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in advertising...

Indonesia Gears Up To Sink 70 Foreign Vessels

Indonesia Gears Up To Sink 70 Foreign Vessels On Its 70th Independence Day The Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) plans to sink 70 foreign ships that were once...

Container Storage And Securing Arrangements – The Guidelines

ClassNK has issued the instructions on Providing Safe Working Conditions for Securing Containers on Deck. On 1 August 2014 ClassNK has issued a Technical Information...

Fifty-two Migrants Rescued By Italian Navy, 50 Others Missing

Italian warship was able to pick up 52 migrants from a sinking rubber dinghy in the Mediterranean, but about 50 others are missing. The European...

[Watch] How Large Industrial Cranes Lift One Another

VIDEO: EMBED PLS -  A Series of Increasingly Large Industrial Cranes Lift One Another Into the Air. Leibherr Mobile Cranes, a heavy equipment manufacturer, demonstrated this...

Cold Seawater Used For Air Conditioning

Makai Ocean Engineering known for its SeaWater Air Conditioning (SWAC) has completed a feasibility study for the district cooling system offering economic and environmental...