VIDEO: EMBED PLS -  One of the vast and overwhelming subject is Ocean.  Sailors experience and witness enormous mysteries under the water, all around the...

The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) has announced the charting of Class One Certificates of Competency (unlimited) and Master Mariner Certificates...

Two cranes hoisting a massive section of the bridge collapsed in a western Dutch town on Monday, flattening a row of houses and injuring...

Scottish Coast Guard Extinguishes Fire On Board A Flexlay Vessel Vessel Name: ROV Subsea Viking 7 Location: Scotland - Hatson Pier on Orkney Island Casualties: None Owner: Eidesvik Shipping  Chartered to: Subsea 7 A fire...

Dr. AVUL PAKIR JAINULABDEEN ABDUL KALAM ( Dr APJ ABDUL KALAM ) lovingly called "People's President" was the 11th President of the Republic of...

Greek tanker Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has made an investment of around $314m in acquiring two VLCCs and two suezmaxes. Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN), Greek...

The commercial & legal aspects of storing and using a bunker fuel with a low flashpoint. We are presenting this write-up to throw light on...

If you have ever posted a picture of your child online, the role-playing game #BabyRP may make you double check your privacy settings. Players take...

The trial run has been completed in Egypt’s Suez Canal (expansion project) ahead of next month’s official opening.  The $8.5 billion project would have...

Unknown Infectious, Viral Disease Kills One Onboard A Product Tanker  A Seafarer has been reported to have died due an “unknown infectious viral disease” onboard...

Caterpillar successfully completes the commercial marine industry’s first dual fuel engine retrofit conversion in hull.  In just under six weeks, Caterpillar Marine along with Cat® dealer...

In 1821, Thomas Johann Seebeck, a German physicist discovered the thermoelectric effect.  This effect takes place when a thermoelectric material is heated thereby causing the...

Bitcoin is an innovative payment network proposed by Satoshi Nakamoto, a software developer.  It is virtual money that uses peer-to-peer technology to operate collectively.  There is no...

US President is keen on carbon-cutting through his Clean Power Plan.  Earlier, in June 2014 the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the reduction...

Petronas’ PFLNG 1, also known as the PFLNG SATU, happens to be the world’s first FLNG vessel.  It is all set to start its operations on...

Accident type: Fire. Date: 1st August 2015. Location: Greek island of Crete Vessel involved: Nabolsi I Owned by: RJA Group Operated by: Beirut-based Rania Marina En route: From Lebanon to...

Facebook an online social networking service was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg headquartered in Menlo Park, California.  It was started for Harvard College roommates and...

https://static.dvidshub.net/media/video/1507/DOD_102608773/DOD_102608773-512x288-442k.mp4 The Mediterranean Shipping Company(MSC), celebrated the christening ceremony for its Oscar class series third vessel - MSC Zoe on Sunday the 2nd of August...

Isn’t 1093 degree Celsius (2,000 degrees F) hot? At this temperature, aluminum, copper, gold and iron would have melted. Stainless steel and carbon steel would...

. Accident type: Fire. Date: 31st July 2015. Location: Viktor Lenac Shipyard, Rijeka, Croatia. Vessel  involved: USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20). Casualties: No reported casualties. The vessel stationed at Viktor...