Shipping Container with Half a Ton of Cocaine Seized

Shipping Container with Half a Ton of Cocaine Seized in the Port of Algeciras On June 7, Civil guard of Spain and the police reportedly...

Cosco Spin Off World’s Largest Oil Tanker Fleet

On June 6, Cosco Shipping company officially launched a COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation Co in Shanghai.  The spinoff company becomes the world's largest oil...

Tug Rams into a Hamburg Excursion Vessel, 15 Injured

On June 7, The German tug "Jörn" collided with an excursion vessel "Irma II” and critically injured six people, off Hamburg harbor.  Nearly 40...

Augmented Reality Diesel Engine Noise

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior An Augmented reality model of a diesel engine combines both vision and noise in a novel way.  It makes...

Beware! Even a Twist Lock from a Container Can Hurt You

Incident The container vessel was berthed port side alongside at an Asian port and the cargo operation had started shortly after arrival. The weather was good,...

[Watch] A Video on the 2,000 Pounds Cocaine Haul Seized on...

Watch a video on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection force seizure of 2,000 pounds of cocaine hidden on board a ship on the...

Mother of Three is Master of a Cargo Ship

Ms Turner, the Mount Maunganui mother-of-three has been appointed Master of MV Golden Bay, a 4193 tonne cement carrier. Ms Turner said she believed she...

SOLAS and the Value of Life

 BC’s Tales of the Pacific: SOLAS and the Value of Life By BC Cook A LITTLE over a century prior, the Titanic sank in what is...

Ship Scrapping Rises Ahead of Panama Canal Re-opening, and Victims Get...

The year 2016 will witness a huge number in terms of container vessels being sent to breakers’ yards for demolition and at present it...

Impairment to Panama Canal Locks Takes 5 Weeks to Repair

The Panama Canal, was built by the United States in the year between 1904 and 1914 and was managed by Washington till 31st Dec 1999....