Freighter Collides With Four Cargo Boats in Indonesia

Accident : Collision Date : 28 September 2015 Vessels involved : Amrta Jaya I, a cargo vessel and 4 cargo boats Location : Kalianget port, Sumenep island, Indonesia A freighter collided with...

Maersk Lines Achieves European Digital Communications Award

Type Of Honor : Award Company : Maersk Line Title Awarded : European Digital Communications Award for social media presence Date : 25th September 2015 The Maersk Line is the first shipping...

Lloyd’s Register to assess efficacy of SulNOxEco Fuels

Lloyd's Register (LR) the classification society, in a recent press release declared that they had signed an MOU with SulNOx Fuel Fusions Plc to...

Watch Out – Get Your Fire Hydrants’ Couplings Checked!

Fire hydrants fitted with incorrect coupling sizes impair the firefighting capabilities of the vessel. Incident: The fire hydrant valves in the accommodation had been found leaking.  Replacement...

Sister Ships Save Fuel With MAN Alpha FP Kappel Propellers

MAN Alpha FP Kappel Fixed pitch propeller delivered significant results during sea trials that took place recently on The “Elsabeth C” and her sister...

Tug Sinks Off Vancouver Coast

Vessel type : Tug boat Vessel involved    : Harken 10 Location  : Strait of Georgia, south of Vancouver, Canada. Casualties : None The accident happened around 5 a.m on Sep 28 in the Strait...

Piscotty Discharged From Hospital After Horrific Collision

On Monday, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Stephen Piscotty was playing left field against Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park.  He was in a pursuit of...

Indonesia Forest Fire – 2015 – Releases 600 MTs of Greenhouse...

Unlike other forest fires, Indonesian forest fires are known to smoulder for months together.  This is attributed to the deposits of peat.  (A soil-like...

JFM & Lancaster University Develop Advanced Mimic Condition Software

Mimic Monitoring and diagnostics signal processing for early detection of machinery fault situations. The mimic condition monitoring algorithm allows for studying time-frequency patterns, such as...

Wilhelmsen Ropes In Timm AS

Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is part of Wilhelmsen Maritime Services, a Wilh. Wilhelmsen group company.  They have the capability to service 2200 ports in...