Southeast Asia’s Largest Fabrication Workshop By Sembcorp

Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine on Tuesday (Nov 3) opened a new steel structure fabrication workshop - the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia. Sembcorp Marine...

[Shocking] Cruise Ship Passenger Falls Overboard

Accident : Passenger falls overboard Date : 6th November 2015 Vessel Involved : Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas, a cruise ship Location : Approximately 80 nautical miles northeast of Mayaguana,...

[Watch] Two Ships Colliding In The Straits Of Singapore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Accident : Collision Vessel involved : Turkish bulk carrier and Vietnamese cargo vessel Casualties : None The two vessels collided with each other while transiting the Straits of Singapore.  A...

Cargo Ship Caught Fire off Japan

Accident : Cargo Ship Caught Fire Vessel Involved : Soya Maru (IMO: 8907462) Cargo Onboard : Scrap Date : 8th November 2015 Location : West of Matsuyama, Inner Japan Sea Casualties : None Route :From Osaka to...

Regulatory Update – Inert Gas Systems – 1st January 2016

New statutory Tanker requirements on the installation and operation of Inert gas systems New statutory requirements for fixed inert gas systems will enter into force...

ECA – 0.1% Fuel Sulphur – Compliance is Not Guaranteed!

ECA - Emission Control Areas - require Ocean-Going Vessels (OGV) to comply with the emission requirements by switching to 0.1% sulphur fuel from 1st...

Stevedores Union Strike in Portugal

A ten-day dockworkers’ strike will affect the three Portuguese ports starting from November 14. In order to protest at a potential end of collective bargaining...

[Watch] The Arrival of The World’s Largest Cranes in Mexico

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be The heavy lift ship Zhen Hua 26 arrived at the APM Terminal Lázaro Cárdenas (TEC2) delivering the world’s largest ship to shore cranes. Highlights: It has...

CSCL Confirms Charters For Six 21,000 TEU Containerships

CSCL revealed in an announcement on Friday that a unit of China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) has entered into bareboat charter agreements for the...

A Simple System Purifies All The Drinking Water

A Simple System Purifies All The Drinking Water For a Remote Mexican Village https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Till recent times, soda was cheaper than bottled water in La Mancalona,...