Bunkering in Rotterdam? Watch Out for Wax clogging your Filters!

 If your vessel is bunkering LSMGO in Rotterdam, then your filters may get clogged. Statistics: In the last One Week (12th October to 19th October 2015),...

Armed Pirates Abduct Four Seafarers Off Nigeria

On 19th October 2015, the armed pirates boarded the 19 crew member cargo ship and kidnapped four crew members, two Lithuanian and two Ukrainian....

Drillship Accident Kills One

Drillship Accident Kills One; Investigations Underway Incident : Accident on a drillship Date : 20th October 2015 Vessel involved : Pacific Santa Ana drillship Location : About 200 miles south of Lake Charles,...

CMA CGM To Go With French Ballast Water Treatment “BIO UV”.

The year 2015 has seen significant changes or improvements when it comes to shipping emissions, pollution prevention and energy efficiency.  More companies are opting...

Invention to Reduce Sulphur Content in Bunker Fuel

Louis Gomez files patent for new Invention that lowers sulphur content of bunker fuel Extracts from the patent filed: Bunker fuel degrades slower than standard fuel...

Wikileaks Tweet CIA Boss Emails

Wikileaks tweeted on Wednesday that it would release some of the information of CIA director John Brennan's email content shortly.  After few hours, six...

Subway Will Ensure ‘Footlong’ Sandwich

New Measures Guarantee A Foot Long Subway Sandwich In the year 2013, Australian Matt Corby posted a picture in facebook showing a subway sandwich with...

[Ceremony] Watch The Ribbon-Cutting At Water Depths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be The world’s first subsea gas compression system went on stream on September 17, 2015.  The Aker solutions-built Subsea gas compression system was opened officially...

Father Saved Two; Mother Succumbs to Fire with Three Kids

The fire gutted three brick buildings built in 1840. Chris Hargis and Lori Doppelheuer escaped a fire consuming their old row house.  But both...

UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2015

The maritime transport growth of 3.5% during the past 12 months till January 1, 2015, is the lowest in over a decade.  At the...