Pressurized Burst Aboard a Tanker Injures Two

Two men injured on tank ship 20 miles offshore of Port Arthur Coast Guard crews medevaced two men after they were struck by a pressurized...

Cocaine Worth $60m Nabbed by Australian Border Force

On Friday, nearly 186 kilos of cocaine was seized from a commercial vessel after it was escorted to Hobart by Border force personnel. HMAS Adelaide...

Treasure Hunter Jailed Until He Reveals Location of 3 Tons of...

As a mail steamer called the S.S. Central America chugged along the Atlantic coast In 1857, bound for New York, it was hit by...

2016 Year in Review: Container Shipping Industry’s Annus Horribilis

By Timothy Renshaw The corporate wreck of Hanjin Shipping Co. validated the 2016 storm warnings for global container shipping lines, but there were some sunny...

Mudit Singh: Increasing Bunker Disputes

The Club has recently experienced an increase in the number of bunker quality dispute claims arising from the delivery of allegedly off-specification or contaminated...

Ship Recycling Sites Approved by the European Union

The European Union Commission has published its first ever list of approved ship recycling plants. The booklet named ‘European List of ship recycling facilities’ published...

Critical Expense for Maritime Trade About to Increase

By James Catlin Summary Over the past two years bunker costs for maritime trade have been falling. Much of this can be attributed to the...

Bulker Grounded Due to Cracks in Cylinder Liner Cooling Water Jacket!

Recently, a 738-foot bulk carrier ran aground while outbound on the Columbia River. The grounding resulted in limited damage to the vessel and no...

‘Box Ship Bashes’ – 4 Major Incidents in a Week!

Last week, MFAME reported a really sad incident where 18 crewmen injured severely following an explosion onboard an Oil tanker.  The year 2016 is...

Boxship Collides with Fishing Vessel – 11 Missing, Off China

Early hours of Tuesday, 20th December 2016, a fishing boat sank as it collided with a box ship managed by Sinotrans, Chinese Media said....