[WATCH] – Drone Footage – Mexican-Flagged Bulk Carrier Salvage Work Begins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Further to our News on Hurricane Patricia Grounds And Threatens Breaking Of Bulk Carrier, here is an update on the salvage operations planned on...

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...