[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,...
World’s First Floating Wind Farm – Under Construction by Statoil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
Statoil has made the final investment decision to build the world’s first floating wind farm: The Hywind pilot park offshore Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
This...
Fire Alert on a Cargo Ship at Port of Tyne
Firefighters from across Tyne Wear Fire and Rescue services rushed to the port after the Port of Tyne raised a fire alert on a...