[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...