Container Ship Detained After Oil Spill in Bremerhaven

Incident : Vessel grounding Vessel Involved : Containership Sylt Location : Bremerhaven Pollution : Oil spill The vessel, en route from Vuosaari, Finland to Copenhagen, Denmark, arrived at the German port and...

Pink Dolphin Witness Simon Holliday’s World Record

Open-water swimmer Simon Holliday swam from Hong Kong to Macau on 24 May 2014.  In that he created a record for fastest swim from...

Livestock Carrier on Fire in Portland

Accident : Fire Vessel Involved : Awassi Express, a livestock carrier Cargo Onboard : Grains Date : 3rd November 2015 Location : Off the coast of Victoria in Australia Casualties : None A livestock carrier, carrying...

A Tablet for Onboard Inspection

"Enekarte" is a  vessel inspection system based on tablet computer.  This was developed in cooperation with Azbil Corporation (a major Japanese provider of instrumentation...

Extension of Strike by Greek Port Pilots Stirs Concern

The strike by pilots and tugs in the Greek port of Piraeus began at 6:00 am local time (0400 GMT) Monday and was scheduled...

Isthmus: The History

One of the most important projects of modern Greece, which played a catalytic role for the Mediterranean trade, the canal of the Isthmus of...

Hydraulic Oils – Care for its Cleanliness

One common problem which the shipboard staff experience with the hydraulic oil systems, especially the mooring winches and anchor/windlass hydraulic systems is - “Contamination...

Fatigue & Jet Lag Caused Fire On a Cableship

Fatigue may have contributed to mistakes which led to a fire onboard a cableship during a bunkering operation. The French accident investigation body BEAmer said...

A Student Who Stabbed Four Was Shot Dead

A male student at University of California, Merced who stabbed four others was shot dead in the University of California, Merced. A male student and...

Disputes In Emission Control Areas Over Low Sulphur Fuel

IMO is authorised under MARPOL Annex VI to establish ECAs where vessels have to control and reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulphur oxides (SOx)....