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)....
[WATCH] The Battle to Save a Cargo Ship
Battle To Save A Cargo Ship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
Nine crew members are missing after their boat sank off the coast in stormy conditions. Rescue workers are also...
Steamship Sank In Lake Michigan Killing 300
The Greatest Marine Horrors On Record
Accident type
: Collision
Vessels involved
: PS Lady Elgin and schooner Augusta
Location
: Lake Michigan
Date
: September 8, 1860
Casualties
: About 300 lives
VESSEL INFORMATION:
Name
:...
Hong Kong Port Expands in Size And Service
Hong Kong’s economy owes a great deal to the container port industry. The combined midstream services of Hong Kong terminal operators (Hutchison Port Holdings...
Gantry Cranes Create a Loading Record at APM Terminals
Rotterdam Maasvlakte II terminal set a loading record last month on the Madison Maersk with 17,152 TEU loaded, including ten high above deck stowage....
A Swift Medical Evacuation by The Coast Guard
On November 2, Alice Oldendorff, Portuguese-flagged bulk carrier (owned by Oldendorff Carriers of Lübeck) was sailing from Canada to New York when a Ukrainian...
Greenpeace Activists Stop Coal Supply to Power Plants
In Finland, Hanasaari coal power plant at central and Salmisaari power plants at Helsinki produce roughly 50% of the heat in the entire region,...
General Dynamics NASSCO To Deliver The First Tanker For APT
American Petroleum Tankers (APT) had placed orders for five tankers with the General Dynamics NASSCO. The first ‘ECO’ tanker was named ‘the Lone Star...
Sanmar Chooses Caterpillar’s Propulsion Units
Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey has signed a Letter of Intent for the supply of an extensive range of propulsion units over the next three...
A Product Tanker Collides Off Taiwan Strait
A Product tanker collided with a fishing vessel, southeast of Quanzhou, Taiwan Strait.
Accident type
: Collision
Vessels involved
: Hu You 8 and Min Shi Yu
Location
: Southeast of...