Largest Engine Installation the World has Ever seen!

MAN Diesel & Turbo has signed a contract on 30 October, 2015 with Sembcorp Marine in Singapore to supply the dual-fuel propulsion system –...

Price Gouging & Viswa Lab

I stayed in an IBIS hotel near the Biannual SMM show in Hamburg.  The show attracts a multitude of visitors and this IBIS hotel...

Engine Expert – Mr. Wolfgang Gensch

Mr. Wolfgang Gensch has over 32 years of service experience with one of the leading Marine Engine Builder (MAN B&W). He joined MAN B&W in Hamburg,...

Caution! Heat from Fuel Tanks Can Damage Your Cargo

Fuel oil in tanks bordering cargo holds release excessive heat that can damage bulk and bagged agricultural products. What Can Happen? When the fuel oil is...

All I Want For Christmas Is You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be It was Mariah Carey’s Christmas classic All I Want For Christmas Is You, but as you have probably never heard it before. Earlier this week,...

Weekend Party Spoiled as Containership Suffers Engine Damage on Friday!

A Cargo Ship And a lifeboat needed assistance in  rough weather. Accident type : Engine failure Vessel type : Cargo vessel and its salvage tug. Location : Off the Cornish...

[Watch] Biggest Moments in 2015 – From GOOGLE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be The video features ‘the 2015 biggest moments’ and the related searches in the year. The searches has inspired trillion of questions. Explore the year's biggest...

The New Concept Of ‘Hydricity’ Uses Solar Energy To Produce Power...

"Hydricity" concept, proposed by researchers, is aimed at creating a sustainable economy by not only generating electricity with solar energy but also producing and...

A ‘Silver Bullet’ to Prevent Water Ingress into Cargo Holds

One of the important factors predicting the seaworthiness of a vessel is the ability to resist the seawater ingress into the internal spaces.  However,...

Downtrend In Vessel Valuations

The bulker market values continued their downward trend.  The Baltic Dry Index reached another all-time low, since 1985. The sale of the Pierre LD 171,900...