Cylinder Head Studs Broke Due To Cooling Water Ingress!

Cylinder head studs play a vital role in transmitting the combustion forces onto the engine structures and entablature.  This case study is very interesting...

600 Tons Of Oil Spilled In the Mississippi River

A vessel collided with the locks and spilled more than 600 tons of oil into the Mississippi river.  The section of the river was...

Coast Guard Comes To The Rescue Of Injured Ship Captain

The ship captain of the 274-meter-long motor transport suffered a leg injury aboard the vessel on Saturday off the southern New Jersey coast.  The...

USCG – SAR Efforts For A 46 Year Old Man Who...

The Coast Guard officials reported that a search is underway for the Texas man who fell overboard off the Coast of Key Largo, Florida. David...

Operation Deep Freeze: A Resupply Mission To Antarctica

Watch the MSC-chartered MV Ocean Giant delivering supplies to McMurdo Station as part of the annual Operation Deep Freeze mission.   This is a four...

Safety Harness Saves Life!

  This video is not from a shipyard or from a ship.  However, this will clearly show you why safety harnesses are important when...

A Ferry with Hundreds Of Passengers Capsized Off Indonesia

A ferry carrying hundreds of people listed and capsized in Bali Strait off Indonesia.  The Search and Rescue operation is underway.   Accident : Vessel capsized Date :...

Warning: Killer Waves Close By !- Rogue Wave Predictor

Engineers from MIT have developed a tool to give sailors a two to three minute warning of an incoming rogue wave.   Waves are not...

[Watch] Can A Dress Dissolve In Shower?  

  Designer Hussein Chalayan's Paris Fashion Week show featured a catwalk shower that dissolved a pair of soluble outfits, revealing delicate garments underneath. The presentation...

Use Of Electronic Log Books On-Board Singapore Registered Ships

The MPA Singapore has issued a notification, that usage of electronic log books equivalent to manual log books, will be accepted unless the conditions...