Pilots Failure in Responding To Hydrodynamic Forces Results in Collision
Summary
On March 9, 2015, at 1230 central daylight time, the inbound bulk carrier Conti Peridot collided with the outbound tanker Carla Maersk in the...
Man kicked Off a Cruise Ship for Flicking a Cigarette Butt...
Mr O'Keefe was spotted flicking a cigarette overboard by a P&O security office and was warned by the security guard. Later reports say he...
MSIB 01-16 – Crew Requirements Passenger Accountability
Marine Safety Information Bulletin — Small Passenger Vessel Crew Requirements & Passenger Accountability
This bulletin is intended to serve as an important reminder to Small...
A ‘Silver Bullet’ Cylinder Oil for Any Sulphur Fuel!
Up until January 2015 vessels transiting ECAs switched between high sulphur residual fuel and low sulphur residual fuel. For the liners operated in and out...
BREXIT: Impact on Bunker Prices!
On 23 June 2016, voters in the UK and Gibraltar will vote on whether the UK should leave the EU. Almost no-one living in...
Ship’s Crew became “Whistleblowers” as the Chief Engineer used ‘Magic Pipe’...
Panagiotis Koutoukakis, a Greek national and the chief engineer of a chemical tanker that docked in North Charleston in 2015, was charged this week...
[WATCH] U.S. Military Shows Off Star Wars-esque Weapon
Bulker Aground in Lake Superior
Are you a fan of Star Wars? Then you’ll definitely like the U.S. Navy‘s Phalanx CIWS. They’ve been nicknamed...
SKF Technology Boosts Propulsion Units on World’s Most Powerful LNG Carriers
The Azipod® propulsion units, SKF’s industry leading technology development, is helping to enhance the reliability and reduce the life cycle cost of propulsion units...
Ship Sheds of 2500 Year Old Naval Base Found
Danish and Greek archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery, finding one of the largest building complexes of the ancient world, a naval base where...
Get the Heat on the Engines! – Ships Moving Out From...
The year 2016, witnessed two major world events which struck shipping with a heavy blow. One - the Baltic Index tumbled as low as...