Black Sea MOU is Launching a New Inspection Regime
Black Sea MOU Is Launching A New Inspection Regime From January 1st 2016
The decision to launch a new inspection regime by the Black Sea...
DSME Completes Impact Test For World’s First Ice-Breaking LNG Tanker
At the impact testing site of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s (DSME) Okpo shipyard in Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, a crane lifted 1-ton and...
IRClass Acquires Leading Test Laboratory
Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), the leading international classification society, has acquired Geological and Metallurgical Laboratories (GML), a leading India-based industrial testing and standards...
Korea’s Shipbuilding Industry Faces Endless Nightmares!
Korea’s shipbuilding companies suffered from massive losses due to the suspension or cancellation of offshore plant projects and refusal of delivery from ship owners.
They...
Grounded Tanker Refloated Off Portugal
The tanker Tokyo Spirit was refloated on Sunday from Lisbon.
150,000 DWT crude oil tanker Tokyo Spirit grounded on Saturday near Lisbon, Portugal just outside...
Most Main Engine Damages are due to Incorrect Maintenance – Swedish...
A new report from The Swedish Club shows that incorrect maintenance and repair continues to be the most frequent cause of main engine damage –...
Fire on Freighter Off Japan
Fire on Freighter Carrying Scrap
Cambodian flagged Cargo vessel carrying scrap caught fire at Kawasaki port, Japan.
Accident type
: Fire accident
Vessel involved
: Hong Yan
Date
: 0200 Tokyo...
HMS Victory Wrecked Near The Channel Islands
Accident type
: Wrecked
Vessels involved
: HMS Victory
Location
: Channel Islands
Date
: October 4, 1744
Casualties
: 1,150 sailors lost
VESSEL INFO:
Name
: HMS Victory
Built in
: 1737
Flag
: Great Britain
Type/class
: 1st rate ship...
Optimarin’s System Tested For USCG Approval
Marine water requirements are very much stringent. Ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin has become the first UV system supplier to meet USCG marine,...
[Watch] Tugboat Pulls a Aircraft Carrier in Heavy Weather
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
Aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, lost propulsion on the way home and began drifting in the Bay of Biscay off the coast of France and...