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...

Serena Williams Chases A Phone Grabber Down

In what she described as a "win for the ladies" the American, who has won 21 Grand Slam singles titles, chased down the man...

Freighter Ran Aground in Goole

Accident : Vessel Ran Aground on the river wall Vessel Involved : Bienville Date : Nov 4, 2015 Early hours Location : Goole, United Kingdom En route : From Riga Latvia to Goole UK Casualties : None A General...

Seamen Saved From a Sinking Vessel

3 seamen were rescued from a sinking vessel in the east of Cape Hatteras, NC. On 2nd November, 2015 Sector North Carolina watch standers got...