Newest Navy Ship Loses Propulsion And Limps Into Port
$360 million Navy ship LCS Milwaukee towed to port after breaking down off Virginia.
The U.S. Navy’s newest littoral combat ship had to be towed...
Fire On A Tanker Shuts Houston Ship Channel Temporarily
Accident
: Fire
Date
: 14th December 2015
Location
: Houston Ship Channel, United States
Casualties/Pollution
: Nil
The Chemical tanker, which was moored outside the Targa LPG export terminal, caught fire...
Evergas and JHW Contracts For Four New Carriers
Evergas and JHW Engineering & Contracting will jointly build six INEOS MAX 32,000M3 liquefied ethane/ethylene carriers.
Copenhagen-based Evergas and Hong Kong-listed JHW Engineering & Contracting...
Uncertainties in Implementing BWM Convention
Three areas of uncertainty exist concerning the implementation of the International Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention:
35% Threshold Tonnage
Entry Into Force Date
D2 Standard Implementation Scheme
The...
MV Le Joola: Catastrophe At Sea
Accident type
: Wrecked
Vessel involved
: MV Le Joola
Location
: Coast of Gambia
Date
: September 26, 2002
Casualties
: 1,863 deaths
VESSEL INFO:
Name
: MV Le Joola
Built
: 1990
Class & type
: Roll-on/roll-off...
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Ideal For LNG Vessels
The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd (VTT) is leading a project to develop the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that could be...
How To Mitigate Legal Risks When Purchasing Bunkers
How To Mitigate Legal Risks When Purchasing Bunkers – Lessons learned from the OW Bunker collapse
It is almost a year since OW Bunker & Trading...
World’s First Natural Gas-Fuelled LNG Carrier
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering has completed the trial sail of the world’s first LNG fuelled environment-friendly and high-efficiency carrier. It is expected to...
Ship To Shore Cranes Blend With The Surrounding
Konecranes believe the two ship-to-shore (STS) cranes to be the most silent and eco-efficient cranes in the world. The two cranes delivered by Konecranes...