Crew Change Dilemma on Covid-19 Hit Bulker

 MUA proposes for solving the crew change quandary onboard the bulker Patricia Oldendorff. Novel proposal to replace the foreign crew with local Australian seafarers. According to MUA, the McGowan Government has left 9 international...

Danica & NTC Adopting the New Normal

Danica and Norwegian Training Center launch online training. Danica Crewing Specialists and the Norwegian Training Center (NTC) collaborated to offer a portfolio of online training courses to seafarers in Eastern Europe. The current COVID-19...

Mercy Ships & Nor-Shipping Poised To Transform Lives

Nor-Shipping welcomes Mercy Ships as a Charity partner for 2021. The fleet will work to provide world-class medical facilities in Africa. Nor-Shipping is welcoming Mercy Ships back on board as its charity partner for...

Climate Change Led To Fall of Ancient Civilization

Climate change likely caused the rise and fall of an ancient civilization. A new technique is developed & showed how shifting monsoon patterns led to the demise of the Indus Valley Civilization. Paleoclimate...

[Watch] Hummingbirds To Dance Within Waterfalls

Tiny fliers can traverse these splashy obstacles and waterfalls could protect against added threat. For the insects, the journey across the waterfall was far more treacherous.  7 bottle flies & house flies made...

[Watch] Mysterious Box Ship Washed Ashore

Province authorities and emergency teams arrived & tried to communicate with the ship. Photos and videos of the crash directed to a general cargo ship. No IMO number either on a bridge nameplate...

[Watch] Drone Remits Package To Inland Vessel

Port of Rotterdam to remit the packages via drone. It is the second of a series of trial flights in Port of Rotterdam. Flights to determine increased efficiency and circulation among users. According to...

[Watch] Crew Evacuated from Distressed Cargo Ship

A Cargo ship with steel on board ran aground in the afternoon Oct 9 in waters of Fuzhou Province, China, reports Maritime Bulletin.  What happened? Cargo ship ZHONG JIN 51 with 5100 tons of steel on...

Aframax Tanker Mysterious Voyage & Explosion

Mysterious explosion occurred while an Aframax tanker was loading crude oil at Yemen, Gulf of Aden on Oct 3, reports Maritime Bulletin. What happened? Explosion occurred at Hush Al Nishaimah oil terminal, Yemen, Gulf of Aden,...

Ship Under Maintenance Goes Adrift

Breakaway ferry contacted bottom at Trois Rivieres, Canada, during berth shift operations after her tow line broke, reports Maritime Bulletin. What happened? Ro-pax ferry F.-A.-GAUTHIER went adrift on Oct 8, in Trois Rivieres harbor, St. Lawrence...