Dry Dock Mishap left One Dead And Three Injured
Italy’s National Research Council, the operator of the vessel, have confirmed the accident that happened while the vessel was dry docked in a floating dock in Livorno. The misadventure left one dead, three injured.Accident
:...
Bangladesh: Death Of Ship Breaker In Explosion
Local media has confirmed the news of a mishap involving gas pipeline blast at a ship-breaking yard in Chittagong district of Bangladesh.Accident
: Gas pipeline explosionLocation
: Ship breaking yard in Chittagong, BangladeshCasualties
: One dead,...
South African Ship Owners Face Continued Stowaway Risk Exposure
Extract from an update issued by the Norwegian P&I Club in the matter of stowaway risk that ship owners are facing.Illegal immigrants at African ports seek to gain access to vessels in the hope...
Hackers Get Away With 565,000 Euros
Hackers presenting themselves as the regular African fuel suppliers of the Limassol-based shipping company managed to swindle away 565,000 Euros (about 644,100 U.S. dollars).
The shipping company in its police complaint said that they received...
Seafarers Happiness Index
Crewtoo Publishes Its Second Seafarers Happiness Index ReportThe second Seafarers Happiness Index report has been published by Crewtoo, the online social network for seafarers and a part of KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI). Ten...
Maran and Nakilat Expand The Joint Venture
Two new LNG vessels has been included in the recent expansion of Nakilat, the shipping arm of Qatar’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) and Maran Ventures Inc., the Greek shipping company. The Maran Nakilat Co....
Average Co2 Emissions Decline By 29%
A report released by BSR’s Clean Cargo Working Group (CCWG) has confirmed the decline of average Co2 emissions per container per kilometer for ocean transportation by 29% since 2009.Today the world of environmentally conscious customers,...
More MERS Deaths In Saudi Arabia
MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, emerged in Saudi Arabia in 2012. MERS infections have been recorded in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. It is caused by a coronavirus, a type of virus which...
One Billion People Use Facebook In A Single Day
Mr Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard student (19-years-old then) founded Facebook in 2004 and it gained its billionth user in October 2012. Now Facebook has a billion users in a single day, the milestone reached...
Dip in Dry Bulk Orders
A survey released by Clarkson’s Research has suggested that there has been a dip in the new buildings orders, in the dry bulk segment. These results are based on the trends of the first...