You Don’t Want that Falling on Your Roof!

On March 28, the beach goers witnessed an enormous boat which appeared to hover over the house rooftops. What happened? The photographs taken by the beachgoers in Blyth, Northumberland showed a huge vessel appearing to hover...

What Really Happens When You Put a Pet in Cargo on an Airplane?

A series of worrisome events involving pets onboard an Airplane has worried flyers prompting them to re-evaluate their options while travelling with their furry companions. What happened? On March 12, a French bulldog puppy named ‘Kikito’...

Shape Up or Ship Out? What Lies Ahead for Seafarers

In recent years, the marine industry is onto an innovative change with changing crew sizes and skills to adapt new technologies. The most recent proposals is in areas of digitized energy management, onshore control...

[Watch] What Went Wrong?

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[Watch] Inspection of the Ballast of a Container Ship

CMA CGM required the internal inspection of a ballast tank of one of its container ships, the CMA CGM ANDROMEDA. Flying in complex and pitch-dark confined spaces, Elios has demonstrated its capacity to deliver...

[Watch] Meet Elios, Drone for Ship Surveys Inspired by Insects

Designed to fly in tight and complex places, the drone Elios, from the Swiss company Flyability, has a shell carbon fiber inspired by insects, which allows it to absorb shocks, reports Dronebelow. Flying a drone Shocks,...

COLREGS Milestone for Autonomous Ships

Rolls-Royce has completed the £1.3 million MAXCMAS (MAchine eXecutable Collision regulations for Marine Autonomous Systems) research project, demonstrating it claims, that the operation of autonomous vessels can meet, if not exceed, current collision avoidance...

AET Aframax Shuttle Tankers to Run on LNG and Cargo Vapour

Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply its volatile organic compounds (VOC) recovery technology, LNG fuel gas handling systems and the auxiliary engines for two new shuttle tankers being built for Singapore-based AET Tankers at...

Diana Fixes Time Charter Contract with SwissMarine

Diana Shipping signs a time charter contract with Swiss Marine Services, S.A, Geneva. The charter is regarding their capesize dry bulk vessel, Aliki. The decade old vessel is already chartered at a gross...

Baltic Index Slips on Lower Vessel Demand

The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, closed lower on Tuesday, as demand fell across vessel segments. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize,...