Secret Midnight Guerrilla Raid On Ship Alcoa

The Australian crew of the long-stranded Alcoa ship was forcibly removed by the security guards. A sudden Guerrilla raid was launched on a ship that was docked in the far south-west Victorian port of Portland....

A Ro-Ro Ship Ran Aground with 20 Container Vans

On Wednesday, in the waters off Ouano wharf, Mandaue City, Cebu, a cargo ship carrying 15 container vans ran aground. It's reported that the vessel hit a shallow area during the low tide around 2...

Shower Sex in a Naval Destroyer Filmed with Apple iPhone

A Royal Navy female sailor has told a court martial she felt “horrible and violated” after a colleague surreptitiously filmed them having sex in the showers of a warship. Leading Logistician Scott Furber denies a...

Engine Failure Caused Vessel to Drift Near Iceland

Incident : Vessel Adrift Vessel type : Cargo ship Date : 10th January 2016 Location : 160 nautical miles south-west of the Faroe Islands Casualties/Pollution : Nil The cargo ship suffered an engine failure and was left adrift 160 nautical miles south-west of the...

RIP David Bowie

David Bowie dies of cancer aged 69 Singer David Bowie has died. He was 69 and had been battling cancer for 18 months. He was one of the most influential musicians of his era. On his last birthday,...

Anti-Piracy Vessel Crew Gets 5 Year Jail

On Monday a trial court in Tuticorin in south Tamil Nadu, India convicted 23 crew members aboard a detained U.S. anti-piracy vessel, under provisions of the Arms Act. On October 12, 2013 Indian Coast Guard arrested...

Does Your Main Engine Top Piston Ring Break Often?

MAN B&W has witnessed (A Service letter issued in the year 2012/2013) seen a number of incidents with high top ring wear on small bore engine types 26 to 50.  For this reason, MAN...

[Watch] The Controlled Release of Methane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be It’s vital that we understand the sources of methane and how those source respond to change. This video shows a visualisation of methane emissions from a controlled gas release in front of the researcher's’ lab. Researchers...

Storm Damages Container Vessel

A container ship suffered damages due to severe storm and was taken for repairs to the port of Rotterdam.  The vessel was enroute from Genoa to London. To meet the schedule, the container vessel will skip...

Mechanical failure Caused Bulker to Drag Anchor

Bulker Suffered mechanical failure and dragged anchor off Brest, France The technical problem aggravated forcing the ship to drop anchor for repair works.  Also, the bad weather forced the anchor to drag, and the ship...