Making Of Ships At Readhead’s
Amateur historian and website guru - John Bage talks about the days of the area’s great shipbuilders and in particular the life of Readhead’s and the people who worked there.
He reveals: “For hundreds of...
[Watch] Description Of The Container Weighing Rules
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
Managing Director of Strainstall Simon Everett answers key questions on the rule and covers everything the industry needs to know, as the container weighing rule is set to come into action in July, 2016.
The...
New Senior VP, Service Division For Alfa Laval Inc.
Alfa Laval Inc. has appointed Ross Glendinning as the new Senior Vice President, Service division. Glendinning is charged with driving consistent profitable growth, and developing new sales opportunities for the service business of Alfa...
Miraculous Rescue From a Horrific Six-Car Accident
On Thursday morning the FDNY performed a miraculous rescue from a six-car accident looked destined to end in death on the westbound Gowanus Expressway, Gowanus, Brooklyn. The accident left four injured and none got...
Can A Bridge Design Ensure Safety At Sea?
Project CASCADe: New bridge designs to ensure safety at sea
European research project called Cooperative and Adaptive Ship-based Context Aware Design (CASCADe) has developed new technologies to improve efficiency on-board and minimise the risk of...
Japanese Shipping Giants Vision For 2016
Ultimate Goal Is To Win Customers’ Trust
President and CEO of K Line, Eizo Murakami Said:
I extend to you my sincerest wishes for a Happy New Year.
I would like to take this opportunity to...
SS Camorta Sinks Off Rangoon: 739 Died
SS Camorta was a passenger/cargo steamship built at A. & J. Inglis in 1880 and owned by the British India Steam Navigation Company.
She sank in the Irrawaddy Delta on 6 May 1902 with the...
All Set For Ship-To-Ship LNG Transfer
Ship-To-Ship Transfer Of LNG In Scapa Flow
The leading global STS service provider, Fendercare Marine, will conduct the ship-to-ship transfer of LNG between two vessels while at anchor in Scapa Flow.
The transfer operation will involve The...
Workers Strike Stops Rotterdam’s Port for 24 Hours
Rotterdam’s dockworkers walk off the job for 24 hours to protest possible job losses at the port’s new highly automated terminal.
Highlights :
The unions want port companies to rule out making compulsory redundancies, despite overcapacity...
Bulker Fumigated At Sea
Insect larvae found onboard a bulk vessel, docked at Timaru, prompted the fumigation of the ship at sea.
Highlights of the News :
The ship was carrying palm kernel extract from Malaysia to Timaru.
As part of...