Clutch Slippage Resulted in Tanker Running Aground
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investigated this occurrence for the purpose of advancing transportation safety. It is not the function of the Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.
Summary
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Updates for Merchant Shipping Safety Laws Proposed
International Maritime Organization (IMO) lays out latest ship safety requirements.
According to this all local load line and merchant shipping safety regulations are to be amended.
The Chinese government has gazetted...
Fire on Western Scheldt
What happened?
On March 23, 2018, at 7.20 p.m. a fire broke out aboard the "LMZ Pluto" at the Western Scheldt near Ossenisse. She had sailed from Antwerp at 5.20 p.m. bound to reach Turkey....
King of the Seas Once Again with World’s Largest Cruise Ship
Royal Caribbean is the king of the seas once again.
On Friday, the cruise company accepted the delivery of the Symphony of the Seas vessel. And it's about time, as the massive ship took more than three years to...
A Digital Twin to Develop Blue Denmark
Imagine having access to every bit of information on your ship – from engine performance to hull integrity – available at a glance throughout the full lifetime of the vessel.
A digital twin is a...
Tankers: Fund Managers Put their Money on an Upturn
The shipping industry is gradually changing and private equity has made a visible impact. A report in the seatrade-maritime shows, how a big funding group is getting behind an acquisition company that was unable...
China is Developing Ships to Cover the Globe Without Captains
China ranks as the world’s third largest marine shipping country with a chance to become the world’s most dominant one by 2030. Even as commodity shipments have slipped with the slowdown in Chinese economic growth, container traffic from China...
Collision in Volkerak
The Netherlands flagged cargo ship “Zembla” reportedly met with an accident in Volkerak around 10:15 pm on March 19, 2018.
What happened?
The vessel had sailed from Dusseldorf at 11 am and was making its way...
Pollution from Ships Creates Massive Clouds Visible from Space
Thick clouds are forming in the sky due to Ship Pollution.
The Aqua Satellite of NASA has confirmed this.
An image taken over Portugal shows a thick film of cloud.
This is a...
EU’s Top Five Worst Performers! Biggest Shipping Registries with Negative Points
Shipping emits 3% of global CO2 – and emissions are increasing year on year – yet it remains one of the few sectors of the global economy without sector-specific emissions reduction targets.
The ranking, based...