Sixty Pirates Sent to Jail in India
On September 9, sixty Somali men have been sentenced to serve a 7 year prison terms for carrying out piracy attack on a merchant vessel in 2011.
What happened?
On March 11, the Indian Navy apprehended...
Fatal Fall During Bunker Operations
Summary
On 19 June 2016, an engineer from the container vessel HS Rossini, was fatally injured when he fell on the deck of bunker barge Smit Bongani.
HS Rossini had arrived in Durban, South Africa for...
Anchors Away: Boat and Ship Power is Turning Green
Energy Observer (Fig. 1) is an experimental boat that is embarking on a worldwide voyage starting from Paris that will take six years to visit 50 countries and 101 ports of call. A floating...
The World’s First Underwater Vessel Luxury Resort
Property developer Kleindienst Group has launched The Floating Venice – what it claims is the world’s first underwater luxury vessel resort – during the Cityscape exhibition in Dubai.
Valued at Dhs2.5bn ($680m), The Floating Venice...
[Watch] Did ‘Impossible’ Rogue Wave Sink the MS München?
The MS München vanished without a trace with 27 crew on board and a cargo of steel in 1978.
But what exactly happened to her became the subject of huge debate.
Mysteries of the Missing on...
Global Marine Engine Market will Reach USD 10.56 Billion by 2022
Zion Market Research has published a new report titled "Marine Engine Market (By Fuel: Intermediate Fuel, Marine Diesel, Heavy Fuel, Marine Gas Oil; For Commercial Vessels, Offshore Support Vessels, and Inland Waterways Vessels Applications):...
Baltic Dry Index Just Points Away From 2017 High
The Baltic Dry Index added 36 points on Friday to reach 1332, just a few points of its 2017 peak which was reached last spring.
With the BDI now trading at its highest level in...
Rickmers to Continue Ship Management Under New Owners
On September 7, German shipping group Rickmers conveyed that its management unit has obtained clearance to continue business after it was purchased by Bremen-based Zeaborn Group and owner Bertram Rickmers. The company had filed...
[Watch] Cargo Ship Enters New York Port
A multi-billion dollar project to raise the Bayonne Bridge has opened the Port of New York and New Jersey to larger cargo ships like the Theodore Roosevelt. On Thursday, the largest container ship to...
[Watch] Biggest Cargo Ship Yet Passes Under Bayonne Bridge
It took seven years and $1.6 billion to raise the Bayonne Bridge to allow the world's largest ships to pass under the bridge and into the East Coast's biggest port, and all of that...