Does Your Ship Store Lubricants in the Steering Gear Room?
We have seen this for decades now where steering gear room has been a sweet spot to store lubricants. There are two important points to consider:
Are the fire fighting systems & protection adequate...
Life Jacket Inspection Fails! 2,000 Royal Caribbean Passengers Stranded
Over 2,000 passengers who thought they'd be sailing to the Bahamas this week were unexpectedly delayed at the port after a Royal Caribbean cruise ship failed an annual Coast Guard safety inspection on Monday.
What...
Viswa Lab’s VEEMS Certified by VERIFAVIA
Viswa Energy Efficiency Management System (VEEMS) hardware and software package has been approved by the independent MRV accrediting agency Verifavia, to meet the requirements of data collection, storage, and presentation as per EU requirements....
Cargo Ship with 23 Crew Catches Fire
A cargo ship with 23 Chinese members on board reportedly caught fire in Vietnam.
What happened?
A cargo ship whose nationality is Panama caught fire while docking at Cai Lan port in Vietnam's northern Quang Ninh...
Gastro Breaks Out Again on Sun Princess Cruise Ship
Gastro breaks out again on Sun Princess cruise ship docked in Brisbane
About 140 passengers on the Sun Princess cruise ship have come down with gastro, a fortnight after a similar outbreak on the vessel...
Ship Whale Collisions Under UN Watch
UN addresses issue of whale-ship collisions
Scientists and government officials met at the United Nations yesterday to consider possible solutions to a global problem: how to protect whale species in their most important marine habitats that...
Mass Flow Meters Mandatory for Refineries and Oil Terminals in Turkey
Following the introduction of a new regulation in Turkey, all refineries and terminals – including those serving the country's local bunker industry - will be required to use mass flow meters (MFMs) to transfer...
Ancient Shipwreck Exposed by Wind and Tide on South Mayo Coast
Continued erosion on the Atlantic seaboard has exposed the remains of a shipwreck on the south-west Mayo coastline.
The wreck is clearly visible at low tide at Tallaghbaun beach, just north of the mouth of...
Panama Changes Bunker Regulation! Maneuvering Fuel Requirements Revised
The Panama Canal Authority has issued advisory in order to inform on a few revised requirements regarding the maneuvering operations in Canal waters, effective as of January 2017.
In particular, since January 1, 2001, the...
Malacca and S’pore Straits Traffic Hits New High in 2016
Despite the difficult shipping markets in 2016 traffic in the world’s busiest shipping lane – the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS) – were up 3.4% to a new all time high of 83,740...