Relative Motion Illusion Resulted in Vessel Collision

Summary On 3 December 2015, a Panama registered pure car Carrier City of Rotterdam collided with the Danish registered ro-ro ferry Primula Seaways on the River Humber, UK. Both the vessels were damaged but made...

Will the Shipbuilder Survive ‘April Crisis’?

Daewoo Shipbuilding Faces Another Liquidity Crisis Rumor Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering still has difficulty in escaping from the liquidity crisis, igniting another rumour that it would be hard pressed to repay corporate bonds worth...

Hazardous Cargo Not Affected by Fire

Fire being investigated - hazardous cargo not affected Metro fire-fighters were fighting late into the night of February 13 to control the blaze on board the "APL Austria". What happened? On February 12, the APL Austria was...

[Watch] Spectacular Side Launch at Netherlands Shipyard

Netherlands shipbuilder Royal Niestern Sander was the site of a spectacular side launch last week, captured in multiple videos. The ship, an ice-strengthened multipurpose vessel of the EasyMax type, commissioned by Wagenborg and affiliated partners, The...

Failing Ship Engines & Glitching Drones! ‘Gaping Holes’ in UK Defense

Ships so loud they can be heard 100 miles away, malfunctioning drones, and armored vehicles too big to fit into transport aircraft are signs of “gaping holes” in UK defense capabilities, according to an...

Shipping Industry ‘Concerned, Not Panicked’ with Trump

Shipping Industry Should be ‘Concerned, Not Panicked’ with Trump, says Adami Ship owner Captain Eugen Henning Adami said that while the global shipping industry entered uncharted waters following the election of US president Donald Trump...

Japan to Help in Anti-piracy Effort

Japan has offered to send patrol ships to deal with a growing piracy threat in the southern Philippine waters bordering Indonesia and Malaysia, a senior Philippine defence official said on Tuesday. Increase in piracy: A surge...

Sexual Assault Aboard a Ferry

Two men arrested after reports of sexual assault aboard a cross-channel ferry The alleged incident is reported to have happened on the Spirit of France ship on Feb 13. What happened? Two men have been arrested on...

Italian Ship Docks on Day of Love

They consider themselves among the world's greatest lovers and up to 200 Italian sailors have just arrived in Sydney on Valentine's Day. The Italian FREMM-class frigate Carabiniere docked at Garden Island on Tuesday morning and...

Maersk Line to Slash Shipping Emissions

EQUATE Petrochemical Company, a global producer of petrochemicals, and Maersk Line signed a partnership agreement to decrease CO2 emissions in ocean transportation. The agreement, which is the first of its kind in Kuwait, is based...