Haunted House moves into Alameda’s Historic USS Hornet

BY ADAM BRINKLOW The World War II-era aircraft carrier floating off of Alameda (which served in such diverse engagements as the Vietnam war and the Apollo moon missions) has been working overtime of late to...

[Watch] How Choppy Seas Proved a Problem for This Ship

The vehicles carrier was videoed struggling to leave the mouth of the river between Tynemouth and South Shields on Saturday. This video shows just how the choppy sea proved a problem for a ship...

Top 10 Stricken Ships that Ran Aground

Top 10 stricken ships that ran aground on the North East coast The North Sea has long proved dangerous for seamen. Between 1740 and 2000, the North East coast from Berwick to Whitby was the setting...

Preventive Maintenance Achieves 202% Return on Investment for Turbochargers

Independent study demonstrates that ABB’s Preventive Maintenance model for turbochargers achieves significant cost and operational benefits ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has announced study results which show a 202% return on investment...

Selektope® Shortlisted for Two More 2016 Environmental Awards

Selektope®, the innovative ingredient used in marine antifouling coatings whose prevention of barnacle growth on ship hulls yields fuel savings, has been shortlisted for two more prestigious environmental awards within its first full year...

Intellian Technologies Announces Initial Public Offering

Intellian Technologies, Inc. (“Intellian” or “the company”), announced an initial public offering of 1,450,000 common shares via the KOSDAQ, at an initial price of $17.27 per share.  The initial public offering will result in...

Barnacle Busting: Research Targets Ship Biofouling

Individually, tiny barnacles pose little threat to hulking U.S. Navy ships.  But when clustered in thick clumps on a vessel's hull, this is natural occurrence is called biofouling -- these sticky crustaceans can slow...

Cargo Insurers “Break Limits” in Unprecedented Judgment

Cargo Insurers “break limits” in unprecedented judgment, October 2016 Following the fire and sinking of the bulk carrier ATLANTIK CONFIDENCE off the coast of Oman in April 2013, the owners of the vessel sought to...

Coral Bleaching Not a Hindrance to Underwater Sex Show

Great Barrier Reef: Coral bleaching not a hindrance to underwater sex show Coral bleaching is deemed not be a hindrance for the greatest underwater sex show on the planet.  Great Barrier Reef tour operators are...

Lifeboat Crew Saved the Lives of Two Men in the Firth of Forth

Kinghorn RNLI lifeboat crew saved the lives of two men in the Firth of Forth on Sunday afternoon, after their dinghy capsized off Portobello. The dinghy had been sailing off the Edinburgh town when they...