Gibdock Delivers for Seatruck with Clipper Service
Gibdock has extended its extensive track record in the passenger and freight ferry market by redelivering the Seatruck Ferries container/ro-ro vessel Clipper Point on-time, after a fast turnaround 11-day renewal project for the Clipper...
Eyes, Ears at Sea: Deep Vision Pitches ‘Brain’ for Unmanned Vessels
By JAMES RISDON
Off the coast of West Wales and Scotland, an eerily unmanned boat is plying the waters of the Irish Sea this month in a series of demonstrations of robotic warfare, dubbed the...
Asia Tankers-VLCC Steady After Bumping Four-Month High
Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs), surged to a four-month high on last Thursday. The ship brokers said that the new rates have to hold steady as ship owners await the release...
Fatal Injury Due to Fall from Cargo Hatch Cover
Fatal injury to a crew member at Tallinn Shipyard
Summary:
On 19 May 2015, an able seaman on board the Maltese registered cargo vessel Kadri was found fatally injured on the quay. The vessel was alongside...
NGO Shipbreaking Platform Demands European Ship Recycling Licence
In a position paper published, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform calls on the European Commission, the European Parliament and Member States to support the introduction of a financial mechanism that will enhance safe and environmentally...
Volkswagen to Charter Two LNG Fueled Car Carriers
The Volkswagen Group informs that from 2019, it will use two LNG-fueled vessels chartered Siem Car Carriers AS for vehicle shipments between Europe and North America.
These 2 vessels will replace two of the nine...
Ship Accident: Owner Fined $36,000
A ship owner and his company have been ordered to pay more than $36,000 in fines and legal costs following the running aground of a ship off Rainbow Beach in 2013.
On Monday, TD Le,...
Drunk Sea Captain Granted £5,000 Surety Bail
Sea Captain Eugenijus Tulauskas accused of being drunk and in charge of a ship in Belfast must deposit a cash of £5,000 cash before he can leave Northern Ireland.
The order was passed on Monday...
IMO’s Fuel Availability Study is Flawed
In a dramatic statement released by Lars Robert Pedersen, Deputy Secretary General at BIMCO said that the International Maritime Organization's (IMO's) fuel availability study is "flawed" and not sufficient to determine the adequate availability...
$1 Million Recovered from 1715 Fleet Shipwreck Coins Coming to Market
By Numismatic Guaranty Corporation
More than 200 sunken treasure gold coins from the legendary Spanish 1715 Plate Fleet, recovered during last year’s 300th anniversary of the Atlantic Ocean hurricane that sank 11 of the fleet’s...