JX Ocean Co. Ltd. Chooses ClassNK CMAXS LC-A
ClassNK Consulting Service announced that JX Ocean Co., Ltd. has selected ClassNK CMAXS LC- A, the machinery condition monitoring and automatic diagnostic system, for use on ENEOS SPIRIT, a 310,000 dwt tanker.
ClassNK CMAXS LC-...
Fake Doctor Aboard a Cruise Ship Arrested
A false doctor who treated on a cruise ship about 1,300 passengers.
Patients had not been hurt.
The accused worked as coordinator of the German Organ Transplantation Foundation (DSO).
Worked well as a...
A Mysterious Buried Ship Reappears
A Mysterious Buried Ship Appears near Martha's Vineyard every Couple Years
Off the south coast of Massachusetts sits Chappaquiddick, a long, narrow strip of land that — depending on the tides — is either an...
Relief to Crew Stuck for 4 Months in Cargo Ship Off Georgia
Relief to Crew Stuck for 4 Months in Cargo ship Off the coast of Georgia
Since April, the Newlead Castellano, with a crew on board, has been anchored off the Georgia coast, near Savannah....
Aesthetics or Athletics? Battle of the Sexes in the Unequal Language of Sport
Cambridge University Press, which has looked at the way we talk about men and women in sport
Aesthetics or athletics?
Cambridge University Press research shows gender divides in the language of sport.
As athletes around the world...
[Watch] Faces of Maritime Singapore – Muhammad Danial Bin Abdul Razak
Bulker Aground in Lake Superior
Meet Danial, currently pursuing his CoC2 (Engine) at the Singapore Maritime Academy. Highly trained engineers like Danial are essential in keeping a ship in good seaworthy conditions. Find out...
MARPOL Annex I: Gear Up for October 1 Deadline
Implementation of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Regulation 2016
MARPOL Annex I for the prevention of oil pollution, will come into operation on 1 October
The details of the amendment regulation can be...
Low Sulfur Emissions – The Bigger Picture
The ports of L.A. and Long Beach, jointly with the California Air Resource Board (CARB), began working on a comprehensive plan to improve air quality in the region in the year 2000.
The plan, named,...
Floating Fuel Oil Storages are Empty in Singapore
* Floating fuel oil storage has fallen sharply
* Onshore stocks down 4.4 mln barrels from June record
* Supplies from the West ebbing as Mideast demand firms
Singapore's long hangover from a near-record fuel oil trading...
Drones: Is the Maritime Industry Ready?
By Sean T. Pribyl
Unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or “drones” in common parlance, are not a part of the historical maritime vocabulary. At least not yet. While the term “drones” may conjure images from science...