Hurry – Your Last Chance to buy a Dry Bulk or Tanker at This...

Dry Bulk: Panamaxes are Traded Everywhere as Ship Owners believe Current Prices are Favorable Ship owners of dry bulk seem set for more deals for second hand carriers.  This is because the prices appear to...

Laser Pen Shine Injures Ship Worker in UK

Warning: Yobs shining laser pens at ships after five warned by harbor staff Harbour staff have warned yobs about shining laser pens at ships after five were targeted in the last six weeks. One ship worker...

3 Tankers and a Pipe Laying Vessel Detained by MMEA

On Aug 1, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained three vessels in Pengerang waters, southeast tip of mainland Malaysia. Bunkering tanker MT Maju 8 was detained for failing to furnish the ship's insurance during...

French Ferry Shaken by Underwater Blast

On July 31, a passenger ferry docked in the southern French port of Marseille was evacuated after an explosion was felt on board the vessel. According to reports, all the passengers had already disembarked after their...

[Watch] The Story of the World’s Largest Ship

Emma Mærsk is the first container ship in the E-class of eight owned by the A. P. Moller-Maersk Group.  When launched in 2006 she was the largest container ship ever built. In 2010 she and...

Typhoon “Nida” Threatens Hong Kong

Observatory will consider higher storm signal later today Cathay Pacific, Dragonair suspend city’s flights from 10 p.m. Hong Kong hunkered down Monday (Aug 1) as Typhoon Nida swirled towards the coast of southern China,...

Singapore’s MPA Revokes Bunker Licence

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) revoked the bunker fuel supplier and bunker craft operator licences of AC Oil Pte Ltd, after investigations showed discrepancies and wrongful declarations in the records kept...

Sailboat-Like Drone Helps NOAA Study the Arctic Ecosystem

Drones take a different avatar at coastlines giving a new glimpse of it rather than what we think. Jessica N. Cross, an oceanographer at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, shares...

This Transport Ship Lifts Itself in the Air to Install Generators

A new strange ship, named ‘Brave Tern’, is in operation.  This ship is a wind turbine installation vessel carrying turbines for the Block Island Wind Farm, standing on four legs that will allow it...

Engine Room Explosion Badly Burns a Chief Engineer Aboard a Cargo Ship

Chief Engineer Suffers Burn Injuries After an Engine Room Fire On July 30, a fire on board the general cargo ship “ISE BARU” critically injured the chief engineer. According to reports, the vessel was docked in...