Some Thoughts on the Current Brexit Related Developments Affecting Marine Industry
The recent pro Brexit referendum result in UK has opened a Pandora’s Box. Any number of pundits are commenting on this event. When one studies the root cause of the working of the minds...
Can Explosives Help Salvage the Grounded Vessel?
On June 28, Mauritian authorities reportedly brought in an American marine salvage and demolition expert, Gary Demarsh of Demex International, to find means of using explosives to release the grounded bulker Benita.
Tugs from Five...
[Watch] World War II Veteran Reunited with Ship from Pearl Harbor Attack
Howard Hayes traveled from Nevada to Baltimore for the chance to see the ship he once served on. At 96, it has been a long time since Hayes has been on his old...
Work Naked Till You Sweat! for the Nation
President Alyaksandr Lukashenko urged Belarusians "to get undressed and work till you sweat" since the country is experiencing one of the worst economic situations in decades.
With the value of the rouble plummeting and rampant unemployment,...
[Watch] Scary Moment: A Plane Flyby a Ship
Bulker Aground in Lake Superior
Watch a scary video by a passenger on Norwegian Breakaway, Richard Ogle, filmed the video from the Sundeck (Deck 18) of the Dassault Falcon 50 flyby during a training...
Plane Buzzes Norwegian Cruise Ship in Bermuda
Passengers on last week’s Norwegian Breakaway cruise received a scare on June 24 when an airplane flew extremely close to the cruise ship during a military training exercise.
A Police spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Police...
Autonomous Energy Harvesting System Tested
The Autonaut, a 0.5 metre long autonomous energy harvesting system, was tested outside Portsmouth, UK. The wave foils on the Autonaut passively harvest energy from the pitch and roll of waves at sea ensuring...
Brexit Gainer: Tanker Sector Gains Look Net Long-term Positive
Analyst reportedly don't expect any real impact from Brexit on the demand side of the equation, for tanker sector of shipping industry, in the near to mid-term. For them it looks like business as...
Top 5 Hazards in Shipping LNG
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is regularly viewed as to a great degree unsafe and lethal with cargo ships called as floating bombs. Be that as it may, is it true that this is discernment...
Gard Alert: Prepare to Manage Ballast Water
Preparatory work to ensure timely compliance with IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention should not be postponed as it is thought the convention will soon be ratified by a sufficient number of states to pass...