Swede Died After Jumping Off Ship
Swede Commits Suicide by Jumping Off Ship
A Swedish national facing charges of human trafficking died on 21st June after he jumped off a vessel, about 900 meters from the port of Sta. Fe town on...
Fire in Engine Room Rendered a Swiss Cargo Ship to Loose Propulsion and Drag...
Bulker Aground in Lake Superior
On June 19 at 12.20 a.m., a Swiss flagged general cargo ship suffered a fire aboard its engine room off Swinoujscie, Poland.
The fire briefly disabled the ship's propulsion...
[Watch] MV Benita: “Buoys to Contain the Oil”
Bulker Aground in Lake Superior
Officers of the National Coast Guard were hard at work, Sunday, June 19, to install the buoys. This, after the MV Benita ran aground on the reefs at Le...
Oil Spill From the Grounded Bulker Off Mauritius
On June 19, the Environment Minister Alain Wong, reportedly was dissatisfied with reports about salvage plan, personally took a dive to film under the hull of the grounded vessel Benita. He hopes the video...
Oil Spill Spotted Off Port of Nakhodka
An oil spill has occurred in the Russian port of Nakhodka, located in Primorsky Territory, Russia’s Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport (Rosmorrechflot) reports.
The oil spill occurred over an area of 1,500 square...
Vessel Captain, Engineer Killed by Drunk Crewmen
Vietnamese Crewmen Held Over Killing of South Korea Ship Captain, Engineer: Coast Guard
Two Vietnamese crewmen on a South Korean fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean have allegedly stabbed and killed the ship's captain and...
Archaeologists Explore 17th Century Dutch Shipwreck in Iceland
Marine Archaeologists Explore 17th Century Dutch Shipwreck in Iceland
The oldest known shipwreck around the coast of Iceland is currently being researched by marine archaeologists as part of a Rannís funded research project examining the...
6 Ways a Ship can Lose Propulsion!
‘Fuel switching’ and ‘Loss Of Propulsion’ has come back to the spotlight of again and this is mainly attributed to the recent NTSB reports on a collision between a Bulk Carrier and an Oil...
Did Ultra Low Sulphur Fuel Switch Caused Houston Ship Channel Collision?
A week after publishing ‘Fuel Quality Watchdog’ - where it was stated that Fuel Changeover & Loss of Propulsion (LOP) Risks are Increasing Alarmingly! No wonder, here comes a stunner where The Pilot’s association...
Ship’s Fuel Samples Revealed Sulfur Violations – 5 Shipping Companies Found to Violate!
Five international shipping companies have recently been reported to the Danish Ministry of Environment and Food for flouting regulations that relate to the levels of sulfur in fuel used by ships.
The ship's fuel samples...