Ship’s Crew became “Whistleblowers” as the Chief Engineer used ‘Magic Pipe’ to pump out...
Panagiotis Koutoukakis, a Greek national and the chief engineer of a chemical tanker that docked in North Charleston in 2015, was charged this week with falsifying the ship’s oil record book to cover up...
[WATCH] U.S. Military Shows Off Star Wars-esque Weapon
Bulker Aground in Lake Superior
Are you a fan of Star Wars? Then you’ll definitely like the U.S. Navy‘s Phalanx CIWS. They’ve been nicknamed R2-D2 because of their distinctive barrel-shaped radome and their automated...
SKF Technology Boosts Propulsion Units on World’s Most Powerful LNG Carriers
The Azipod® propulsion units, SKF’s industry leading technology development, is helping to enhance the reliability and reduce the life cycle cost of propulsion units that will drive the most powerful liquefied natural gas (LNG)...
Ship Sheds of 2500 Year Old Naval Base Found
Danish and Greek archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery, finding one of the largest building complexes of the ancient world, a naval base where the Greeks stored their enormous fleet 2,500 years ago.
The submerged...
Get the Heat on the Engines! – Ships Moving Out From Lay up.
The year 2016, witnessed two major world events which struck shipping with a heavy blow. One - the Baltic Index tumbled as low as possible and at the same time, the oil prices weakened...
Another Vessel Grounded – Two in a Row!
The LCT 788 of Seen Sam Shipping ran aground off Oslob, Cebu while on its way from Naga City to Toledo City in an accident that came just two days after the mv Belle...
Navy Arrests a Ship Owner For Hijacking
On June 17, the Nigerian Navy has claimed that it had arrested the owner of the MT DEJIKUN, the ship which was used by pirates four months ago to hijack a Saudi Arabian-owned tanker,...
Fatality – One Dead When Working Aloft – Attempting to Connect a Pipe to...
On June 18, the U.S. Coast Guard officials reportedly said that a ship worker has died after falling about 50 feet while trying to connect a pipe to a crane on a vessel in the...
Ships are Too Big for the Lean Market!
The shipping industry has seen its worst recession in half a century and the mega-container ship is a major part of the struggle. The quarter mile long Benjamin Franklin, the largest cargo ship ever...
Diver Dead – Diver’s Umbilical Cord Entangled With the Propeller!
In April 2012, our Member’s vessel was transiting Mexican waters when the crew noticed an unusual noise from the port azimuth thruster. A diver employed by Charterers’ sub contractors was sent down by the...