Terror at Sea: Ship with 500 People Catches Fire
On August 17, nearly 500 passengers and crew were evacuated off a burning ship about a mile off Puerto Rico’s north coast. Many among them required medical care, though there were no reported fatalities.
The...
ASRY Gets New Chief Executive
ASRY Appoints Acting Chief Executive
MANAMA: ASRY, the leading ship and rig repair yard in the Arabian Gulf, has appointed Magdy Mustafa as Acting Chief Executive, after the current Chief Executive announced his resignation to...
Super Month of Bunker Sales Posted by Singapore
As per the data released by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), Singapore has posted another monster month of bunker sales. The data shows sales of all products for July 2016 totalled...
Why Aren’t Ships Using Wind-power to Cut Their Climate Footprint?
The marine industry claims to have no control over its rising emissions. It blames the growth in global trade. However, it is a fact that low-carbon alternatives such as wind power do exist.
Dutch Shipping...
‘What is LNG?’ Asks Trump
US presidential hopeful Donald J Trump has sought to clarify his plans for energy, and to allay reports suggesting that he has only a shaky grasp of the country’s potential gas exports – provoking...
World’s Dangerous Cruise Trip Ever Sets Sail
On August 16, a luxury cruise ship “Crystal Serenity” with 1,070-capacity embarks on a first-ever Arctic cruise through the Northwest Passage.
The once forbidding Arctic region, home to polar bears and ice-covered seas, has melted...
Unintended Activation of Safety Functions Leading To Blackout of MOUs
Though the below update is mainly for rigs/offshore and DP operation, this can also apply to Ocean going ships and other merchant vessels.
Course of events
Single failures in the safety system caused a blackout...
Braemar Adjusting Agrees Strategic Partnership in Iran
Braemar Adjusting is pleased to announce that it has agreed a strategic partnership with Calm Sea Culture Marine Services Limited (CSC) to act as its local resource partner in Iran.
Braemar Adjusting provides Loss...
[Watch] Boats Crash At 200mph
This is what happens when people race each other in dinghies with 3,000+bhp
The Lycoming T-55 L-7 is a very powerful, noisy engine. You’ll normally find two of them sat atop big, heavy olive drab...
Tanker Failing to Maintain Oil Record Book Fined $275,000
Korean Shipping Company Slapped with Second Hefty Fine
A South Korean shipping company slapped with a $950,000 fine in April for dumping polluted water into the ocean off Hawaii is in trouble again.
Doorae Shipping Co.,...