Scuffle Over a Can of Coffee Leads to Arrest of Ship’s Captain A Ukrainian shipmaster and two Chinese crew members were arrested after they were found involved in a scuffle over a can of coffee...

Manoeuvrability Analysis In Panama Canal New Locks   The simulation exercises in the new set of locks of Panama Canal were carried out between September 11th 2015 and April 14th 2016 at FHM the “Fundação...

  American servicemen in South Korea helped coordinate an extraordinary rescue as women and babies were dropped from the fourth storey of a burning building into a safety blanket. Bill Frost recorded the incredible rescue...

A new Renaissance in the making China sure deserves a special mention for its untiring and copious efforts to introduce tougher fuel and vehicle standards on its roads.  When we look at the firm resolve...

Coast Guard Issues $100,000 Civil Penalty For WSF Laser Strike Laser crimes are on the rise.  Many such incidents are making news and trending.  Like the present one in which the U.S Coast Guard, Seattle,...

Archaeologists working with communities along Scotland's west coast have documented more than 100 shipwrecks and maritime artefacts.  The remains of the lost World War Two flying boats and anchors from the 18th Century were...

BIMCO receives regular reports from members around the world about cargo fraud.  This week alone we have had two reports of cargoes being fixed (or almost fixed) by fraudsters seeking to trick owners to...

Problem Three essential things are required to start a fire onboard a ship, (1) a source of ignition, (2) combustible material and (3) air. In most engine room fires this translates to a non-insulated hot area,...

Lucinda Roberts, Associate at law firm Clyde & Co. throws some light on the much required international standard in use of Aerial drones despite their potential to help enforcement of emissions legislation. Lucinda opines that...

On May 01, a container ship’s drifting containers reportedly allided with some docked ships at Shanghai WGQ Container Terminal while mooring.  This resulted in loss of nearly 45 containers from onboard the vessel. Since...