Who Will Be The Future Mariner? – An Update From The CMA Conference 2016.

The Annual CMA conference held in Stamford, Connecticut once again established it primacy as the largest and the most successful gathering of top shipping professionals under one roof.  The networking possibilities of this conference...

How an Onion picker turned out to be a Ship’s Environmental Solutionist!

The world celebrates people who are tech world's hero, who either launched an innovative product which people think that these products will really save the world.  And in most cases, such tech heroes as...

100 Days To Go – Container Weighing To Kick In!

With less than 100 days until the SOLAS amendment is due to come into effect, the new container weight rule is developing in different ways globally, with contrasts in the way penalties are being...

Safety & Shipping Review 2016 – Key Facts

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has issued annual ”Safety and Shipping Review”, a report which focuses on key developments in maritime safety and analyzes shipping losses (of over 100 gross tons) during the...

More Than 100 Chinese Vessels, Encroach Malaysian Waters

MMEA vessels to monitor the South China Sea near Beting Patinggi Ali as more than 100 ships encroach the Malaysian waters. The country's national security minister Shahidan Kassim said that About 100 Chinese-registered boats and...

She Posed As A Man For Sex With Girls

Lesbian Who Seduced Three Teenage Girls Into Relationships By Posing As A Man Jailed Jennifer Staines, 23 has been jailed for over three years at Bristol Crown Court after she admitted to a string of sex...

[Watch] Drone Footage of Ships Left Abandoned in Graveyard

  Can you believe that there's a graveyard for abandoned ships in New York City? It's true! It is the Arthur Kill Ship Graveyard located on the shore of Staten Island. It is named after...

Brussels Blast – Beefs up Port Security!

The recent terrorists attacks in Brussels has enhanced the police presence at the Channel Island Ports. On 22nd March 2016, two explosions took place at Zaventem airport at 07:58 local time (06:58 GMT), followed by...

Anchors Dragged & Vessels Collided!

Accident Collision Vessel type Cargo ships Location Kartal anchorage in Marmara sea Casualties/Pollution Nil   The general cargo ships were anchored off Istanbul when the strong winds and swell dragged the anchor of a cargo ship and the tides laid her over the...