Fire extinguishers onboard a ship play a vital role when it comes to firefighting. In most cases, the fire extinguishers are kept rested against a wall or a bulkhead with least attention being paid...

The Gulf Coast Bulk Equipment employee, While moving sulfur to a semitrailer at the Port Redwing site was killed when a 30-foot pile collapsed. On friday morning when the worker was busy with his work...

According to an official announcement in a blog post on Monday, WhatsApp will no longer charge its users with an annual subscription fee of $0.99 per year.  This is usually charged after a free...

  Here's a 3-minute animation that will provide you with an extraterrestrial perspective of grand scheme of things, Earth and everything on it is pretty tiny. Ranging from the unimaginably small to the unimaginably big,...

A survey report by markets and markets have issued a "Maritime Satellite Communication Market by Type (VSAT, MSS), Service (Voice, Video, Data, Tracking & Monitoring), End User (Merchant Shipping, Fishing, Passenger Ship, Leisure Vessels,...

A Vancouver art gallery is all set once again to search for interested artists to spend 23 days in residency at sea.  It is a part of the Access Gallery’s Twenty-Three Days at Sea:...

Cargoes carrying chemicals from US to England and Europe has increased rapidly.  As a result, the transatlantic eastbound chemical freight rates have also increased considerably.  This increase in freight rates on the transatlantic is...

Amazon which is currently busy in sending millions of packages to people across the world may venture into a newer avenue – getting into the shipping business.  The main purpose is to increase the...

Accident type : Collision Vessels involved : Two Greek Cargo ships Location : Port of Piraeus Casualties Oil Spill : Not reported. A general cargo ship entering the port at the approach area collided with a freighter that was leaving the port....

A fire broke out yesterday at the port of Venice on board 2007-built kamsarmax bulk carrier.  The vessel was reported to be carrying coal to Venice-Marghera for the local power station. As per reports the...