US promises to clean up Spanish nuke accident after several decades. The U.S. and Spain have decided to remediate the coastal region of Spain.  The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has signed a “statement...

Tata Steel is set to announce 1,200 job cuts at its plants in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire after a series of job cuts in UK steel sector. Highlights: The steel price collapse filling the cheap Chinese imports. This...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be A shiplift is a modern alternative for a slipway, a floating dry dock or a graving dry dock. Watch the above video features the biggest shiplift that is in action.  It is supposed to be Krasnoyarsk...

APM Terminals – a part of the Maersk group, that operates in Shipping, Terminals, Energy, Tankers, Container Manufacturing and Supply Chain Solutions amongst others.  They provide port and inland services to 58 countries worldwide...

Accident : Vessel grounding Date : 19 October 2015 Vessel Involved : Jo Spirit Location : St. Lawrence Seaway near Kahnawake Pollution : Nil On Monday morning, the vessel ran aground blocking the South Shore Canal at St. Lawrence Seaway.  The report says that...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be The first cargo of the Liquified Natural Gas from the Santos GLNG project was successfully loaded onto the Malaysian-owned LNG Cargo vessel Seri Bakti.  The vessel is en route to South Korea. Alasdair Cathcart, General...

Mauritius occupies a strategic position in the Indian Ocean, offering a base for shipping on the East-West trade routes and for businesses looking for a convenient doorstep to Africa.  About 35,000  ships pass the...

What should have been an easy en-route delivery of the much awaited cargo of Electrical Transformers from China to Syria has turned out to be a lamentable situation for the Crew of UCF-6. Crew captain...

Personal injury settlements for seafarers in Hong Kong must be fair and realistic taking into account the prevailing conditions.  Shipping insurance P&I Club Gard noted in its latest update about obtaining the court approval...

Ship Type : Chemical/Product Tanker. Location : 70 Nautical Miles off Bulgaria, Black Sea. Cargo : Vegetable Oil. Casualties : None. Incident : Engine Room Flooding & Loss of Propulsion. The Chemical tanker M/T Pazar lost the engine propulsion as the engine room flooded off Varna, Bulgaria...