Sun-Ocean Combo To Provide Potable Water  

Water is becoming an increasingly rare commodity.  Overuse and mismanagement around the world have resulted in many water bodies drying up.  It is the age-old natural desalination process of coastal sea spray evaporating water...

Managing Underwater Noise Pollution

The ocean bed is disturbed ceaselessly by governments and industries for oil and gas reserves.  It had increased noise associated with shipping and high-decibel seismic surveys. Global standards are called for to  manage noise...

French Train Hero Stabbed

Spencer Stone Hospitalised After Being Stabbed On October 7, the French train hero Spencer Stone, aged 25, was hospitalised in California hospital after being stabbed.  During a night out with his friends, in midtown Sacramento,...

Pilot Program To Improve Marine Bio-Fuels

Wärtsilä, GoodFuels Marine, and Boskalis are a part of the consortium, whose main purpose is to increase the growth of sustainable, scalable and affordable marine bio-fuels.  The consortium with the three big companies will...

Statoil Discovers Oil Spill At North Sea

Incident : Oil Spill Location : Near Statfjord offshore oil field Cause for the Spill : A leak in the loading hose On Tuesday, around 8.30 am, the Norwegian Oil Major Statoil observed oil spill near the loading buoy at...

NYK’s Grand 130th Anniversary

NYK of Japan began business on October 1, 1885.  NYK president Tadaaki Naito who addressed the  company employees to mark the 130th anniversary of NYK’s founding said that NYK’s history comprises of three periods. The...

IMF Warns Of Global Financial Crisis and Recession

If policymakers don’t handle market stability risks properly, the world may see a fresh financial crisis that may lead to global recession says the International Monetary Fund. Highlights: Corporate defaults rise in emerging economies and there...

Underground Fire threatens St Louis With Radioactive Fallout

Just 1,200 feet across each other, underneath a landfill area in St. Louis, two things lurk that should never meet: a slow-burning fire and a cache of Cold War-era nuclear waste. As anxiety increases near...

[Watch] The Interesting Facts of MSC Oscar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be MSC Oscar is the world’s largest containership.  The christening celebrations took place on 8th January, 2015.  The vessel takes its name from the son of Mr Diego Aponte, the President & CEO of the...

Intermarine – Six New Ecolifts Added To Develop ‘Fleet of The Future’

Intermarine, LLC Adds Ecolift F900’s To Fleet Of The Future Intermarine’s Fleet of the Future gets six more Ecolift F900 vessels.  Earlier this year, Intermarine kickstarted the renewal program for Fleet of the Future by ordering...