Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas cut shorts it's one other trip again on Saturday due to norovirus outbreak and trying to avoid a possible severe storm, is returning to its home port of...

People can become exposed to the chemicals in hydraulic fluids. The exposure to chemicals may be due to inhalation, ingestion, or touch.  There are instances of people suffering from skin irritation or weakness in...

A short circuit by personal appliances in crew room damaged the cement carrier. The 8,830 DWT vessel carrying 6000 tons of cement on board caught fire at the dock in Port of Salalah, Oman.  The...

Accident : Collision Date : 28th February 2016 Vessel type : Car Carrier and container ship Location : English Channel Casualties/Pollution : Nil A Norwegian Car carrier collided with another container ship and sank in the fog-bound English Channel.  The vessel is reported to...

USS Arizona was a Pennsylvania-class battleship built for and by the United States Navy.  The ship was launched on June 19, 1915.  USS Arizona was the second and last of the Pennsylvania class of...

A Panamanian-flagged Capesize bulk carrier has run aground  in the Suez Canal yesterday (25 February) and remains stuck in the same position.  The ship was enroute to Qingdao, China from Suez, Egypt when this incident...

A Cargo ship is reported to have struck a bridge across the river Main at Lohrer, Germany and got stuck between a pillar on the center span and the riverbank.  Suspecting foul smell in...

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has issued notices for the attention of the shipping community on the importance to recognise the dangers of conducting barbecue parties for social events onboard ships. Recently, many incidents...

Have you seen a ship standing on its legs? Here it is for you! the offshore wind turbine installation vessel Brave tern jacked up to a height of 70 meters on its 5,300 ton capacity...

Thanks to multiple factors headed by the fall in demand of China for commodities, the shipping industry particularly the bulk carriers and container vessels are getting hit to unprecedented levels.  There are bankruptcies galore as...