The roro vessel that listed in the Bay of Biscay and taken to the port of Bilbao, has been righted.   The Panama-flagged, 10,000 dwt vessel was under way from Gabon to Le Havre with...

Effective from 1st July 2016, with the SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) amendment covering container weighing regulations, a packed container will no longer be allowed to be loaded on board vessels unless its...

  A chain of fire incidence broke out killing about 160 people in the ferry Scandinavian Star, during a regular run from Oslo to Frederikshavn, on 7th April, 1990.  The cause of fire has not...

Insurance companies claim that the sea engulfed a total of 1,271 ships between 2005-2014. The German insurance group Allianz has recorded the following figures in its annual report. Overall incidents for the years 2005-2014 Total incidents 24,545 Total losses 1,271 Sunken...

  Check out the video featuring a container ship being pulled by the tow train or mule.  Accidentally, the ship crushes the tow train.  Fortunately, all the workers are reported to be safe. Disclaimer :...

Accident : Collision Vessel Type : Chemical Tanker and Platform supply vessel Location : Kiel Canal Casualties/Pollution : Nil A chemical tanker collided with platform supply vessel(PSV) at Kiel Canal.  It is reported that the collision was due to human error -...

  A pilot had a miraculous escape after his plane crashed and landed into a street on top of a line of parked cars. The light aircraft smashed the roofs and windshields of two vehicles...

Cargo cranes are an essential limb during cargo operations on board.  A crane breakdown can result in loss of hire and claims.  Cranes are complex piece of machinery which incorporate numerous components manufactured to...

USS Rankin (AKA-103) was a Tolland-class attack cargo ship (later Rankin class amphibious cargo ship) named after Rankin County, Mississippi.  Rankin was designed to transport military cargo and landing craft, and use the latter...

Russian – Croatian team of experts analysed over 60 satellite images taken between 2003 and 2011 and the largest stains were located on the border of the Croatian and Italian part of the Adriatic...