Fire Defaced Engine Room In A General Cargo Ship

Engine room fire in a General cargo ship off Yingkou, China. Accident type : Fire accident Vessel type : General cargo ship Location : off Yingkou, China in Bohai sea Casualties/Pollution : None Cause of the accident : Under Investigation. A cargo ship sailing off...

‘Zombie Ships’ Send Shivers About  Global Economy

The economic slowdown in China and the effects of rapid expansion through cheap debts has put the shipping industry in its worst crisis ever. The Baltic Dry Index fell by more than 20% this year...

Fatality Due to Fire Extinguisher Explosion

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...

Sulfur Pile Collapse Kills One

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...

WhatsApp On Its Way To 1 Billion Users

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...

[Watch] Change the Way You See the Universe

  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,...

Maritime Satellite communication Market Will Escalate By 2020

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,...

Unique Opportunity For Artists On The Open Pacific

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:...

Chemical Freight Rates Turn Up While Baltic Dry Index Follow a Downward Trend

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 Looks At Newer Horizons

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...