Cylinder Head Gaskets Blew-up When Main Engine Started!
Type Of Ship
: Car Carrier
Engine Make
: Wartsila - W8L32
Engine running hrs
: 34,027
What Happened:
The ship crew were testing the Main engine (4 Stroke engine) as a part of the routine test at low to moderate...
Multi-Mission Support Ship For $400 Million
MSC Adds A New Multi-Mission Support Ship In its MSC T-AKE ship Fleet.
The MSC T-AKE ship fleet consists of 14 ships. This support ship is designed to provide flexible, blue water support in any...
More the Kids Greater the Stress Her Body Endures
Study revealed:
Childbearing causes accelerated aging in women
Having kids causes women to experience oxidative stress
Lactation, birth and childcare require increases in energy metabolism
Increases biomarkers for premature aging
Childbearing can cause accelerated premature aging in women, as...
Ocean Cleanup – Garbage Patch To The Micro Plastic Mass
Ocean pollution has a very bad and damaging effect from zooplankton to ocean-going ships. Lot of trash from the world's oceans especially from stray fishing line to abandoned boats form a patch.
A new study...
[Watch] The Most Advanced Marine Diamond Sampling And Exploration Vessel
Kleven Verft has built and launched MV SS Nujoma at its shipyard in Ulsteinvik, Norway.
Highlights of the vessel:
The MV SS Nujoma is the first-of-its-kind diamond sampling and exploration vessel.
The vessel is built for...
Do you know how and when you’re likely to die?
Nathan Yau has come up with a way to predict answers to these questions, based on your race, age, and sex.
Simulation ...
Looks at how and when other people like you have died and uses...
The Tragedy Of SS Kiangya
SS Kiangya which is also spelled “Jiangya”, was a Chinese passenger steamship, operated by the Shanghai Merchants Group and the sister ship of the SS Kiangking.
On 4 December 1948, SS Kiangya was in the...
Container Shipping Pioneer Dies
The 90-year-old shipping pioneer and founder and group chairman of the Evergreen Group Chang Yung-fa passed away at 11.05am on Wednesday.
A Brief Bio of the legendary Shipping Business Tycoon:
Chang was born in Suao, Yilan...
Tanker Capsizes With 2,200 Tons Of Sulphuric Acid
Accident type
: Vessel Capsize
Location
: River Rhine in Germany
Casualties
: Two crew members found missing
Spill
: None
The tanker was carrying at least 2,200 tons of sulfuric acid, went down River Rhine in Germany's western Rhineland-Palatinate state.
The ship...
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...