Ships constructed on or after 1st January, 2016 and entering into the North American or US Caribbean Emission Control Areas (ECA) must comply with the Tier III NOx requirement of MARPOL Annex VI, Chapter...

 Amazon gets ready for its own cargo container ship operation out of China It is reported that US Federal Maritime Commission listed Amazon, through its China subsidiary, as a registered freight provider. The company will provide Commercial services...

An Insect larvae found in the cargo of the bulker carrying palm kernel into the Port of Timaru, caught the attention of  biosecurity officers over the weekend. Some insect larvae, on a single hatch from one...

  The tugboat Ocean Wind was sunken by the Escambia County’s Marine Resources Division to serve as the county's newest artificial reef.  The tugboat sank about 10 miles southeast of Pensacola in the Gulf...

On early Sunday morning, two people have been found dead after an overturned vessel was spotted south of Mawby Island near Dampier. A Marine Search and Rescue operation is underway in the area. Water Police, police...

An individual died of Ebola last week who is believed to have travelled  from Kambia near to the border with Guinea.  The incident is said to have happened in just few hours after the...

Earlier this week, ship-to-ship transfer of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) between the tankers Excelerate and Arctic Princess has been completed successfully. In the fourth operation of LNG  transfer to take place in the Flow, the...

Fire onboard a passenger vessel off the northeastern coast of New Zealand’s North Island near the town of Whakatane.  Around 57 people onboard the vessel were saved as they  jumped overboard to escape from...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be A coastal tanker loaded with lubricating oil collided with a gravel carrier off Umihotaru in Tokyo Bay, Japan.  The 92 ton coastal tanker suffered a damage to its hull and sank by the stern...

Ballast Water Management(BWM) convention along with IMO and partner IHS Maritime & Trade were tied up to verify tonnage figures compliance for convention’s final entry-into-force.  This process stays incomplete awaiting ratifications. Forty-seven countries have now...