Optimarin’s System Tested For USCG Approval

Marine water requirements are very much stringent.  Ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin has become the first UV system supplier to meet USCG marine, positioning the Norwegian company for full USCG approval in 2016....

[Watch] Tugboat Pulls a Aircraft Carrier in Heavy Weather

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, lost propulsion on the way home and began drifting in the Bay of Biscay off the coast of France and Spain. Highlights: Watch the Navy tug Nikolay Chiker struggling to take...

Karla Jacinto Says She Got Raped 43,200 Times

Human Trafficking At High In Mexico And U.S - A Victim’s Story Human trafficking survivor, Karla Jacinto, says she was raped 43,200 times.  She says up to 30 men a day, seven days a week,...

Beatles Drummer Andy White Passed Away

Andy White, the 85-year-old drummer, died on Monday following a stroke in New Jersey. He was chosen ahead of Ringo Starr in September 1962 to play drums on the single version of Love Me Do...

Panama Canal Growth Pushes Cargo From Air to Sea

Panama’s air cargo industry has lost market share to ocean transport as a result of increases in the use of the Panama Canal ports and the trend is expected to continue as the transport...

MPA Calls on Global Hub Ports to Be Ready For LNG Bunkering

Chief Executive of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) Mr Andrew Tan called for more ports to be ready for LNG bunkering, given the global move towards cleaner shipping and higher environmental...

Tankers Queue up in Singapore With Tons of Oil Onboard

Everyone looks towards the Middle East for energy and commodities trade opportunities, but Singapore is one of the most attractive markets in the world, says the boss of Britain-based Trade Finance Partners. In fact, in...

Oil Leaks As Pipeline Corrodes In Tema Oil Refinery

The pipelines in Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) laid  for the transmission of crude oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), gasoline, among other highly inflammable products, to the refinery and other critical installations in the Tema...

‘ECO’ Engines fitted on Small Bulkers are Best Bets

Vessels Value (VV) finds that Small dry bulk vessels equipped with 'eco' engines demand a price premium. Vessels Value's (VV) valuation service for small dry bulk sector vessels in November have issued their findings of the focused research...

Fall in SOx Levels Boosts Business

Fall In SOx Levels And ECA Regulations Have Boosted Local Shipyard Business The monitoring station at the Victoria harbour in western Canada experiences a drop in SOx levels that is six years low. The Canadian cruise...