Fire in Brazil’s Santos Port
A Chemical Container Blaze Restricts Brazil's Santos Port
On Thursday, the fire started at the container terminal in Brazil's largest port of Santos.
Nearly a dozen containers carrying chemicals is reported to have caught fire.
The port...
Stretch Often At Work
Are you a person spending a long day by working on your desk? Please study carefully.
Sitting back at your desk a long day is a very unhealthy practice which can increase the risk of...
A Ship Which Switch Fuel Four Times a Tour.
In more and more regions of the world, ships have to change to low-sulfur fuel before being allowed to sail into Emission Control Areas. But how does one make this switch with a gigantic...
Blue Star Ferries Bags Energy Award
Event
: Energy Mastering Awards 2015
Awardee
: Blue Star Ferries
Organised by
: Boussias Communications
The Blue Star Ferries bagged a ‘Silver Award’ for the category Energy Efficiency Management - Means of Public Transport; for the plan "Blue Star...
Zero Exhaust Emission Ferry By Wartsila
Wartsila has introduced the zero or low emission ferry concept on shuttle ferries. This concept is in adherence to the Norwegian government’s new environmental regulations for ferries emphasising the elimination of harmful emissions.
Wärtsilä’s Ship...
Can Telemedicine Be The Future For Mariners At Sea?
Today’s communication techniques have achieved the higher duty of care to passengers and crew onboard the ship at sea. Yes. Maritime Telemedical Assistance Services(TMAS) are the answer for medical emergencies at sea.
What is Telemedicine:
Referred...
Vessel Hits Railroad Bridge
On Thursday around 7:44 a.m, A towing vessel hit the Vicksburg Railroad Bridge near 435.8 mile marker.
Reports say that all barges are intact and no barge broke loose because of the impact.
The Vicksburg Railroad...
[Watch] Allision Of Barges On Mississippi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
According to USCG, a towboat pushing several dozen barges struck a railroad bridge in Vicksburg, Mississippi on Tuesday morning, while nine barges containing coal broke away and two barges sank in the incident.
The Army...
The Cutting Edge Of Maritime Innovation
Maiden LNG-fuelled bulker to match new DNV GL rules.
ESL Shipping has built the maiden LNG dual-fuelled bulk carriers to the new set of DNV GL rules. DNV GL-Maritime CEO Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen said: "We have...
Type-2 Diabetics Cured After Surgery
The Lancet published the results of a trial on 60 people which found surgical reduction of the size of the stomach and small intestine cures half of patients with type-2 diabetes, for at least...