Intermarine – Six New Ecolifts Added To Develop ‘Fleet of The Future’
Intermarine, LLC Adds Ecolift F900’s To Fleet Of The Future
Intermarine’s Fleet of the Future gets six more Ecolift F900 vessels. Earlier this year, Intermarine kickstarted the renewal program for Fleet of the Future by ordering...
EMP Acquires Patent For Aquarius MRE System
The innovative wind & solar power solution for ships acquires Patent.
The Aquarius Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) System or Aquarius MRE is a combined wind power and solar power for ships. Eco Marine Power and...
JAPAN Bids to Build Submarines For Australia
The Japanese consortium bidding for a $35 billion project to build submarines for Australia said that it would be willing to build all of the submarines in Australia.
“I think we are very confident that we...
Michelle Obama to Christen “The Illinois”
Michelle Obama, U.S. First Lady, who participated in the initial keel laying of the Illinois in 2014, will be among the top officials to join General Dynamics Electric Boat for the christening ceremony of...
Supramax Bulk Carrier Arrested In Singapore
On 2nd October 2015, around 17:45 hrs local time, the 57,000 dwt Supramax bulk carrier Alexandrit was arrested. The action took place following the lawsuit filed by law firm Oon & Bazul LLP. The ship...
Anti-Heeling System Fault Causes Stena Gothica To List
On 6th October 2015 Tuesday, the Passenger/Ro-Ro Cargo Ship Stena Gothica called on the port of Frederikshavn, Denmark with a severe list to port side. A technical error due to the malfunctioning of its...
Container Ships Ousted By Widening of The Panama Canal
The expanded Panama Canal will be opened next year. Currently, 238 container vessels of 4,000-5,100 teu are using the Panama Canal. But, from next April these ships will be replaced by larger vessels of...
Six New ships to get Hatch Covers from MacGregor
MacGregors has signed a hatch cover contract for six more 14,000 TEU vessels. The vessels are under construction at Japan Marine United's (JMU) Kure shipyard for an undisclosed Japanese owner. The scheduled delivery of...
Russia Launches Missile Attack From Caspian Sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be
Russian warship anchored at the Caspian Sea was used to launch rocket attacks on Syria. A video released by the Russian defence ministry shows a firing of 26 missiles out of which 11 reportedly...
5000 Cattle Stranded As Livestock Carrier Capsize
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be
Incident
: Livestock carrier capsized
Date
: 7th October 2015
Location
: Porto Vila do Conde in Barcarena, Brazil
Casualties
: None
In a dramatic incident, 1994 built, 1419 Dwt “Haidar” that was berthed at Porto Vila do Conde in Barcarena, Brazil...