Two Ships Collided While Overtaking In North Sea A ULCS collided with a general cargo ship as it tried to overtake off Hollum, Netherlands. Accident type : Collision Vessels involved : Ultra large container ship Hong Kong Express and a general...

Allision Due To Dense Fog While Maneuvering Container ship MAERSK LEON allided with the pier in Bremerhaven Accident type : Allision Vessels involved : MAERSK LEON Location : Bremerhaven Date : 29th October 2015 Identified  cause : Dense fog VESSEL INFORMATION: Name : MAERSK LEON TEU (Nominal) : 8850 Built : 06 Mar 2012 Call Sign : 9V9778 Class : ABS Flag : Singapore The Singapore flagged vessel while maneuvering...

Singapore Standard For LNG Bunkering The Singapore state LNG specialist and industry work groups work together to bring out next year the draft for technical reference for liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering.  The draft will...

AET Adds Eight Eco Tankers Singapore-based Petroleum tanker owner AET gets eight "environmentally-friendly and fuel-efficient" new-build tankers for roughly $500 million very soon.  The vessels will have the International Maritime Organization (IMO)-compliant ballast water management...

Discovery Of Ancient Shipwreck Capital Of The World A joint Greek-American archaeological expedition in small Fourni archipelago discovered 22 shipwrecks, revealing what may be the ancient shipwreck capital of the world.  This is hailed as...

Among the 73 self-made richest women in the world, 49 billionaire women come from China!  The combined wealth of the 49 female billionaires reaches $95 billion.  Zhou Qunfei’s wealth, the founder of Lens Technology,...

In the year 1937, an oil barge named Argo sank in western Lake Erie.  Nearly after 80 years, the Coast Guards are examining the shipwreck area after identifying the oil spill.  The barge was...

Satellite operator Inmarsat and South Korean antenna manufacturer Intellian, in a joint operation, have announced a deal with EUKOR Car Carriers. EUKOR selected Intellian’s GX100 terminals for its 27 vessels with connectivity powered by...

RMI Warns Vessels On The Benin Bight Off West Africa ‘Always maintain a sharp lookout, especially in hours of darkness, and use radar information.’ A report has been received recently by The Maritime Administrator of the...

Firefighters Rescue Worker From Cargo Hold On Thursday (29th October) morning, a worker was helping to move a pipe when the cargo shifted, and he fell into the cargo hold in Houston Ship Channel. The firefighters...