Technical Tip: Shipboard staffs require frequent engineering tips to brush up and hone their skills.  As a professional Superintendent or a Vessel Manager, you can offer a quick tip as you visit the ship...

In the course of the Arctic expedition, researchers from the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet made over 20 geographic discoveries, including the discovery of nine new islands. On board the hydrographic ship, Senezh, the researchers explored...

While there is a huge buzz in the maritime world regarding the ‘return of the Somali pirates’, Somalia’s ambassador, Gamal Mohamed Hassan, who recently visited Kenya has demanded to repatriate around 100 imprisoned Somali...

Athenaeum InterContinental Athens’ Ballroom will be the venue for the first ever fundraiser event on the 15th of October 2015, organised in Greece. Many companies including the following have accepted the invitation to attend: Acropolis Chartering, American Bureau...

A framework agreement between Trelleborg Offshore operations and Statoil, for the supply of Passive Fire Protection Solution, has been signed.  The fire protection product, FireNut, will be manufactured at the facility in Krokstadelva, Norway. FireNut: The...

USCG’s New Acceptable NOAD Formats comes into Force From October As per the newly published Notice of Arrival/Departure (NOAD) regulation Title 33 Code of Federal Regulations Part 160, the NVMC will no longer accept NOAD...

Accident type : Vessel Grounding Vessel type : General Cargo Ship Vessel involved : Turkey flagged vessel managed by Latvian company Astramar Transport. Location : Weser river in Bremerhaven, Germany. En Route : Estonia to Morocco Casualties : None 1985 built 2,859 DWT cargo vessel was adrift by strong current.  The accident occurred...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be VT Halter Marine, Inc., a subsidiary of VT Systems Inc., is progressing its work towards the construction of the two ships El Coqui (ko-kee) and Taino (tahy-noh).  This project began in the month of November 2013....

Typhoon Dujuan passed through Taiwan for three hours on Monday night, where it killed two, injured hundreds and left hundreds of thousands without power or water. On Tuesday morning, Dujuan made landfall in southeastern...

Annual golf fundraiser for the Squaw Valley Institute was organised in Olympic Valley where Erik Lars Roner, aged 39, died in a skydiving accident.  He was one among the participants at the charity golf...