Can Sniffers Help In Compliance?
THETIS-S Surveillance Data Will Promote Self-Regulation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) would use surveillance technology, or ‘sniffers’ that can assess compliance with the 0.10% fuel sulphur limit in ECAs by...
Vessel Values Over The New Year
Weekly Vessel Valuations Report , January 06 2016
Over the New Year’s period there is less sales activity. Tanker rates had a strong platform to start 2016. But have fallen marginally as have the values...
F-16 Attack Plan On Barge Adrift
Norwegian authorities have planned to blow up a drifting barge headed for Valhall platform in the North Sea with F-16 aircraft.
On New Year’s Eve, a giant barge broke away from its moorings in the vicinity...
Fire Damages MultiMillion-Dollar SuperYachts
Accident
: Fire
Vessel type
: A Superyacht
Location
: Marmaris, Turkey
Casualties
: Not reported.
A fire broke out in the 240-foot super yacht and 170- foot superyacht, valuing $30 million and $20 million respectively. The other vessels in the Marina...
Cargo Ship Suffered An Engine-Room Fire
Crew Comfortably Handled Cargo Ship Fire
A ship belonging to Icelandic logistics company Samskip suffered an engine-room fire last night on its way to the United Kingdom. The fire broke out some 50 nautical miles...
[Watch]The Observable Universe Around The Solar System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
Encircling the Solar System are the inner and outer planets, Kuiper belt, Oort cloud, Alpha Centauri star, Perseus Arm, Milky Way galaxy, Andromeda galaxy, other nearby galaxies, the cosmic web, cosmic microwave radiation and...
Seafarer Died Aboard A Cargo Ship
A Russian crewman died on board a cargo ship that was about to dock at Stanford-le-Hope superport.London Coastguard received a call regarding an unconscious seafarer on board a cargo vessel. It immediately launched charity’s...
Oil Glut Shoots up Tanker Profits
More Oil In The Market Shoots Up Tanker Profit
Oil export from U.S. sent thousands of workers to the plains of Texas and North Dakota. It would begin exporting oil for the first time since...
[Watch] Great Lakes Sailing – Welland Canal HD Time-Lapse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
The Welland Canal is a ship canal in Canada that runs 42 km (27.0 miles) from Port Colborne, Ontario on Lake Erie to Port Weller, Ontario on Lake Ontario. As part of the St....
Large Ships Shrinks Freight Charges
Arrival Of Large Ships Will Shrink Freight Charges In Iran
One of the world’s largest container ships, MSC BEATRICE, with a capacity of 14 thousand TEU, had last docked in Shahid Rajaei port in July...