Vehicle inspection of a cargo oil tank is tough.  It is usually conducted by rope access technicians who are suspended on ropes to inspect the tank structure, focusing on areas of high stress such...

Bunker prices take a nosedive and the profit curve of containers looks North.  The continuous steep fall of bunker prices saved a lot of money for container shipping lines.  Drewry Maritime Research, has analysed...

Main Engine May Not Attain The Expected Speed When Using ULSFO. The US Coast Guard has revised its list of recommendations regarding MARPOL Annex VI emission regulations related to the use of Ultra Low...

Last Month, Viswa Lab had published a technical update on Problem Fuels Supplied in Russian Ports.  In order to update MFAME readers on this case, we have approached Viswa Lab to know more about...

7-week-old Conjoined Twin Girls Separated Doctors at a Kentucky hospital performed an eight-hour surgery and separated conjoined twin girls. A 7-week-old twin girls who were born joined at the chest and abdominal cavity were separated after...

In 1998,  Viagra (sildenafil) came to the market and some men thought it was the long-awaited answer to their problems. Many rushed to doctor's offices to give it a try.  According to the Grey...

Maggie Doyne was awarded CNN hero of the year 2015 for her commitment to help women and children in Nepal. Maggie Doyne, an American Philanthropist, was brought up in Mendham Borough, New Jersey.  In the...

Accident type : Collision Vessels involved : SS Arctic and SS Vesta Location : Cape Race Date : September 27, 1854 Casualties : 300 people died VESSEL INFO: Name : SS Arctic Built in : 1850 Flag : America Tonnage : 2856 tons Length : 284 feet SS Arctic was a 2,856-ton paddle steamer, owned...

Enbridge Inc Northern Gateway Pipeline Proposal: Another hurdle as Canada decides to implement to Ban Tankers on North Pacific Coast Canada plans to formally ban oil tanker traffic on the northern coast of British Columbia,...

An executive of the aircraft specialist Boeing has informed that it is in "very serious" talks with five customers about its new Maritime Surveillance Aircraft, a long-range spy plane based on Bombardier's 605 business...