Date of accident : August 24th, 2015 at around 0900 local time Location : Drydock No 8 at Daewoo Shipbuilding Okpo Shipyard in Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province Causalities : Two dead and Seven injured Cause for the fire : Welding works (in one of the VLGCs) Huge plumes...

Jan De Nul Group, the leading dredging specialist has ordered a cutter-suction dredger from Croatian shipyard, Uljanik Brodogradiliste in Pula.  The vessel, currently designated ‘JDN8069’, will feature 1 × MAN 14V48/60CR + 2 ×...

Japan after a series of recent earthquakes and indications of rising magma, is preparing itself to face the  Sakurajima volcano on Kyushu Island. The geological activity is similar to the explosive volcanic eruption that happened...

Hoegh Target, the Norway registered 20,766 DWT  car carrier, is currently the world’s largest in terms of size and tonnage.  She made her maiden voyage to Rotterdam,  Netherlands on 21st August 2015.  KOTUG’s SD...

The Indonesian police arrested three men suspected of hijacking the Indonesian-flagged M/T Rehoboth.  On January 28, nine men wielding knives boarded the tanker that was transporting about 1,100 tons of fuel.  The  14 crewmembers...

PLD – People Living With Diabetes – Increases By Two-Thirds In UK Disease-free life is a wealth by itself goes an oriental proverb.  Diabetes UK, a charitable organization announced that the number of people living...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Og6-oFKoV0&feature=youtu.be Spotting a blue whale is not an easy task.  The reporter during his recent shoot for BBC’s nature series named the “Earth Unplugged” was explaining the difficulty in finding a blue whale.  At that...

The New York Times had recently attempted a performance review of the lower ranking staff of Amazon's white-collar workforce.  It described a data-led performance management system which documented almost every action - including how...

Maersk sell off its stake in lifeboat manufacturer Nadiro   Maersk at present aims to relieve itself from the non-core businesses activities to support its bottom line.  As a result, the company sells its stake...

Lower growth prospects in China and a sluggish eurozone economy could be the reasons for the reduced volumes of containers on the world’s busiest route. Hence major container shipping lines have been slashing sailings...