Vessel Name : Binh Thuan-16 Incident : Ship aground Date : Saturday, 5th September 2015 Location : Phan Thiet, Vietnam Casualties : No injuries or death It was on Saturday, 5th September 2015, when the 41m long Binh Thuan-16 a passenger cum cargo vessel, underway with about 150 passengers, ran aground...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMG1SdeYLFE&feature=youtu.be Fleetmon along with its partner Luxspace has provided an impressive video enabling us to watch the movement of the ships globally.  This view is made possible through satellite AIS technology, combining high-resolution terrestrial and...

The important part played by Pneumatics and control cannot be gainsaid.  Erudite readers of this note no doubt realise proper functioning pneumatic system and controls is sine qua non for safe operation. This note, would...

Sailors’ Society, one of the largest seafarer support charities operating worldwide, has developed a Smartphone app – Chapplaincy so as to enable the port chaplains and ship visitors to deliver effective care to the...

Accident: Capsize. Date: 5th September 2015. Vessel Involved: Dolphin, a fishing boat. Location: Island of Chuja, Korea. Casualties: 10 dead. A 9.77-tonne fishing boat Dolphin, carrying 21 passengers went missing near the island of Chuja on the southern coast...

Recently world’s most well-known brands such as the Google, Walmart, IKEA, IBM joined the top and leading “Change the world” list recognised by Fortune Magazine. Among the top 51 companies, Maersk ranks 38th. It has...

Naval architects have designed a luxury expedition cruise ship possessing a range of energy saving and emissions reductions technologies.  The vessel can undertake unrestricted ocean voyages. Naval architects Knud E. Hansen has designed a...

Gazprom is the only producer and exporter of LNG in Russia and pioneer among Russia’s largest oil producers. Gazprom announced on September 4th, 2015, about the successful closure of two major gas deals in Europe...

Microsoft’s operating system Windows is very popular among computer users. After Windows 8, Microsoft launched Windows 10 a little over a month ago skipping Windows 9. The new OS has a feature that can’t...

A high-tech camera has been developed by Japan’s NYK Line and Monohakobi Technology Institute - that can “automatically photograph” the inside of a ship engine’s combustion chamber. Speed Read: Features of Kirari NINJA and its...