Lack of Proper Safety Procedures Leads To Barge Explosion
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a marine accident report detailing the investigation of explosion of barge IB1940.
The Incident
About 0930 on November 4, 2019, an explosion occurred aboard the moored tank barge
IB1940 at...
NYK Expands IoS-OP Linked Fleet To 200 Vessels
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Ship Data Center Co., Ltd. (ShipDC) have agreed to use the latter’s IoS-OP to share data received from all NYK-operated vessels equipped with SIMS, expanding the total to...
Panamax & Handysize Market Remain Positive With Holidays Kicking In
Baltic Exchange has released a report about the dry bulk market for the 51st week of shipping activities of this year. The report dated 18th December highlights the plight of the dry bulk market...
How Yachts are Dispatched To Warmer Destinations?
An article published in Block Island Times showed difficulties faced by yacht transport services through real examples.
Newport Harbor has always been a place where boat people come and hang for the summer; however, once...
Autonomous Ships – Future Of The Maritime Industry
If we go by its own forecasts the future of the maritime sector could include a hundred-and-fifty-tonne vessels which will cross the oceans without a crew and industrial cities dragging water like tectonic plates,...
Matson’s Takes Delivery of Matsonia
A leading U.S. carrier in the Pacific, today took delivery of Matsonia, the second of two new Kanaloa Class combination container ships built for Matson by General Dynamics NASSCO, says an article published in...
High Alert Over A Mutated Coronavirus Strain That Travels Faster
Britain on high alert as new strain of the novel coronavirus transmits in UK
New strain could be causing more transmission.
Scientists alarmed by the new strain as it is less virulent but...
Abandoned Seafarers and the Ruthless Hardships in Sea
You wouldn’t wish such a situation on your worst enemy, yes trapped aboard massive ships under the control of foreign ports.
Some of the vessels could be sold for several million dollars, but...
How Windward Helps Ensuring A More Transparent Maritime Trade
Founded in 2010, the Tel Aviv-based company analyzes marine data to help customers understand maritime risk that comes with ship movement, cargo, and other nautical issues at sea, reports NoCamels.
About Windward
Its predictive technology captures,...
New Variant of Covid 19 Keeps UK Aloof from Other Nations
More countries have banned arrivals from the UK because of concerns at the spread of a new variant of coronavirus.
Hong Kong has joined countries such as Switzerland, Germany, and Italy and has suspended...