[Watch] FRC Flipped in Sea, Safety Alert

FOR REPRESENTATION ONLY: Video and Image Not Related to The CASE STUDY A fast rescue boat (FRB) or MOB boat is a small boat equipped with powerful engines. These are used by men onboard during need and to...

Singapore Maritime Ambassador Programme Started

Event                     Singapore Maritime Ambassador ProgrammeLaunch Date        Singapore, 4 August 2015Aim                        ...

Possible Draft Restrictions At Panama Canal

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has issued a warning of probable draft restrictions for the transiting vessels due to the dramatic effects of the weather phenomenon “El Nino”.El Nino refers to the ocean-atmosphere complex...

World’s First Fully Autonomous Unmanned Ship

Plymouth University in the UK has undertaken a new project for designing and building a full-sized, fully autonomous unmanned ship that can transform the future of shipping.Plymouth University in the UK is claiming to launch the...

Balancing Rocks Indicate History and Strength of Quakes

The riddle of why the balancing rock collection near the San Andreas fault has never been toppled by earthquakes has been solved, claims US scientists. Balancing rocks are not seen within 15km of major faults....

NIESR Predicts Slower Global Economic Growth

Growth forecasts for the US and many emerging market economies will be 3%, that is .2% lesser than the May 2015 forecasts.  The eurozone has only slightly reduced. UK enjoys an unchanged economy at...

Pacific To Atlantic Via Panama

VIDEO: EMBED PLS -  Every year nearly 13,000 to 14,000 ships pass through the Panama Canal.  It approximately takes eight hours for a vessel to pass the canal.  Every ship has to go through a system of...

Tug Boat Struck a Pier Spilling Oil

Accident     :Boat struck a  fuel terminal pier in New JerseyDate            :01.08.2015 (Saturday) at 10 p.m.Oil Spill      :1,000 gallonsSpill Point :Upper New York HarborA tugboat hit...

Captain Hyldager Quits Inchcape

The report says that Captain Claus Hyldager, Chief Executive of Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) decided to step down on August 4th without much explanation.Highlights:Captain Claus Hyldager was a part of ISS for 20 years   Claus...

Super Typhoon Soudelor Eyes Taiwan And China

Storm                           :Super TyphoonName                            :SoudelorType      ...