Guidance For The Prevention Of Rollover In LNG Ships By SIGTTO

The Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGTTO) have taken an initiative to inform and advise the owners and operators of LNG carriers about the issues surrounding rollover.The guidelines suggested by Society...

IPL Verdict: Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals Suspended

Lodha committee, a panel appointed by India's Supreme Court has decided to suspend Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals of the IPL for two years in its verdict on the 2013 betting and spot...

How to Reduce Ship’s Garbage Volume?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkXlOqrtZN0 When the entire Maritime world is concentrating on fuel efficiency and bunker savings at one end, a Finnish company, Evac targets on waste management and thereby saving huge chunks of money.  Evac has introduced...

Loss of Power (Blackout) Due To Filter Choking

Incident: A fully loaded tanker en route to the port of Hamburg changed over to LSMGO prior entering the ECA zone.  The vessel did not observe any problem until 12 hours after the changeover. As...

Ship Personnel and Healthy Considerations

Whenever I address a gathering of Mariners, the one dominant image that hits me in the eye is their obesity.  It is a rarity to see an undernourished or underweight Mariner.  The other disturbing...

US Requested To Refuse Shell’s Arctic Permits

Environmental groups on Tuesday have requested the US government for the refusal to the permits issued for Arctic oil exploration to multinational oil company Dutch Shell.  The company has not fixed the systemic deficiencies...

Eurozone Leaders Offer Bailout Deal To Greece: IMF Unhappy

The International Monetary Fund has criticized the bailout deal offered by the Eurozone leaders.  Greece owes nearly for about 10% of its debt - €1.6bn (£1.1bn) - to the IMF.  Earlier it has missed...

V. Ships joins hands with Pioneer Marine as Technical Manager

V.Ships, a ship management concern has recently added the Pioneer Marine Inc, into its management portfolio.  It is part of the global maritime services provider V.Group. Pioneer Marine Inc, with 12 ships under construction...

Felixstowe Hosts The Naming Ceremony Of Triple E

On July 13th, 2015 the naming ceremony was hosted in Felixstowe, UK for the 19th Triple E which is set to sail.  The Marchen Maersk, which was named in ceremony, is one of the largest...

Deportation of Jailed Australian Woman from UAE over Facebook Post

An Australian woman who has been accused for 'writing bad words' on social media in Abu Dhabi has now been arrested and deported.An Australian woman, Jodi Magi, 39, had posted a photo of a...