10 Wildest Cruise Ship Stories of 2018

Cruises are a luxurious way of going on a vacation and enjoying your holidays. However, it’s not so smooth as it seems. Some cruises are quite the opposite of a fun relaxing vacation.  Recently,...

Maritime Blockchain Labs to Track Bunker Fuel Data

The Maritime Blockchain Labs has decided to track shipping fuels on the blockchain to enable environmental regulations. The Problem Most goods are shipped with dirty bottom-of-the-barrel fuel. These bunker fuels increase soot, sulfur, carbon dioxide, and ocean...

Stowaways Detained and Charged With Affray in Thames Estuary

On December 26, four men were charged with affray after they were discovered hiding onboard a cargo ship in the Thames Estuary. What happened? The cargo ship 'Grande Tema' was enroute from Lagos, Nigeria and docked at Tilbury, Essex...

They Got It Wrong? Record Number of Tankers Scrapped Before Boom

Highlights Oil tanker owners scrapped a record number of ships in 2018 World’s largest and second-largest exporters lifted their combined output by about 1.5 million barrels a day OPEC and allied producers to reset a...

SafeTug to Enhance Safety Among LNG Carrier Tugs

Trelleborg Marine Systems has launched SafeTug, a program designed to enhance piloting and navigation safety says Martyn Wingrove for LNG news. How does the software work? Trelleborg Marine Systems’ new software enables real-time sharing of operational...

Cruise Ship Gave a Christmas Miracle to the Stranded Sailors

  They were low on food and stranded at sea for 3 weeks. Then a cruise ship appeared!!! Hoping for Early Christmas Miracle Two Costa Rican fishermen had been stranded on a small fishing vessel for nearly...

Who Said Shipwrecks Can’t Be Festive?

Wearing Santa hats, a group of divers recently decided to spread some holiday cheer 137 feet underwater, making their way to the MS Zenobia shipwreck off the coast of Cyprus, reports The Week. In the...

Goodwill Message ‘Needed As Much As Ever’, Says The Queen

The Queen will say in her Christmas Day broadcast that the Christian message of "peace on earth and goodwill to all" is "needed as much as ever". She will say the message is "never...

[Watch] Thousands Make Ice Fog to Mark Winter Solstice in China

Residents of China's north-eastern Heilongjiang province gathered to mark the winter solstice by spraying hot water into the freezing air to create swathes of ice fog. Thousands of people braved sub-zero temperatures to take part...

Lighting Up the Lonely Life of Seafarers

The seafarers lead a difficult and lonely life. Working at hours length in the vast sea, far away from their friends and family for months at large. However, there are ways to make life...