AET Solely Acquires Paramount Tankers
AET has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 50% shares of Paramount tankers. Earlier, AET was holding 50-50 partnership along with Golden Energy Tanker Holdings. The transactions are expected to be completed in...
[Watch] Fire Onboard a Tanker in Caspian Sea
Russian tanker caught fire and claimed the life of a ship’s mechanic in the Caspian Sea off Turkmenistan. Check out the video to see blazes on board and the tanker engulfed in heavy...
Tanker Caught Fire Kills One in Caspian Sea
Tanker Caught Fire and Kills One in Caspian SeaOn April 23, Russian tanker caught fire and claimed the life of a ship’s mechanic in the Caspian Sea off Turkmenistan. Reports say that ignition source...
Captain of a Container Vessel Found the Boat of the Missing Florida Teens
Captain of the multipurpose supply ship Edda Fjord, reportedly found the floating boat of Florida teens about 100 miles off the coast of Bermuda. The boat, which was floating in the shipping lane, was...
Laser Attack On U.S. Coast Guard Vessel
A green laser light hindered a Coast Guard boat crew while underway near the Squalicum Harbor area of Bellingham, Wednesday night.Mfame carried an article a week ago on Navigational Hazard! Laser Pen Attack on...
MPA: MFM To Measure All Marine Fuel Deliveries From 2017
Capt M Segar, Assistant Chief Executive of Operations of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore announced that the implementation of MFM in Singapore would come as early as 2017.Earlier, MPA unveiled that the mass...
The Wreck of Battleship Musashi
Musashi was the second ship of the Yamato class of Imperial Japanese Navy World War II battleships.She was used to carry combatants and war equipment between Japan and several occupied islands in 1944.While carrying...
Ship Catches Fire in Polish Shipyard
On Friday, a ship caught fire at the Gryfia Marine Ship Repair Yard in Szczecin, north western Poland.Seven fire brigade divisions rushed to the spot and fought the fire for several hours to...
Pirates Strike Offshore Vessels, Snatch Off Two Seafarers
Pirates attacked at least three vessels off Nigeria this week and reports say that two crew members have been abducted from an offshore support vessel off Nigeria.The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)’s Piracy Reporting...
New Alliance the Reason for Postponing Mega-Ship Deployment?
CMA CGM Plans To Delay The Mega-Ship Deployment
CMA CGM is now postponing its decision of deploying fleet of super-sized container ships to carry goods between Asia and the U.S. due to “the current trans-Pacific...