A High-ductile Steel Which Can Absorb Collision Energy Offers High Rupture Limits

While retaining the same yield and tensile strength and weldability as conventional steels, highly ductile steel (HDS) is distinguished by greater ductility.  The consequence is that HDS plate has been shown to be able...

Look After Your Generators! – North P&I Club      

Ships’ generators have a critical function to perform.  They provide the electrical power for a wide variety of appliances and uses on a vessel, from the cargo cranes to the galley ovens.  It is...

Draft ISO 8217:2016 : May Put ShipOwners and Operators at Risk!

Draft ISO 8217:2016 Standard For Fuel Quality Will Reduce Quality Control Standards And Increase Risk For Shipowners Earlier this year the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) released the draft ISO 8217:2016 fuel quality standard, requesting...

Can Maersk Tanker Fleet Become Remote Office Locations?

Yes!  With our version of BlueCORE™ onboard, we can regard our fleet as remote office locations with real-time, Says Thomas Landwehr, IT Governance and Project Portfolio Manager at Maersk Tankers in Copenhagen, Denmark.A long-term IT...

Daring Landing of a Rocket on a Drone Ship

For the first time SpaceX successfully lands its Rocket on a floating barge It’s the second successful landing attempt by the company though. Mfame reported last month about the Space X Rocket that Hard Landed On...

Is This Really a Prison Ship?

Crew Held In Casino Ship Says ‘This Is Really A Prison’ The 46 crew members got stuck onboard the casino ship, due to unpaid wages, feel the stay on ship is like a ‘Prison’.The casino...

[Watch] SpaceX Barge Landing

SpaceX Lands Rocket At Sea, Makes History  SpaceX has finally landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship at sea, after launching the vehicle into space this afternoon.  It's the first time...

Norwegian Shipping Company Faces $2.5 Million Fine

The U.S. Federal court has imposed a fine of $2.5 Million on the Norwegian Shipping Company for the illegal discharge of oil in the Gulf of Mexico.In November 2014, a spot inspection revealed that...

The Dimitrios Shipwreck Near Gythio, Greece

Dimitrios is a Greek shipwreck famous due to its picturesque location on an easily accessible sandy beach near Gythio, Greece.Dimitrios, a small, 67 metre freight ship of 965 tons cargo capacity was built in...

Palm Leaves H-E-L-P to Rescue Castaways

H-E-L-P on beach with palm Leaves helped to Rescue castawaysA U.S. maritime surveillance aircraft found one of three men who swam to uninhabited island of Fanadik.Reports say that three men went on a 19-foot...