Mishap On The U.S. Aircraft Carrier Injured Eight Sailors

Eight sailors on board the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) were injured on Saturday afternoon.The reports state that the arresting gear parted during a routine landing by an E-2C Hawkeye...

Bowtie Methodology to Prevent Slips Trips and Falls

The UK P&I Club has analysed in detail about the effects of slips, trips and falls overboard and their consequence.  It is not only about loss of money or damage to the ship.  It's...

800,000 Barrels A Day Missing And Unaccounted, The Highest In 17 Years

Global oil supply is about 96 million barrels a day.  IEA collates production and demand data from around the world.The World produced about 1.9 Million barrels per day more than there was demand.  770,000...

Hudson Crash: A 1000 Ton Heavy Duty Crane To Lift Sunken Tugboat

A 1000 ton crane will arrive at the Hudson River to recover the tugboat involved in a deadly accident near the Tappan Zee Bridge.A huge heave duty crane from Virginia will arrive at Hudson...

Cargo Ship Collided With Car Carrier Off Germany

Accident CollisionVessel type Cargo ship and Car carrierLocation Off Wybelsum, GermanyCasualties/Pollution NilThe reports state that the vessels were passing in opposite directions on Ems river when the car carrier experienced a technical failure of the steering gear and...

Wartsila Collaborates With SDARI For Ship Designs

Wartsila teams up with Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI), part of China State Shipbuilding Corporation(CSSC) Research unit for the designs of various ships.Wartsila, a Finnish company, has teamed up with the...

13 Young Women Killed As Spanish Bus Crashes

13 Killed As Spanish Bus With Students From 19 Countries CrashesAt least 13 people were killed and 43 seriously injured when a bus carrying international students crashed midway between northern Spanish cities on early...

The Wreck Of HMHS Britannic

HMHS Britannic was the third, last-built and largest member of the White Star Line's Olympic class of vessels.  She was the sister ship of RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic and was intended to enter...