31 – A Prime Age For Seafarers To Take Up Jobs Ashore!
Maritime CEO Forum in Singapore kickstarted an important debate on what every seafarer undergo in their peak of their career life. Should seafarers ditch their career at sea early?Mark Charman, CEO, Faststream recruitment and...
Fire On Board An Ethylene Carrier At Sinopacific Shipyard
Accident
FireDate
14th March 2016Vessel type
Ethylene Carrier(under construction)Location
Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering’s Qidong Fengshun ShipyardAccording to the reports, an ethylene carrier which was under construction at the Sinopacific yard caught fire on Monday. Immediately, the local fire...
Fatigue! – The Root Cause For A Bunker Tanker To Run Aground
A fuel tanker ran aground in Nunavut in 2014 after its fatigued crew made a wrong turn in Chesterfield Inlet.Incident:
The Bunker tanker was on its way to deliver fuel to a ship waiting at...
General Slocum Sinks Killing 1,021 Souls
The General Slocum was a passenger steamboat built in Brooklyn, New York, in 1891. The General Slocum was named for Civil War General and New York Congressman Henry Warner Slocum.On 15th June 1904, General...
Save Upto 6% Fuel Annually – With Dynamic AC system
With the DAC - All electrically propelled vessels can save at least 6% fuel annually.ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, is launching a new Dynamic AC (DAC) concept that optimizes engine speed,...
Use of Torch Lights Inside a Ballast Tank Kills Three
Every shipboard activity has a high-risk factor associated with it. May it be in the engine room or in the cargo area, the risks are many. Reports claim that each year more than 300...
OOPS! – Bunker Fuel Spilled At Los Angeles
A Pure Car Carrier(PCC) leaks oil off Los Angeles in the west coast port Yesterday at 7:25 PM.The 2007 built car carrier left a clear sheen of an unclear amount of oil at berth...
[Watch] Oil Leaks From A Car Carrier At Port Of LA
Incident
: Oil SpillLocation
: Port of LAVessel Type
: Car carrierAmount of spill
: Not availableA cargo ship spilled oil into the sea during its refueling operations at Port of LA on Sunday. According to US Coast...
[Watch] Dolphin Stampede
Whale watchers, looking to catch a few glimpses of the animals were in for a surprise when hundreds of dolphins began racing and jumping through the water during a dolphin "stampede" off the...
Woman Seafarers, Sexual Harassment On the High Seas
The Philippines started deploying women marine deck officers and marine engineers on international vessels in the late 1990s, sending 1,404 of them to sea from 2011 to 2014.In this male-dominated marine engineering profession, female...