World’s Biggest Cruise Ship Tests The Waters

The World’s biggest cruise ship, Harmony of the Seas, has left  from Saint-Nazaire, western France, for its three-day sea trials on Thursday.The STX Shipyard started with the construction of the vessel in September 2013 for...

Grounded Ship Towed To Safety Off Malta

A ship moored at Barriera Wharf was assisted by tugs and pilots after grounding.The Vessel Traffic Service Of Malta received a report yesterday at 12.24pm about the vessel grounding.  The authorities immediately responded and...

SKF Debuts New Tank Skimming Equipment

A high performance and quick to install device for oil and water separations in marine applications has been introduced by SKF.  This is a newly launched mechanical device of SKF, for the fast and...

DSME To Cut 12,000 Jobs By 2019

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering CEO Jung Sung-Leep announced that the company plans to cut 12,000 positions as a part of restructuring efforts.Speed-Read:The firm posted massive losses of $4 billion for FY2015. The personnel reductions...

Fall In Life Expectancy Of Bulk Carriers

A number of bulk carriers have been scrapped so far this year than in all of 2014 as the commodity market slumps down.  Twenty-nine capesize vessels with an average age of 21.4 years have...

World’s Most Expensive City To Live In – Guess Which?

Singapore - The World’s Most Expensive City Singapore retains the World's Most Expensive City title for the third time in a row as per  Economist Intelligence Unit's 2016 Worldwide Cost of Living survey. The annual...

Omani Team Evacuates A Suffering Crew Member

The captain of a merchant vessel issued a distress call including a request for the treatment of a patient suffering from a seizure.  On receiving the distress call, the Maritime Security Centre, within the...

A Cargo Ship Nearly Runs Over The Row2Rio Team

A team of four rowers rowing from Portugal to Rio De Janeiro nearly hit a 180m huge cargo vessel on the Atlantic.The Row2Rio 2016 is a group of rowers, who are rowing for a...

Antikythera Shipwreck: Major Underwater Archaeological Expedition

The Antikythera shipwreck prompted the world’s first ever major underwater archaeological expedition.  The Antikythera wreck is a Roman shipwreck dating from the 2nd quarter of the 1st century BC.  In October 1900, the wreck...

Container Ship Ran Aground Off Taiwan

 Incident : Vessel GroundingDate : 10th March 2016Vessel type : Container shipLocation : 300 meters off the coast of Shimen Township in New TaipeiCasualties : NilPollution : Unknown amount of oil leakageAccording to the reports, the vessel was on...