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...