BP CEO Gets A Huge Hike Despite Falling Oil Price
BP’s CEO gets a huge pay rise despite the company’s loss in 2015.Bob Dudley, CEO of BP received an increment of nearly 20% in his total compensation for 2015, despite a loss of $6.5...
10,000th HIMSEN Engine Installed On Board A 14,400 TEU Containership
Hyundai Heavy Industries has produced its 10,000th 4-Stroke Hi-Touch Marine and Stationary Engine.The Hyundai Heavy Industries’ is the world’s leading heavy industries company. The company has announced that it has produced and installed its...
Car Carrier With 500 Vehicles Ran Aground In Columbia
Incident
: GroundingVessel type
: Car carrierLocation
: Buena ventura port in ColumbiaCasualties/Pollution
: NilThe vessel, carrying 500 vehicles, was enroute from Japan to the Pacific coast of Latin American country while it ran aground in Columbia. The...
Boiler Explosion Kills Two Indian Sailors
The Shipping world is undergoing a sea change and special importance is being given for emission and environmental protection. However, the situation is sad and poor when it comes to the safety of seafarers....
Cylinder Head Studs Broke Due To Cooling Water Ingress!
Cylinder head studs play a vital role in transmitting the combustion forces onto the engine structures and entablature. This case study is very interesting and it throw lights on how a cooling water leak...
600 Tons Of Oil Spilled In the Mississippi River
A vessel collided with the locks and spilled more than 600 tons of oil into the Mississippi river. The section of the river was closed for cleaning the oil spill.The vessel unexpectedly collided with...
Coast Guard Comes To The Rescue Of Injured Ship Captain
The ship captain of the 274-meter-long motor transport suffered a leg injury aboard the vessel on Saturday off the southern New Jersey coast. The call for help was responded by an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter...
USCG – SAR Efforts For A 46 Year Old Man Who Fell Overboard!
The Coast Guard officials reported that a search is underway for the Texas man who fell overboard off the Coast of Key Largo, Florida.David Mossman, a 46-year-old man, fell 100 feet from the 10th...
Operation Deep Freeze: A Resupply Mission To Antarctica
Watch the MSC-chartered MV Ocean Giant delivering supplies to McMurdo Station as part of the annual Operation Deep Freeze mission.
This is a four minute time lapse video aboard the MV Ocean Giant during...
Safety Harness Saves Life!
This video is not from a shipyard or from a ship. However, this will clearly show you why safety harnesses are important when it comes to working aloft.In this incident, it is definite...