[Watch] A City Under Water – A Peculiar Cloud Formation
Watch the incredible time-lapse footage of weird cloud formation known as undulatus asperatus rippling and pulsating over Augusta, Georgia, making the city look as though it's been plunged underwater.So it's looking pretty promising...
DSME Launches World’s First ICE-CLASS LNG Carrier
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME)launches its first ice - class LNG carrier.Arc 7 ice-class LNG carriers for the Yamal LNG project can break through over 2 meters of ice and can carry 170,000...
The Finest Hours: A Dad’s Amazing Heroism
Matthew Maske will be in Hollywood for the premiere of a movie based on the true story of his father’s heroism.“The Finest Hours” - is the daring rescue of a small boat in Coast...
Mercator to Exit Dry Bulk Shipping Business
As part of its ongoing portfolio-restructuring exercise Mercator decides to exit dry bulk cargo business.The bulk cargo-carrying business has been the worst affected by the downturn in the shipping cycle, with the Baltic...
Woman Beats Up Her Husband’s Mistress
The shocking moment a scorned wife apparently took revenge on her husband's mistress by throwing her from a bridge was captured on film.It's described that the aggressor has caught her husband cheating with the...
Scilly Naval Disaster Of 1707 Kills 1,550 People
The ''Scilly naval disaster of 1707'' was the loss of four warships of a Royal Navy fleet off the Isles of Scilly in severe weather on 22 October 1707.HMS Association, a 90-gun second-rate ship...
A Rusting Cargo Ship Leaks Contaminated Water into St. Lawrence River
A rusting cargo ship in Lake St. Louis is at imminent risk of leaking millions of litres of contaminated water that could end up in the St. Lawrence River, City of Beauharnois. The derelict...
The Port of Rotterdam Witness Uptrend Despite Global Slowdown
Increased throughput of crude oil and oil products helped port of Rotterdam increase its goods throughput by a total 4.9% to 466.4 million tonnes in 2015.
Factors that helped:The supply and transport of oil products...
2015 – A Classic Game Of Two Halves
2015 was driven by the cumulative impact of weakening demand trends. World Economy witnessed various disturbances in vessel demand.Highlights:The first half of the year enjoyed great earnings whilst the second half suffered abrupt downtrend...
Crankshaft Seized After a Diesel Generator Overhaul
Incident
: Crankshaft unable to Turn after MaintenanceEngine
: Bergen Diesel KRG-6, 1032 kW, 720 rpmA vessel had a serious breakdown of diesel generators and it was to the extent that the entire engine required a...