HMS Vanguard: Disaster In Harbour
The eighth HMS Vanguard of the British Royal Navy was a St Vincent class battleship, an enhancement of the ´dreadnought´ design built by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness. HMS Vanguard was laid down on 2 April...
Turkish Company Found Guilty In US Pollution Claims
Istanbul-based ship management company Ciner Gemi Acente İşletme ve Ticket A.Ş. was found guilty for routinely discharging oily waste-water into the sea from its carrier ship without proper disposal equipment.Incident:
Ciner operated 44-year -ton carrier...
US ECA Tier III Requirements Enter into Force (Jan 15 2016)
Ships constructed on or after 1st January, 2016 and entering into the North American or US Caribbean Emission Control Areas (ECA) must comply with the Tier III NOx requirement of MARPOL Annex VI, Chapter...
Amazon Container Ship Operation Plan
Amazon gets ready for its own cargo container ship operation out of ChinaIt is reported that US Federal Maritime Commission listed Amazon, through its China subsidiary, as a registered freight provider.
The company will provideCommercial services...
Larvae in Cargo Ship Again
An Insect larvae found in the cargo of the bulker carrying palm kernel into the Port of Timaru, caught the attention of biosecurity officers over the weekend.Some insect larvae, on a single hatch from one...
[Watch] The Artificial Reef From The Sunken Tugboat
The tugboat Ocean Wind was sunken by the Escambia County’s Marine Resources Division to serve as the county's newest artificial reef. The tugboat sank about 10 miles southeast of Pensacola in the Gulf...
Vessel Capsizes off Dampier Kills Two
On early Sunday morning, two people have been found dead after an overturned vessel was spotted south of Mawby Island near Dampier.A Marine Search and Rescue operation is underway in the area.Water Police, police...
A New Case Of Ebola Discovered In Africa
An individual died of Ebola last week who is believed to have travelled from Kambia near to the border with Guinea. The incident is said to have happened in just few hours after the...
Ship-to-Ship Transfer of LNG Completed
Earlier this week, ship-to-ship transfer of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) between the tankers Excelerate and Arctic Princess has been completed successfully.In the fourth operation of LNG transfer to take place in the Flow, the...
57 Jumped Overboard as a Ferry Caught Fire
Fire onboard a passenger vessel off the northeastern coast of New Zealand’s North Island near the town of Whakatane. Around 57 people onboard the vessel were saved as they jumped overboard to escape from...