A Tanker Loaded with Lubricating Oil Sinks After Collision
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A coastal tanker loaded with lubricating oil collided with a gravel carrier off Umihotaru in Tokyo Bay, Japan. The 92 ton coastal tanker suffered a damage to its hull and sank by the stern...
IMO Ballast Water Convention Will Not Come into Force in 2016!
Ballast Water Management(BWM) convention along with IMO and partner IHS Maritime & Trade were tied up to verify tonnage figures compliance for convention’s final entry-into-force. This process stays incomplete awaiting ratifications.Forty-seven countries have now...
America Tops the Global Energy Sector
America has become the world’s number one energy producer due to its ingenuity and initiative in the field of oil and natural gas. This has lead to the depletion of oil and natural gas...
What are Wave Springs?
A Spring is an elastic device, typically a helical metal coil, that can be pressed or pulled but returns to its former shape when released, used chiefly to exert constant tension or absorb movement....
Fire in Brazil’s Santos Port
A Chemical Container Blaze Restricts Brazil's Santos PortOn Thursday, the fire started at the container terminal in Brazil's largest port of Santos.Nearly a dozen containers carrying chemicals is reported to have caught fire.The port...
Stretch Often At Work
Are you a person spending a long day by working on your desk? Please study carefully.Sitting back at your desk a long day is a very unhealthy practice which can increase the risk of...
A Ship Which Switch Fuel Four Times a Tour.
In more and more regions of the world, ships have to change to low-sulfur fuel before being allowed to sail into Emission Control Areas. But how does one make this switch with a gigantic...
Blue Star Ferries Bags Energy Award
Event
: Energy Mastering Awards 2015Awardee
: Blue Star FerriesOrganised by
: Boussias CommunicationsThe Blue Star Ferries bagged a ‘Silver Award’ for the category Energy Efficiency Management - Means of Public Transport; for the plan "Blue Star...
Zero Exhaust Emission Ferry By Wartsila
Wartsila has introduced the zero or low emission ferry concept on shuttle ferries. This concept is in adherence to the Norwegian government’s new environmental regulations for ferries emphasising the elimination of harmful emissions.Wärtsilä’s Ship...
Can Telemedicine Be The Future For Mariners At Sea?
Today’s communication techniques have achieved the higher duty of care to passengers and crew onboard the ship at sea. Yes. Maritime Telemedical Assistance Services(TMAS) are the answer for medical emergencies at sea.
What is Telemedicine:Referred...