IMO’s Initiatives And Achievements Of 2015

The International Maritime Organization has followed a wide range of safety and environment protections initiatives in the year 2015.Safety:In IMO Conference, Manila, Philippines - Guidelines on the safe operation of coastal and inter-island passenger...

Calls For Coronial Inquest On Seafarer’s Death

The International Transport Workers’ Federation calls for a coronial inquest into the death of a healthy young  Filipino seafarer on board a Panamanian registered coal carrier. Incident:The Filipino seafarer was diagnosed with tonsillitis in China. With...

Safety Violations Gets Bulk Carrier into Trouble

USCG inspectors detained the Japanese Bulker after they found a disabled fire-extinguishing system in the engine room of the 751-foot vessel.Reasons For Detention:Port state control officers discovered that the automatic fire extinguishing system that...

Historic Find: Revolutionary War Era Ship Discovered

A historic find in Old Town Alexandria is turning heads.  A large, heavy ship, is being dug out of its damp grave at the site of a new hotel construction project.  A sailing ship...

6 Ways Every Hydraulic Component can Wear Out

Hydraulic machines are machinery and tools that use liquid power to do simple as well as complex tasks.  The hydraulic fluid pressure is transmitted throughout the machine to various hydraulic motors & hydraulic cylinders...

“NEW YEAR – 2016” – CELEBRATION IMAGES!

Send your Celebration Images to experts@mfame.guru MASTER AND CHIEF ENGINEER CLUB OF PROCIDA (NAPLES) WISH HAPPY 2016 TO ALL SEAFARERS AROUND THE WORLDWIDE. THE NEW YEAR Celebration of the Circolo Capitani e Macchinisti (Master and CHIEF...

[Watch] Sneezing in Slow-motion

Slow-Motion Sneezing Is Totally Gross But Helps Explain How We Get SickTo better understand how this process works – the physics of a sneeze, if you will – scientists in the US have filmed...

Artificial Intelligence To Assist Founder Of Facebook

Facebook’s  founder Mark Zuckerberg had several personal challenges (PC) like learning Mandarin, reading two books a month and meeting a new person every day.  His present PC is to build artificial intelligence (AI) to...

Everything You Want To Know About ‘Falling Oil Prices’.

Not many mariners are interested or aware about the global scenario - “Falling Oil Prices”.  Their lack of interest or awareness is not about oil prices but about one credible easy-to-understand source, where they...