Oil Prices Will Be At $ 40 A Barrel In 2016 – LukOil CEO

The oil prices will remain at the level of $42-47 a barrel in 2016 predicts Lukoil CEO.The Chief Executive Officer of the Russian oil major Lukoil revealed: "I was at the meeting with OPEC...

Largest Engine Installation the World has Ever seen!

MAN Diesel & Turbo has signed a contract on 30 October, 2015 with Sembcorp Marine in Singapore to supply the dual-fuel propulsion system – including exhaust-gas after-treatment – for a New Semi-submersible Crane Vessel...

Price Gouging & Viswa Lab

I stayed in an IBIS hotel near the Biannual SMM show in Hamburg.  The show attracts a multitude of visitors and this IBIS hotel was within a short distance from the place where the...

Engine Expert – Mr. Wolfgang Gensch

Mr. Wolfgang Gensch has over 32 years of service experience with one of the leading Marine Engine Builder (MAN B&W).He joined MAN B&W in Hamburg, Germany in 1972 straight after graduation at Secondary School in...

Caution! Heat from Fuel Tanks Can Damage Your Cargo

Fuel oil in tanks bordering cargo holds release excessive heat that can damage bulk and bagged agricultural products.What Can Happen? When the fuel oil is heated, the temperature of the tank plating rises and affects...

All I Want For Christmas Is You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.beIt was Mariah Carey’s Christmas classic All I Want For Christmas Is You, but as you have probably never heard it before.Earlier this week, someone converted the song to MIDI – a digital way...

Weekend Party Spoiled as Containership Suffers Engine Damage on Friday!

A Cargo Ship And a lifeboat needed assistance in  rough weather.Accident type : Engine failureVessel type : Cargo vessel and its salvage tug.Location : Off the Cornish coast near PorthlevenEnroute : From Rotterdam in the Netherlands to DublinCasualties/Pollution :...

[Watch] Biggest Moments in 2015 – From GOOGLE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.beThe video features ‘the 2015 biggest moments’ and the related searches in the year. The searches has inspired trillion of questions.Explore the year's biggest moments and the questions they inspired.TOPIC MONTH/YEAR SEARCHESParis Under Attack November/2015 897 M+Star Wars December/2015 155...

The New Concept Of ‘Hydricity’ Uses Solar Energy To Produce Power Round-The-Clock

"Hydricity" concept, proposed by researchers, is aimed at creating a sustainable economy by not only generating electricity with solar energy but also producing and storing hydrogen from superheated water for round-the-clock power production.Rakesh Agrawal,...

A ‘Silver Bullet’ to Prevent Water Ingress into Cargo Holds

One of the important factors predicting the seaworthiness of a vessel is the ability to resist the seawater ingress into the internal spaces.  However, people still face the problem of cargo wetting and damages...