Italian Authorities Seize 20 Tons of Hashish in Cargo Ship
Italy’s Guardia di Finanza said that the Italian Authorities have arrested the captain as well as the eight crew members of the ship MV Jupiter after the seizure of 20 tons of Hashish.
The reports...
Aground Oil Tanker Refloated Outside Marina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.beIncident
: Vessel groundingDate
: October 17, 2015Vessel Involved
: Tokyo Spirit, crude oil tankerLocation
: Near Lisbon, PortugalPollution
: NilOn Saturday, the Teekay Tankers owned crude oil tanker Tokyo Spirit ran aground outside the breakwater at the Cascais...
Dr. Vis – The “Bunker Guru”
Dr. Ram Vis, whose name Viswa Lab carries, is first a Marine Engineer and has a Doctorate in Metallurgical Engineering and a Masters in Internal Combustion. He is on the Roster of Experts of the...
SK Shipping Requires $600m To Finance Four LNG carriers
SK Shipping has approached 20 local and foreign banks to raise funds to the extent of $600m for the construction of four LNG carriers.
This comes with their proposal to transport shale gas for SK...
Mr. Holger Jacobsen – The “Engine Expert”
Holger has spent over 23 years with MAN Diesel & Turbo, managing both field and technical services in Australia and Singapore. He was the Head of Diesel Engineering at Teekay Shipping in Vancouver BC....
Chinese CMP Renews 35 Year-Old Licence Agreement With MAN
8th October 2015 marked the renewal of a licence agreement and cooperation that first started in the 1980s between CSSC Marine Power Co., Ltd and MAN Diesel & Turbo. The signing ceremony took place in...
Innovative Multigas Carrier Design
Deltamarin Ltd and Brevik Technology AS, a VARD affiliate, have joined forces to develop a unique and novel multigas carrier design. The concept weds the design of Deltamarin’s B.Delta and the new-generation cylindrical gas...
Subsea Compressor Now And Subsea Factory Later!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be
Statoil, Petoro and OMV have partnered to start a revolution in recovery gas from under the sea by starting the first wet gas compressor the seabed of the North Sea Gullfaks field. The unique...
Paris MoU Site Offers Inspection Results in User-Friendly Way
Paris MoU Introduces a new statistical feature on inspection results throughout the region.Paris MoU site offers access online to know the results of inspection throughout the region. It has introduced a new statistical feature...
Astounding Port Developments & Cheaper Fuels – Is Russia the Sweet Spot?
We have recently released a “Fuel Problems - The Watchdog!” alert on Russian Bunker fuels. Ships have experienced serious machinery damage when fuels have been bunkered in the ports ofNakhodka,
Vladivostok,
Slavyanka and
Vostochny.Most generator fuel pumps...