Typhoon Strikes China, After Lashing Taiwan
Typhoon Dujuan passed through Taiwan for three hours on Monday night, where it killed two, injured hundreds and left hundreds of thousands without power or water.
On Tuesday morning, Dujuan made landfall in southeastern...
Skydiving Accident Kills Athlete
Annual golf fundraiser for the Squaw Valley Institute was organised in Olympic Valley where Erik Lars Roner, aged 39, died in a skydiving accident. He was one among the participants at the charity golf...
CEO Of Baltic Exchange To Quit By 2016
Baltic Exchange CEO, Jeremy Penn, is to quit from the role by next summer. He has served the company for nearly twelve and a half years. The search for his successor has already started.
Jeremy...
Food Poisoning Kills Two On A General Cargo Ship
Accident
: Food Poisoning onboardVessel Involved
: Nefryt, a general cargo vesselCasualties
: 2 dead and 13 hospitalisedThe general cargo ship started its voyage from Ivory Coast when the deadly food poisoning broke out. The Chief and...
[Watch] Dpulsar: A Propeller System Operating on Water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be
The Dpulsar system is a counter-rotating propeller system that can operate on the water line. Barry Davies, a New Zealand inventor, invented this system that bridges the technology gap between propellers and waterjets.Highlights:The...
Wage Negotiation Without Strike: A 19 years’ Record
This year the Big 3 shipbuilders sat across the table for wage negotiations between labor and management.
On Sept. 22, the labor union of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) voted for and reached...
Little Girl Letters Immigration Issue To Pope
A five year old girl gets through security pushing past metal barriers and a phalanx to deliver message to Pope.Sofia Cruz, daughter of undocumented immigrant managed to cross the strict security barrier and reached Pope...
MPA Initiates the Promotion of Maritime Careers
Speaking at the 30th-anniversary dinner of the Singapore Shipping Association, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said the shipping and marine industry contribute enormously for the growth of Singapore’s economy. Singapore's maritime industry employs...
Port Of Rotterdam Holds LNG-Master Plan Meetings
Port of Rotterdam, in its pro-LNG implementation plan, held two master plan meetings last week. The first meeting held on 23rd September was concerning the “Safety” features regarding the use of LNG fuel. The...
Injured Labourer Sues Ship Owners
Kevin Newton, worker onboard the ship, has filed a lawsuit against the vessel management for the injuries sustained by him while working on the ship.It’s alleged that:Newton was working on the vessel on July...