New Labor Protection for Seafarers
The world’s mariners are protected by what may be the only minimum wage established across an entire global industry. Now, labor advocates are mobilizing to increase their pay and make consumers more aware of...
IMO on Board
Lifeboat inspection, fire drills, emergency generator training, keeping watch, new friendships, ports, building professional networks, and working far away from home and family.
Life at Sea
These, and many more, are all part of life at...
Failing To Maintain Proper Lookout Resulted in Collision
Summary
On 12 August 2017, the fishing vessel Mako departed San Remo, Victoria, bound for fishing grounds about 3 hours away. Once clear of Cape Woolamai, Mako maintained a steady course (210°) and speed to...
Containers Hardest Hit in Trade War
The US-China trade row is taking a toll on the container shipping industry as global trades slow down.
Even before the new tariffs kick in, there's a slide in the rates.
A period...
The Great Scrubber Conundrum
Andreas Hilides, Maritime Analyst for S&P Platts was skeptical about the way IMO 2020 is about to be implemented. Also, he is uncertain about the way ship owners are going to react to this...
[Watch] Hull Flipped for Ocracoke Express
Workers at US Workboats successfully “flipped” the 48,000-pound hull of the M/V Ocracoke Express on Monday, June 18, moving construction of the NC Ferry Division’s first passenger-only vessel into its final stages.
The aluminum catamaran-style...
[Watch] Collision on the Rhine
The "Enyo" and the "Manouk" were in route to collision on the Rhine, South of Königswinter in the morning of June 29, 2018. The "Enyo" suffered a leak in the foreship and ran aground after the...
Fire in Bow Thruster Room
In the morning of June 29, 2018, a fire broke out aboard the "Columbia", which was docked at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal.
At 8:15 a.m. crew members saw black smoke coming from a bow...
Best Quality Ship Award Goes to NYK Containership
The best quality ship award for 2017 has been awarded to the containership ‘NYK Lyra’ by the Japan Federation of Pilots’ Associations (JFPA).
Emphasis on safety
The Best Quality Ship Award was founded in fiscal 2003...
Total to Co-charter Pavilion Energy’s First LNG Bunker Vessel
THE marine fuels arm of France’s Total has agreed to co-charter, on a long-term basis, the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessel to be commissioned by the gas division of Temasek-backed Pavilion Energy.
On...