California witnessed devastating blazes recently: Valley Fire,  Butte Fire and Rough Fire to name a few.  Valley Fire, started on Saturday in Lake County, north of San Francisco in Northern California, due to high...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.beTopic of the video : Overview of MLC, 2006Producer : Seafarers Rights International (SRI)Commissioned and funded : International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)Maritime Labour Convention is an International Labour Organisation Convention established in 2006.  It is considered as the fourth pillar...

Incident : Oil SpillDate : Thursday, 10th September 2015Location : Malta FreeportCause : Failure of hoseTransport Malta Personnel were alerted about an oil spill on 10th September.  They immediately boomed basins of terminal 1 and 2 to arrest the...

Incident  : Fire in ShipVessel  :  M/V Cape Moreton cargo shipDate :  September 12, 2015Place :  Anchored at the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT)The cargo is reported to have caught fire while being anchored at...

Event : ForumDate: 7th September 2015Topic: LNG as a Marine Fuel: Addressing the ChallengesChief Guest : Chris Clucas, Corporate Expert – Liquefied Gas for BSM and the President of the Society for Gas as a Marine...

Asia Bunker Forum is an international industry event, covering all the major bunker markets in Asia like Singapore, China, UAE, Japan, Korea and India, etc.  In the past 8 years, ABF’s footprint has spread...

The political tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia over the control of shipments on the Strait of Hormuz has led Saudi Arabia to plan construction of a water canal in Yemen.  The proposed canal...

MACN is a global business network working towards the vision of a maritime industry free of corruption that enables fair trade to the benefit of society at large.  Established in 2011, and formalized in...

The MLC, 2006 entered into force on 20 August 2013 and, as of March 2015 has been ratified by 66 countries representing more than 80 percent of the world gross tonnage of ships.The two...

Tropical storm Etau caused a very heavy rainfall resulting in a deluge at Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures.  The near-daily rainfall has inundated 60 centimeters (2 feet) of rain over some areas since Monday.  In...