Launch of ‘Chapplaincy’ App By Sailors’ Society

Sailors’ Society, one of the largest seafarer support charities operating worldwide, has developed a Smartphone app – Chapplaincy so as to enable the port chaplains and ship visitors to deliver effective care to the...

Ten Killed As Fishing Boat Capsizes Off Korea

Accident: Capsize.Date: 5th September 2015.Vessel Involved: Dolphin, a fishing boat.Location: Island of Chuja, Korea.Casualties: 10 dead. A 9.77-tonne fishing boat Dolphin, carrying 21 passengers went missing near the island of Chuja on the southern coast...

Maersk Ranks 38th In Fortune’s First ‘Change The World’ List

Recently world’s most well-known brands such as the Google, Walmart, IKEA, IBM joined the top and leading “Change the world” list recognised by Fortune Magazine. Among the top 51 companies, Maersk ranks 38th.It has...

Solar Battery Systems For Polar Cruise Ship

Naval architects have designed a luxury expedition cruise ship possessing a range of energy saving and emissions reductions technologies.  The vessel can undertake unrestricted ocean voyages.Naval architects Knud E. Hansen has designed a...

Gazprom Signs Two Important Deals    

Gazprom is the only producer and exporter of LNG in Russia and pioneer among Russia’s largest oil producers. Gazprom announced on September 4th, 2015, about the successful closure of two major gas deals in Europe...

Windows Hello Offers 100% User Security

Microsoft’s operating system Windows is very popular among computer users. After Windows 8, Microsoft launched Windows 10 a little over a month ago skipping Windows 9. The new OS has a feature that can’t...

A Camera To Reduce Ship’s Crew Working Hours

A high-tech camera has been developed by Japan’s NYK Line and Monohakobi Technology Institute - that can “automatically photograph” the inside of a ship engine’s combustion chamber.Speed Read: Features of Kirari NINJA and its...

Contaminated Lube Oil Caused Engine Damage

Vessel Type Container ShipLocation At SeaCasualty None/ Major Engine DamageThe Incident: The vessel was sailing in good weather.  There was a high lube oil temperature alarm during the UMS (Unmanned Machinery Space) period.  This alarm triggered a...

Wärtsilä to Retrofit BWMS for Entire Fleet.  

Wärtsilä provides complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets.  Recently, they have won a contract with German-based M/s. Bernhard Schulte GmbH & Co. KG,  for retrofitting 11 of their container vessels...

Underwater Drones to Safeguard Coral Reefs

Australia’s Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has come up with a world’s first autonomous robot, COTSBot that can seek and kill the crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS).  These COTS are posing as a threat to world’s...