A View From Space: The Ships In Line In Suez Canal

Scott Kelly, an astronaut from NASA, is currently living and working on board the International Space Station(ISS).  He has snapped a photo from the ISS that shows, ships standing in line, in Suez Canal....

Is Your Ship Safe Against Cyber Attacks?

New online tool to assess the safety of ship against cyber attacks.The Maritime industry is increasingly dependent on programmable control systems.  This dependency increases risk and demands Cyber Security.  The growth of IT and...

World’s Richest Shipping Families

The shipping industry (owning and operating container ships, ports and other shipping related businesses) has led to massive family fortunes all over the world. Analysts at Alphaliner published a listing of Liner Shipping Billionaires on...

A Transgender Appointed As A White House Staff Member

Raffi Freedman-Gurspan is a full-time member of staff  in the White House.  She is  an outreach and recruitment director for presidential staff.  She supports transgender rights.  She worked as a policy adviser for the...

[Watch] Time Lapse Video Of The Tanker Maneuvering The Port

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Og6-oFKoV0&feature=youtu.be The above video shows how the UK-flagged tanker Galway Fisher maneuvers the Port of Galway in Galway city, Ireland. The Port, currently, can facilitate the vessels of 6000 DWT or less.  Therefore, a multi-million Euro...

Acts To Boost Mental Wellbeing

Health is not absence of illness.  Health, especially, mental health means feeling good, functioning well during the day, rising up to face a challenge and using all opportunities.  Robust physical health is maintained by...

Catfines – The Real Culprit.

An elephant may be huge and strong as marine diesel engines are. Whereas an ant can bring the elephant down as it enters the elephant's ears.  Same is the story with cat-fines.  As long...

Port Louis: Port Expansion Increase Employment Opportunities

Event : Open Day at the Mauritius Maritime Training AcademyDate : 13 &14th of AugustChief Guest : Mr Premdut Koonjoo, the Minister of Ocean Economy, Marine ResourcesOrganiser : The Ministry of Ocean Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries, Shipping and  Outer Islands and the...

Drainage Pot Pressure Increase Blows Up and Kills Crew

Vessel : Tanker.Location : Drifting Close to Anchorage.Casualties : One.Incident: The third engineer was taking his routine watch keeping rounds, which includes draining accumulated water (condensate) from the main and auxiliary air receivers.  He opened each of the two inline drain...

Seaspan Welcomes Its Fifth SAVER

Seaspan Corporation, a worldwide leader in independent containership management and ownership, has received the delivery of a Yang Ming Wellness, 14000 TEU SAVER design containership, known for its fuel efficiency.Yang Ming Wellness is the...