In “ Corridas ” Seven Fighters Gored To Death
Nearly 2,000 bullfights - or "corridas" - are still held in the country every year. While opponents condemn it as barbaric, the fans in Spain, including Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy consider it as the...
Shell To Drill In Alaskan Well
Experts believe that more than one-fifth of the world's undiscovered oil and gas resources lie in the Arctic. The burgeoning demand for energy across the world over the coming decades prompted the oil and...
‘ One Direction ’ – The Teen Choice Awards Winners
One Direction topped in eight categories at the Teen Choice Awards bettering their nearest rival 5 Seconds of Summer. The other groups who lost to 1D include Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Rihanna and Nicole...
ClassNK Opens New Survey Office In Brunei
Chairman and President: Noboru Ueda opened a new classNK survey office in Brunei. ClassNK is one of the largest classification societies in the world.
Brunei is located in Borneo which faces the South China Sea....
Mooring Accident Kills One And Injures Two At Russian Port
Date of accident:
August 13th, 2015Vessels:
Volgo Balt 237 and TTM DragonLocation:
Russian port of KavkazCasualties :
One dead and two injuredVessels involved
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Panama-flagged bulker TTM Dragon and Volgo Balt 237The mooring accident took place at Russian port...
Addition Of Five New Yamal LNG Carriers To Dynagas
Dynagas, the Greek company has agreed to purchase five icebreaking LNG carriers owned by Russian shipping company, Sovcomflot for serving the company’s LNG project in Russia. These ships were to have been owned by...
Engine Room Flooded with CO2 – Unintentional CO2 Release
Vessel
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Tow/Tug boatLocation
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In PortCasualties
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NoneThe tow/tug vessel crew members were carrying out weekly safety checks and the intention was to try out the operation of the emergency fuel shut off valves in the engine room. The...
Crack In Cargo Tank Spills Fuel Cargo Into Water
Dona Carmela the Chilean flagged cargo tanker spills fuel cargo while unloading at Quintero port.The 78m long tanker ship on Thursday morning suffered a small crack in its cargo tank No. 2 at portside. Hence,...
Containership MV Carat: A Time Lapse Footage
This time lapse footage made of the container ship in its North European journey, going around the Baltic Sea.
The trip spanned a trip to Riga, Latvia to Tallinn, Estonia to Klaipeda, Lithuania, Gdynia,...
Promising Biofuel Found From Algae
Researchers at SAMS believe that they have figured out North Atlantic Ocean-based algae as an "ideal sources" for biofuel.The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) have discovered "super-algae" a new biofuel sourced from North...