Chennai Port Set to Become Major Bunkering Hub
The Chennai Port has been declared as a major fuel hub for ships due to its strategic location on the East Coast.
Dedicated bunkers to be set-up
The South Indian city is ensuring that efforts are...
How Nightclub Design Evolved
Nightclubs are traditionally seen as unprepossessing spaces and their design has been hardly documented. But a new perception, Night Fever: Designing Club Culture, 1960-Today, at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein in...
[Watch] Brutal Footage Man Thrown OVERBOARD
THIS is the moment a man was thrown overboard during a huge ocean storm.
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Source: Daily Star
Bunker Fuel Contaminated with Phenolic Compounds Found in Stricken Houston Ships
Phenolic compounds found in the bunker fuel used in Houston.
80 Ships had 300-1000 ppm of 4-cumylphenol in their bunker fuel.
Shipowners are facing issues in finding and fixing them.
The fuel...
It’s Measuring Crankshaft Deflections!
Change in distance between crank webs, measured during one rotation of the crankshaft. Crankshaft deflections are an indirect indication of the crankshaft loading condition.
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Refit for Jack-up at Damen Verolme Rotterdam
Damen Verolme Rotterdam (DVR) has completed a refit project on the MPI Enterprise, a 120-metre, self-elevating, DP2, wind turbine installation vessel owned and operated by MPI Offshore, part of the Vroon Group.
The retrofit included...
Klaipėda LNG Terminal Receives the 50th Cargo
According to media reports, the 50th LNG reloading operation is taking place at the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal operated by KN (AB Klaipėdos Nafta). Known to be the most efficient LNG terminals of...
Two Vessels for DryShips
DryShips Inc. (“DryShips” or the “Company”), a diversified owner and operator of ocean going cargo vessels, today announced that it has agreed to acquire one 2013-built Newcastlemax dry bulk carrier and one 2017-built Suezmax...
Delivery and Charter Employment of M/T Eco Palm Springs
On 29th May, TOP Ships Inc. (the "Company"), an international owner and operator of modern fuel efficient "ECO" tanker vessels, announced the successful delivery of their newly built chemical tanker M/T Eco Palm Springs,...
Tugs Rescue Ferry and Two Cargo Ships
On May 26, a couple of tugs were dispatched to rescue two merchant ships and a passenger vessel stranded in the Atlantic ocean.
What happened?
In the first incident a passenger ferry ‘Ava Pearl’ lost its...