Deployment of New Bunker Vessel At Kochi Port

The deployment of new 1,500-tonne capacity bunkering vessel, Sanghrajka-4, at Kochi port, has taken the count of bunkering vessels to six.Geostan Marine Pvt. Ltd., an Indian bunker player has chartered a new 1,500-tonne capacity...

An Island Presented As Wedding Gift To Football Agent

Mr Jorge Mendes, 49, is one of most successful agents in Spain and one of the richest men in Portugal, with a €100m fortune. He runs a business called Gestifute for developing top football...

Federal Court Says No To LNG Project

Oregon LNG faced a major setback as a federal judge ruled against its proposed LNG Project.  It had a major proposal to build an LNG terminal on the East Skipanon Peninsula near Warrenton, Oregon...

Stage Set For Discussion To Overcome The Challenges

The upcoming 3rd edition of Coastal Shipping and IWT Business Forum 2015 is to be held on August 7th Friday.  It will mostly feature the challenges and opportunities faced by India’s coastal shipping industry.Highlights:The business...

Three Containers Fell Overboard As Two Box Ships Collide

Incident: Collision Vessels Involved: M/V Northern Democrat & M/V MOL Empire. Location: Westport Harbor at Port Klang in Malaysia. Casualties: None M/V Northern Democrat - a 3500 TEU, Liberian-flagged box ship collided with MOL Empire - a 5,100 TEU...

Obama Unveils Clean Power Plan

US President Barack Obama unveiled the biggest and most important step for tackling climate change. Power stations are the largest source of greenhouse gases in the US and account for about one third of all...

[Watch] Dangerous Sucking Whirlpool

VIDEO: EMBED PLS -  One of the vast and overwhelming subject is Ocean.  Sailors experience and witness enormous mysteries under the water, all around the world.  Experts have analysed the top 10 uncovered phenomena.  One...

Chartered Status for CoC and Master Mariners

The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) has announced the charting of Class One Certificates of Competency (unlimited) and Master Mariner Certificates to a Chartered Status qualification.The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science...

20 Injured As 2 Cranes Topple

Two cranes hoisting a massive section of the bridge collapsed in a western Dutch town on Monday, flattening a row of houses and injuring at least 20 people, authorities said.Dramatic videos of the accident...

Fire on board a Flexlay Vessel

Scottish Coast Guard Extinguishes Fire On Board A Flexlay VesselVessel Name: ROV Subsea Viking 7 Location: Scotland - Hatson Pier on Orkney Island Casualties: None Owner: Eidesvik Shipping  Chartered to: Subsea 7 A fire broke out onboard Viking 7 - a 103 metre, construction...