Crew Intoxication Due To Aniline Cargo

Summary: The Maltese flagged chemical carrier Bomar Mercury had loaded a cargo of Aniline in Tees, UK from 1625 on 17 July 2015 until 1705 on 18 July 2015, spending 31 hours in port before...

Big Data on Wheels

Modern cars are equipped with more than 100 sensors that create a constant stream of data. Measuring things like location, performance, physical parameters and driving behavior, often several times per second, the amount of...

RINA Activities on Drone Assisted Visual Inspections

INTRODUCTION Advantages in the employment of drones for initial visual ship inspection Easier preparation of elements to be inspected, e.g. no need of scaffoldings or use of cherry picker, with potential reduction of costs Safer...

Top 7 VLCC Tanker Companies in the World

The fuel that your car consumes during your daily commute to work is likely to have been in your car in the first place thanks to one of the top 7 VLCC tanker companies...

First Ever Gas-powered Aframax Tanker Gets X-DF Technology

Extending the benefits of its dual-fuel technology beyond LNG carriers with a world premiere, Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) has announced that its low-speed dual-fuel engines with X-DF low-pressure gas admission will propel the...

Sick Crewman Rescued from Cargo Ship

A Wellington Free Ambulance paramedic was lowered onto a ship, where the patient was lying on a stretcher. His condition was assessed before being winched 20 metres into the helicopter. Helicopter braves swells: The 220-metre-long ship...

Chinese Navy Rescues Ship from Pirates, Second Rescue within a Month

Over the weekend, Chinese navy rescued a Panamanian merchant ship from pirates in the Gulf of Aden. What happened? The Frigate Hengyang from China's 25th convoy fleet sent by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) navy...

Fire Engines Put Out Blaze on Board Ship

On Sunday, five fire engines were reportedly called to a douse a blaze on board a ship stationed at Immingham Docks. What happened? All the crew members from nearby fire stations in Grimsby, Immingham and Barton...

2 Pirates Killed and 1 Injured While Trying to Hijack Ship

In an incident that was confirmed by anti-piracy official in the semi-autonomous Puntland region that foreign naval forces have reportedly shot down two pirates and wounded another when they tried to attack an ship. What...

Is this the World’s Coolest New Cruise Ship?

Miami may be the world's busiest cruise port, but there's more to adventures afloat here than the voyages themselves. At the Innovation Lab - an unassuming building just a stone’s throw from Miami’s docks...