[Watch] How to Avoid Accidents Due to Nitrogen Onboard Product Tankers
Make yourself aware of the relationship between Nitrogen and your ship and avoid personal injury and ship damage.
Disclaimer: This video is intended for informational purpose only. This may not be construed as a news...
Encouraging Signs for Ship Repair Market
Gibdock has got off to a sound start in 2017, with encouraging signs of underlying recovery in several markets.
Richard Beards, Managing Director, says: “Many of our ferry clients have had a reasonable year in...
An Autonomous Future for the Maritime Industry
Unmanned vessels and autonomous logistics operations are set to transform the way people and goods move around. We take a closer look at how automation technology will impact the industry.
Stories about driverless cars are...
Shipping Faces New Overtonnage Supply in Two Years
Shipping could find itself in new overtonnage supply in two years’ time, if newbuilding ordering picks up pace once more
As the growth potential for global trade appears to be limited for the time being,...
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...