[Watch] Anchor Awareness
Watch the anchor awareness video that looks at the essential aspects of anchoring and the technical issues related to anchor loss identified in the presentation.
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The Bigger the Ships, the Fewer the Trips
The World is comprised of vast area with an enormous place and the people living there is in dire need of fuels like natural gas for power plants, fuelling industrial complexes and for domestic...
Industries Crack Cardinal Coatings Problem
Subsea Industries’ investment in R&D has resulted in a coating that reduces fuel consumption by 40% and keeps seas completely clean (photo: Subsea Industries)
Subsea Industries has solved the cardinal problems companies are faced with...
2nd Bunker Barge Fitted with Mass Flow Meter in Hong Kong – Exxon Mobil
ExxonMobil recently announced that it has fitted a second bunker vessel ‘Anelly’ in Hong Kong with an independently accredited mass flow meter (MFM) system.
This follows the introduction of the first independently accredited MFM system...
CO2 Poisoning Aboard a Container Ship Kills 1 and Poisons 3!
On Aug. 12, Carbon Dioxide fumes on board a container ship “Captain Tsarev” killed one and poisoned three others at Brest port, France. The ship was being dismantled when this incident happened.
Reports indicate that...
Heavy Weights on board
For the shipping company Hapag-Lloyd's, there seems to be no upper limit for transporting ultra-heavy goods. This includes very heavy propellers for container ships, a huge flare-stack pipe for the oil and gas industry,...
Greek Cargo Ship Collides and Sinks Chinese Vessel in East China Sea
On August 11, a Chinese fishing boat sank after colliding with a Greek cargo ship in waters near the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, but six of its crew were rescued by...
5 Fun Facts: The New Panama Canal Gates
The recently-opened Panama Canal expansion has tripled the maximum vessel-size able to pass through, and with this in mind, PTI with the help of Brevini, which provided the gearboxes that are driving the new...
Selektope: Breakthrough Antifouling Ingredient Launched
Selektope® Enters Antifoulings Mainstream via Chugoku
SEAFLO NEO range
The first branded marine coatings to feature the breakthrough antifouling ingredient Selektope® have been launched by coatings major Chugoku Marine Paints, Ltd. (CMP).
Developed by I-TECH AB,...
Inside the Port of Los Angeles’s Cyber Command Center
PCMag went to San Pedro, south of Los Angeles, to get a look at the port and its Cyber Command Center.
Maritime policing is full of thrill, excitement and/or peril as compared to the other...