Vessel Captain, Engineer Killed by Drunk Crewmen
Vietnamese Crewmen Held Over Killing of South Korea Ship Captain, Engineer: Coast Guard
Two Vietnamese crewmen on a South Korean fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean have allegedly stabbed and killed the ship's captain and...
Archaeologists Explore 17th Century Dutch Shipwreck in Iceland
Marine Archaeologists Explore 17th Century Dutch Shipwreck in Iceland
The oldest known shipwreck around the coast of Iceland is currently being researched by marine archaeologists as part of a Rannís funded research project examining the...
6 Ways a Ship can Lose Propulsion!
‘Fuel switching’ and ‘Loss Of Propulsion’ has come back to the spotlight of again and this is mainly attributed to the recent NTSB reports on a collision between a Bulk Carrier and an Oil...
Did Ultra Low Sulphur Fuel Switch Caused Houston Ship Channel Collision?
A week after publishing ‘Fuel Quality Watchdog’ - where it was stated that Fuel Changeover & Loss of Propulsion (LOP) Risks are Increasing Alarmingly! No wonder, here comes a stunner where The Pilot’s association...
Ship’s Fuel Samples Revealed Sulfur Violations – 5 Shipping Companies Found to Violate!
Five international shipping companies have recently been reported to the Danish Ministry of Environment and Food for flouting regulations that relate to the levels of sulfur in fuel used by ships.
The ship's fuel samples...
Pilots Failure in Responding To Hydrodynamic Forces Results in Collision
Summary
On March 9, 2015, at 1230 central daylight time, the inbound bulk carrier Conti Peridot collided with the outbound tanker Carla Maersk in the Houston Ship Channel near Morgan’s Point, Texas. The collision occurred...
Man kicked Off a Cruise Ship for Flicking a Cigarette Butt Overboard
Mr O'Keefe was spotted flicking a cigarette overboard by a P&O security office and was warned by the security guard. Later reports say he was disembarked on an island, where he boarded a small...
MSIB 01-16 – Crew Requirements Passenger Accountability
Marine Safety Information Bulletin — Small Passenger Vessel Crew Requirements & Passenger Accountability
This bulletin is intended to serve as an important reminder to Small Passenger Vessel operators of the critical requirement to ensure crew...
A ‘Silver Bullet’ Cylinder Oil for Any Sulphur Fuel!
Up until January 2015 vessels transiting ECAs switched between high sulphur residual fuel and low sulphur residual fuel. For the liners operated in and out of ECAs, it was found not to be absolutely necessary...
BREXIT: Impact on Bunker Prices!
On 23 June 2016, voters in the UK and Gibraltar will vote on whether the UK should leave the EU. Almost no-one living in the UK today under the age of 50 has any...