Seafarer Suffered a Heartattack, Rescued Off a Bulk Carrier

Seafarer Medevaced off a Bulk Carrier On June 16, a bulk carrier crew suffered a heart attack and needed immediate help, the Indian Coast Guard evacuated the seafarer to a hospital in Mangaluru. Indian Coast Guard...

USCG Vessel Returns to Boston With 15 Smugglers, 4.6 Tons of Cocaine

Coast Guard Cutter Seneca Returns to Boston After Catching 15 Smugglers, 4.6 Tons of Cocaine Coast Guard Cutter Seneca is scheduled to return to its homeport in Boston, Saturday following a 68-day deployment to the...

TMS Celebrates 50 Not Out

This is the 50th edition of the TMS Newsletter and The Maritime Standard would like to thank all its readers for their support in helping reach this significant milestone. Clive Woodbridge, editor, says, “We are...

[Watch] Fata Morgana: Footage of a Floating Ship

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior Tourist captures footage of a cruise ship floating ABOVE the sea...  but is everything as it seems? Video filmed from a balcony overlooking the sea at Cocoa Beach in...

Breakthrough Discovery at Shelburne Bay Shipwreck

Researchers are calling artifacts recovered from a 200-year-old shipwreck in Shelburne Bay a breakthrough discovery. In the Shelburne shipyard, divers are tracking a piece of Lake Champlain's history that dates back 180 years -- four...

Pure Liberation From London’s First Naked Restaurant

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior London's first naked restaurant - which boasts 46,000 people on its waiting list - opened its doors last night in a secret location in south east London.  The head...

Fuel Changeover & Loss of Propulsion (LOP) Risks are Increasing Alarmingly!

-----------------------Advertiser Fuel Alert----------------------------- Innospec has reviewed statistics from the French Ministry of Environment (Maritime Affairs Directorate) which show alarming increase in fuel related propulsion loss incidents.  The English Channel, the narrow and yet busiest shipping...

Heavy Vibration Caused Condensate Pipe to Crack!

The UK Step Change in Safety has published a ‘safety moment’ regarding a condensate leak. Image Credit: InTech Whilst there were no injuries, this was a high potential incident and some of the issues and recommendations...

Vessel Captain Surrenders Credential to the Coast Guard

Coast Guard Concludes Administrative Enforcement Action Against Commercial Passenger Vessel Operator Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach investigators concluded administrative enforcement action in a case involving a local dive boat operator, resulting in the voluntary...

DSME: Ex-employee Detained for $15m Embezzlement, Stock Trading Halted

On June 15, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., in a disclosure notice, reportedly confirmed about the news reports that a former employee had embezzled a total of 18 billion won($15.33m) and that the suspect...