FAA-approved urban drone delivery services Flirtey and Dr. Timothy Amukele, assistant professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will conduct the first ship-to-shore drone delivery in the U.S. on June 23...

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior The Royal New Zealand Navy’s HMNZS Otago was travelling in the Antarctic Ocean when it was battered by the enormous wave. As the giant swell hits the 279ft-long ship, nervous...

Agreed performance lists Paris MoU At its 49th meeting last month, the Paris MoU Committee approved the 2015 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flags and Recognized Organizations.  These lists will take effect...

On June 8, two Ukrainian seafarers were found dead on a Malta flagged vessel, which was undergoing repair works in a private dockyard, in İstanbul. The half-naked bodies of Oleksiy Voytsov, 34, and Sergi Kravchenko, 33,...

There are a group of women working hard in doing all they can to get rid of extra weight, whereas a larger bum is desired by some that’s fueling a whole industry of creams,...

Summary The engineering staff completed an ice navigation checklist. Opened the steam valve to the lower sea chest as they thought this would prevent ice build-up. During the night, the electrical officer of the watch (EOW)...

Diamond Miners Find 500-year-old Shipwreck Loaded with £9 Million of Gold in the Middle of an African Desert Diamond miners recently discovered a ship that went down 500 years ago after draining a man-made lagoon...

At about 7.30 p.m. on June 8, a merchant ship MV Infinity One, approximately 20 NM off Goa coast, reported water ingress and continuous listing to starboard (right hand) side.  The vessel had reported...

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announces that the first draft restriction announced in Advisory to Shipping A-12-2016, and in effect since April 18, 2016, is being suspended until further notice. Therefore, effective immediately, the maximum...

Oil Tanker Averts Pirate Attack Off Nigeria On June 6, an oil tanker suffered an aborted pirate attack between the coast of Togo and Nigeria.  The pirate vessel with 2 skiffs on each side, was...