Sophisticated Fraud Carried Out on the High Seas!
In Agcs Marine Ins. Co. v. World Fuel Services, Inc., the Southern District of New York was faced with an insurance dispute from a fraud carried out on the high seas. The defendants, World...
Wärtsilä Donates an Engine to Texas A&M University
Wärtsilä’s Makes a Noble Gesture by Donating Engine to Texas A&M University at Galveston
Wärtsilä has given an 8-chamber Wärtsilä 20 motor and generating set, to the Marine Engineering Technology Department at Texas A&M University...
St. Lucia Implements Open Ship Registry
The Saint Lucia Air and Seaports Authority (SLASPA) after a thorough review of the Shipping Amendment Act is pleased to announce that Saint Lucia has taken the decision to implement an Open Ship Registry.
An...
Time Running Short to Save Viking Ship in Geneva
People have been trying for decades to save the replica Viking ship that sailed to Chicago for the 1893 World's Fair.
And while there has been some progress on shoring up the Viking and preserving...
Oil Spill Pollutes Waters Off Penang
Oil Spill Pollutes Waters of Penang and Investigations Underway
On May 27, an oil spill from unknown source has polluted nearly a 5 km coastline, stretching from Swettenham Pier to Gurney Drive, in waters off...
Drunken Ship Captain Pleads Guilty
Captain of Stranded Ship Pleads Guilty to Being Drunk
The captain of a stranded ship, Gennardy Lupey, has pleaded guilty to being drunk in charge, on board the Southern Star in Chatham Docks, Kent on...
Hybrid Thrusters – More Power for Less Fuel!
First Cat Marine Hybrid Thruster Delivers More Power Using Less Fuel
Caterpillar Marine is pleased to announce that engineering specialists at its new Marine Solutions Center are this month overseeing delivery of the first Cat® Marine Hybrid...
Man B&W – ME Engines – Accumulator Body were Ejected into the Engine Room...
With reference to a few incidents reported, one of the TSP accumulators installed has suffered from breakage, and parts of the accumulator body were ejected into the engine room causing damage to the engine....
Fire on Ship Off Southampton
A Cruise Ship on fire
On May 27, a vessel by name Karissa, which is undergoing refit at Ocean Quay in Southampton, caught fire in its scaffolding boards.
Fire crews rushed to the scene, used...
Liquid Helium Leak from a Ship Contained! – MFB, Melbourne
Firefighters contained a liquid helium leak on-board a ship in West Melbourne overnight. The fire fighters and associated brigadiers were called to Swanson Dock on Oliphant Street at midnight. Wearing breathing apparatus, firefighters determined...