IMO Mandates – “Fuel Consumption Reporting Rule” – How to Address it?
The recent update on the IMO's MEPC is that IMO has not adopted to a proposal to regulate greenhouse gases. However, IMO approved that all ships over 5000 GT have to report fuel consumption...
The UK – A Leading Maritime Business Services Hub
The City of London Corporation has published its research findings that UK tops the list for its varied services in Maritime Business that includes marine insurance, shipbroking, legal services and education. The UK maritime...
Sailors Witness Birth of an Island and Escape Death
Can You Believe It! Birth of a New Island From UnderWater Volcano!!
We don’t really think about it on a daily basis, but the Earth is still changing all the time. It just happens so...
AET Solely Acquires Paramount Tankers
AET has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 50% shares of Paramount tankers. Earlier, AET was holding 50-50 partnership along with Golden Energy Tanker Holdings. The transactions are expected to be completed in...
[Watch] Fire Onboard a Tanker in Caspian Sea
Russian tanker caught fire and claimed the life of a ship’s mechanic in the Caspian Sea off Turkmenistan. Check out the video to see blazes on board and the tanker engulfed in heavy...
Tanker Caught Fire Kills One in Caspian Sea
Tanker Caught Fire and Kills One in Caspian Sea
On April 23, Russian tanker caught fire and claimed the life of a ship’s mechanic in the Caspian Sea off Turkmenistan. Reports say that ignition source...
Captain of a Container Vessel Found the Boat of the Missing Florida Teens
Captain of the multipurpose supply ship Edda Fjord, reportedly found the floating boat of Florida teens about 100 miles off the coast of Bermuda. The boat, which was floating in the shipping lane, was...
Laser Attack On U.S. Coast Guard Vessel
A green laser light hindered a Coast Guard boat crew while underway near the Squalicum Harbor area of Bellingham, Wednesday night.
Mfame carried an article a week ago on Navigational Hazard! Laser Pen Attack on...
MPA: MFM To Measure All Marine Fuel Deliveries From 2017
Capt M Segar, Assistant Chief Executive of Operations of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore announced that the implementation of MFM in Singapore would come as early as 2017.
Earlier, MPA unveiled that the mass...
The Wreck of Battleship Musashi
Musashi was the second ship of the Yamato class of Imperial Japanese Navy World War II battleships.
She was used to carry combatants and war equipment between Japan and several occupied islands in 1944.
While carrying...