A Tip Off From Container Ship Helped CG Save Three

The 55- foot sailboat where three men sailed was beset by weather on Friday, 90 miles off the coast of Saint Simons, Georgia.  They were saved by the Coast Guards, after receiving the initial...

MOL Reaches Out with Ferries to Earthquake Victims

MOL Pledges Support For People Afflicted By Kumamoto Earthquake TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) today announced the launch of a charity donation drive within the MOL Group to help people...

Ship Fire Injures Two at Lyttelton

Accident Fire Vessel type Fishing vessel Date 18th April 2016 Location Lyttelton Port of Christchurch Casualties Two Injured The fishing vessel was moored in the port’s inner harbour when a blaze was reported from it around 8.15 am on Monday.  Emergency services were called...

Seafarer Missing After a Bulker Collision Off Baradero

The bulker hit a runaway sand carrier in parana river near Baradero in Argentina.  The sand carrier was reported to be paving way for the bulker to pass away in parana river, but suddenly...

Fire Onboard a Ship Kills One and Injures Five Off Penang

  Accident Fire Date 18th April 2016 Vessel type Tanker Location Off the coast of Penang Casualties One dead and four injured A fire broke out on a Korean-registered ship following an explosion onboard, last night.  The preliminary information stated that the explosion is...

Could an Oil Analysis Worth $50 Save a $16 million Catastrophic Damage?

A fully loaded bulk carrier was downbound on the Mississippi River, outbound for sea.  During the transit, she suffered a steering gear failure that resulted in her collision/allision with a moored oil tanker, pier,...

A Country Blessed With 360 Ports

The U.S is considered to be a country that is blessed with 360 ports.  These ports help the nation by serving its marine needs and it is carried out by both public and private-owned...

Drone Strikes British Airways flight

British Airways Flight Believed To Hit Drone On Approach Police say a British Airways flight approaching Heathrow Airport is believed to have hit a drone before it landed safely.  The plane from Geneva hit an...

Navigational Hazard! Laser Pen Attack on a Hampshire Ferry

Beware! Laser Pen Attack on a Hampshire Ferry A Ferry full of passengers has become the latest target of a laser pen attack, causing what was described as a dangerous “navigational hazard”. United Kingdom’s Ministry Of...

Danish Company Unveils a New Container Feeder Design

Danish Company Unveils Three New Container Feeder Design KNUD E. HANSEN, a Danish naval architect company, has been developing a number of pioneering container feeder vessel designs, tailored to meet specific requirements. In order to navigate...