Chemical Freight Rates Turn Up While Baltic Dry Index Follow a Downward Trend
Cargoes carrying chemicals from US to England and Europe has increased rapidly. As a result, the transatlantic eastbound chemical freight rates have also increased considerably. This increase in freight rates on the transatlantic is...
Amazon Looks At Newer Horizons
Amazon which is currently busy in sending millions of packages to people across the world may venture into a newer avenue – getting into the shipping business. The main purpose is to increase the...
Cargo Ship Collides With Freighter Off Port Of Piraeus
Accident type
: Collision
Vessels involved
: Two Greek Cargo ships
Location
: Port of Piraeus
Casualties Oil Spill
: Not reported.
A general cargo ship entering the port at the approach area collided with a freighter that was leaving the port....
Bulk Carrier On Fire Off Venice
A fire broke out yesterday at the port of Venice on board 2007-built kamsarmax bulk carrier. The vessel was reported to be carrying coal to Venice-Marghera for the local power station.
As per reports the...
Monster Waves Damage Container Ship
A storm in Mediterranean sea damaged an ultra large container ship.
The new vessel of Kuwait’s state-company UASC was on first voyage with 12600 TEU in Southern Europe, but was hit by several monster waves...
Ship Crash Causes Power Outage at Stockton
5,000 people were out of power after a ship hit a power line at the Stockton port, causing a power outage on Tuesday.
The areas surrounding Highway 4 to Alpine Avenue faced a bad...
Crew Lost Life Due To Hydraulic Injection
Engineers onboard carry out a lot of maintenance and they deal with hydraulic and pneumatic tools often. A crew lost his limb (some even say the crew lost his life) as a fine...
Queen Mary 2 Gives Birth to a Baby Boy
A baby was born aboard Queen Mary 2 that was docked in Brooklyn on sunday.
An ocean liner was near the end of its transatlantic voyage from Southhampton, England to Brooklyn. A German woman passenger...
Blue Amazon: The LNG Ship of the Future
An innovative project to optimise LNG ship hull forms is set to reduce emissions and save significant amounts of fuel for LNG vessel operators.
The shape of an LNG ship’s hull and cargo tanks are...
57 Jumped Overboard as a Ferry Caught Fire (Update)
The vessel, operated by local firm White Island Tours, was carrying 53 passengers and seven crew members caught fire off the bar at Whakatane, New Zealand. No casualties were reported. Four people were taken...