Ships account for almost 90 percent of global trade and nearly 11 billion tons of stuff per year. Big ships approximately consume 110 tons of fuel oil per day and may take few weeks to...

  Lloyd’s Register has provided Viking Life-Saving Equipment with a type approval for a record new 81 m evacuation chute. Viking’s existing 64 m system was found inadequate for its CJ70 jack-up rig design’s unprecedented height....

The shipping advisor Moore Stephens has predicted that Shipping will remain “volatile and uncertain” in 2016, thanks to unpredictable Chinese demand and a complex geopolitical picture elsewhere. The Vision: Shipping partner of Moore Stephens - Richard...

Ships constructed on or after January 1, 2016 and entering into the North American or U.S. Caribbean Emission Control Areas (ECA) must comply with the Tier III NOx requirement of MARPOL Annex VI, Chapter...

Every year there would be various interesting statistics presented by different organizations based on their research.  One such interesting statistics is about the number of deficiencies which caused ships to get detained in the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be A passenger has captured a video where a tug collides with a passenger vessel at the port of Mar del Plata in Argentina  Ten children and one woman were reportedly injured in this incident. Check...

Special Reward For Vessels With Green Award Certification DYNAMARINe will provide a 5% discount on its services to Green Award certified ships starting from the 1st January, 2016. Green Award certifies ships that are extra clean...

The Harry Potter Author has paid a whopping sum of £22million to Hollywood star Johnny Depp for buying his luxury yacht. Depp named it Vajoliroja after Depp’s former partner Vanessa Paradis and their children Lily-Rose...

NOAA archaeologists say they've located a 144-year-old Arctic shipwreck, and climate change may have been the unlikely hero in making this discovery possible. A total of 33 whaling ships sank into the Chukchi Sea, northwest...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Accident : Collision Vessel type : General Cargo Ship Location : Eider river in Kiel Canal Casualties/Pollution : Nil A cargo ship collided with the transporter bridge at Eider river in Kiel Canal.  According to the reports, the duty officer missed the...