100K-ton, 1,100-foot-long Supercarrier Ready To Join The Fleet
USS Gerald R Ford, the most expensive warship ever built, is expected to join U.S.Navy by September.
A Navy official said that the $12.9 billion aircraft carrier is expected to join U.S. Navy in September.
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MPA Announces Skills Future – Earn And Learn Programme For Singapore
UPDATE ON INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE SEAFARING CAREERS: STRUCTURED ON-THE-JOB TRAINING (OJT) SEA SERVICE PROGRAMMES
1. The Tripartite Maritime Manpower Taskforce for Seafarers (TF-Sea)1, chaired by Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), has launched the SkillsFuture...
BDI: 500 Points On! Nevertheless Bulker Numbers In Excess!!!
Last Week, the Baltic Dry Index reached the 500 mark one more time which is the highest for this year. It is visible that the rates are yet to make a profitable impact. In...
Change In Bunker Surveyors Function For MFM Deliveries
Change In Bunker Surveyors Function For Mass Flow Metres Deliveries
In previous mfame articles we discussed about Provisional Standard For Mass Flow Metering Systems and the introduction of the First Mass Flow Metering System for Hong Kong....
MOL Unveils The Hull Design For Next Generation Car-Carrier
MOL has announced that its next generation car carrier will feature the energy-saving rounded bow, which can minimise the CO2 emissions.
A joint research by MOL, MOL Techno-Trade, Ltd. and Akishima Laboratories (Mitsui Zosen) Inc....
Bulker Captain Fell To Death During Rescue Exercise
Master of a bulk carrier killed in lifeboat fall and several crew were injured during a rescue exercise, off Indonesia.
Reports say that the bulker captain got killed in a fall from lifeboat during a...
Failed Pirate Attack off Nigeria, Again!
A crude oil tanker was targeted by a group of Armed pirates and reports say that they attempted boarding it near Nigerian coast.
The Crude carrying large motor tanker, with a high freeboard in ballast,...
Shippers’ Guide For The Container Weight Mandate
Here is a guide for the shippers of packed cargo containers in regard with SOLAS Amendment that will come into effect from 1st July 2016.
The alleged failure of the shippers of containerized cargo to...
Tek Sing: The Titanic Of The East
The Tek Sing was a large three-masted Chinese ocean-going junk ship that operated in and around the busy South China Sea trade routes during the 1800s.
On February 6, 1822, Sailing from Port Amoy to...
A Layman Solved What Engineers Can’t – A Real Life Story!
When you experience technical problems and you are unable to fix the problem yourself, what do you do? If you are the Chief Engineer on board a ship, you have your Engineer Superintendent or...