New Scientist staff have teamed up with Rajiv Jalan at the Institute for Liver and Digestive Health at University College London Medical School (UCLMS) to investigate (DRY January) the benefits of  giving up alcohol for a...

Tim Berners-Lee of Switzerland had on 20 December 1990 turned on the world’s first website.  The site was used internally by CERN scientists until the whole server was opened up to anyone with an...

The ship designers are hard at work to boost the fuel efficiency of the industry and help ship owners meet upcoming environmental regulations. GE Marine and Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) obtained Lloyd’s Register’s (LR)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Accident : Explosion Vessel Type : Bulk carrier Date : 28th December 2015 Location : Near the port of Paranaguá Casualties/Pollution : Nil The bulk carrier suffered an explosion on Monday.  The reports state that on Monday afternoon the vessel was loaded with 65,000...

A Filipino Seafarer who was working on a vessel escaped an accident where he fell overboard from a ship berthed at Britain’s biggest container port.  Colleagues working nearby threw a lifebuoy with which he...

Accident : Vessel Grounding Vessel type : General Cargo Ship Location : Bosphorus Strait Casualties/Pollution : Nil A Turkish general cargo ship ran aground in Bosphorus Strait.  The rudder failure in the cargo ship blocked the steering gear which threatened the vessel...

The vessel started consuming new bunkers after exhausting the older ones.  After putting the bunkers in use, the vessel reported heavy sludge formation in the FO Purifiers.  The purifiers are not able to run...

Stigma has been a seemingly uphill battle for all who have experienced a mental health condition or who have known someone facing these challenges. The economic statistics shows that people should consider mental health...

A recent outbreak of 60 cases of gastroenteritis aboard vessel has put the holiday makers in difficult times.  Some of them have started looking for refunds. Mary-Louise McLaws, professor of infectious diseases control at the...

ECA has really become the buzzword in shipping and we are 12 months past the ECA regulation enforcement.  Did the maritime industry achieve what was required to be achieved by controlling the fuel sulphur%? Starcrest...