https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be ‘Ship launch’ is referred to as the transfer of a newly constructed ship to Water.  It is considered as a public celebration and a solemn blessing.  In fact, it is considered as a naval...

The UK maker of the Nurofen "specific pain" range of products has defended their packaging, after an Australian court ordered the products off shelves.  The court said the UK-based Reckitt Benckiser had misled consumers. It...

The Moonfruit service had taken offline thousands of business and personal websites hosted by it when threatened with a cyber-attack. On Thursday, 10th  December, the company said it had been hit by a distributed denial...

$360 million Navy ship LCS Milwaukee towed to port after breaking down off Virginia. The U.S. Navy’s newest littoral combat ship had to be towed into port last week after losing propulsion off the coast...

Accident : Fire Date : 14th December 2015 Location : Houston Ship Channel, United States Casualties/Pollution : Nil   The Chemical tanker, which was moored outside the Targa LPG export terminal, caught fire early on Monday.  The fire incident prompted nearly three-hour shutdown...

Evergas and JHW Engineering & Contracting will jointly build six INEOS MAX 32,000M3 liquefied ethane/ethylene carriers. Copenhagen-based Evergas and Hong Kong-listed JHW Engineering & Contracting have entered into an agreement to build four Ineos Max...

Three areas of uncertainty exist concerning the implementation of the International Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention: 35% Threshold Tonnage Entry Into Force Date D2 Standard Implementation Scheme The total number of ratifying States is 47 (Only 30 States...

Accident type : Wrecked Vessel involved : MV Le Joola Location : Coast of Gambia Date : September 26, 2002 Casualties : 1,863 deaths VESSEL INFO: Name : MV Le Joola Built  : 1990 Class & type : Roll-on/roll-off ferry Tonnage : 2087 gross Length : 79.5 meters Beam : 12 meters MV Le Joola was...

The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd (VTT) is leading a project to develop  the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that could be ideal for use on vessels using liquid natural gas (LNG)...

How To Mitigate Legal Risks When Purchasing Bunkers – Lessons learned from the OW Bunker collapse It is almost a year since OW Bunker & Trading A/S filed for bankruptcy. The collapse shows that there are significant...