Bulker Grounded Despite Warning
Bulker ran aground at Ahirkapi anchorage, Istanbul, despite being warned by the Egyptian Traffic Control.
In the evening hours of December 6th, a bulk carrier crossed the Bosphorus strait and travelled in the southern direction...
High VLCC Rates To Stay Afloat
When the vessel supply and charter volumes demand stand even freight rates will remain firm. It is the case with Asian trades for very large crude carriers (VLCCs). The daily earnings soar by between...
Heavy Sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
Watch how a 300m long Container vessel goes through a heavy sea.
Opinions :
AceTankerPaul 7 months ago
That's really awesome that metal bends and not breaks
Nicholas Mawer 7 months ago It's called, oddly, "hog and hawe"...
Coast Guard Saved Freighter From Sinking
A cargo vessel carrying hazardous class A cargo grounded off Sangiang Island.
Accident Type
: Grounding
Vessel Type
: Cargo vessel
Location
: Off Sangiang Island in Indonesia
En Route
: From Australia to Jakarta
Casualties / Pollution
: Not reported
The freighter was passing through the Sunda Strait...
MAN PrimeServ Upgrades Turbochargers
MAN PrimeServ upgrades turbochargers on four Cruise liners of Royal Caribbean Cruises
MAN PrimeServ won a contract to add 30 turbochargers aboard four cruise liners of Royal Caribbean Cruises. It will also provide attachment kits...
American Classification Society Partners To Build FCC
Classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has entered into a cooperation agreement with Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) to develop a new generation of feeder container carriers. The companies will...
Know About Thanksgiving In The U.S.
Every year during Christmas and Thanksgiving respectively, 22 million and 45 million turkeys are killed because 98% of the Americans celebrate thanksgiving. A thanksgiving dinner will cost about $50.11 in 2015 while it was...
Ofcom Warns Of Wi-Fi Slow Down
Decorative lights can slow down wi-fi, warns watchdog Ofcom. It released an app to check uninterrupted data flow from routers to phones and tablets. It suggests users to spot the cause for wi-fi slowing...
Crisis Management – The Gard Approach
A crisis can occur anytime. The shipowner will always be in the immediate line of fire and will retain ownership over any crisis that affects or is caused by the vessel.
Gard’s crisis management plan...
SS Edmund Fitzgerald – The Pride Of The American Flag
Accident type
: Wrecked
Vessel involved
: SS Edmund Fitzgerald
Date
: November 10, 1975
Location
: Lake Superior
Casualties
: 29 crew members died
VESSEL INFO:
Name
: SS Edmund Fitzgerald
Built in
: 1957
Type
: Lake freighter
Tonnage
: 13,632 GRT
Length
: 729 ft (222 m)
Beam
: 75 ft...