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...