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 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...

  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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Incidents involving coal cargoes loaded at Indonesian ports have become increasingly frequent in recent years. Due to the coal’s chemical characteristics, the cargoes are prone to ‘self-heat’ and emit methane, which obviously presents a fire...

North Kivu governor Julien Paluku said the government-operated speed boat left from Goma at the northern tip of Lake Kivu at about 7:30 a.m for Bukavu at its southern edge on Monday.  The boat...

A tanker loaded with 786 tons of fuel oil and diesel fuel was en route from Nevelsk to Vanino in Russia when rough conditions and strong winds have apparently contributed to the grounding of...