San Jose Galleon ‘Is Found’

The San Jose carrying gold, silver, gems and jewellery was sunk in June 1708 by a British warship just outside Cartagena.  The valuables were collected from the South American colonies to help finance the...

Viswa Lab’s ‘True Worth Index (TWI)’ For Bunker Fuels – November 2015!

Viswa Lab has recently released True worth Index of Bunker fuels for the month of November 2015. The best fuel in THE MIDDLE EAST has a TWI of  66 and the worst fuel in SINGAPORE...

3,600 Ships Surpass Legal Requirements

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Environmental Ship Index (ESI) is a register of 3,600 vessels maintained by the International Association for Ports and Harbours (IAPH).  IAPH will present the results of the performance of vessels on regulatory requirements every...

From ‘Wired’: Bitcoin Creator ‘Is 44-Year-Old Australian’

Bitcoin is a virtual currency built around a complicated cryptographic protocol and a global network of computers that oversees and verifies which coins have been spent by whom.  Its anonymous nature means it is...

The Baltic Index Down

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities fell for the third consecutive session on Friday due to poor demand across nearly all vessel segments.  The overall index fell...

ClassNK: Ship Data Centre Created To Speed Up Big Data Use!

Leading classification society ClassNK announced that it has established Ship Data Center Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan on 7 December 2015. This is  a wholly owned subsidiary that aims to support the utilization of data...

SS Coamo: Sank In Five Minutes

SS Coamo was an American Steam passenger ship built in 1925.  In January 1942 she was time chartered as US Army transport. On 1 December 1942, the Coamo (Master Nels Helgesen) left the convoy MKF-3...

Thai Slavery Busted

The owner of a fishing company, three enforcers and four boat captains were arrested on November 7 on charges of trafficking, abuse and exploitation in the southern port of Kantang after the Environmental Justice...

China – New ECZs (Emission Control Zones) from 2019!

  The Chinese Ministry of Transport has released detailed guidance for a set of emissions control areas at major Chinese ports. These will be called as ECZs (Emission Control Zones) and will require the use...

ExxonMobil Launches High- Performance System Oil

ExxonMobil has launched Mobilgard™ 300 C, a high-performance system oil for two-stroke, crosshead marine diesel engines operating under severe conditions that offer superior engine cleanliness, better engine protection and longer oil life. It helps...