Swiss power and automation technology group ABB Turbocharging has launched a commercial turbocharging air outlet silencer package to reduce noise levels on board ships.  The noise reduction package will reduce engine room noise complying...

In July 2015, before the inauguration of the New Suez Canal, the average daily number of transiting vessels was 47 ships, with an average load of 2.758 m tonnes per day. During the past week...

Porto Chibatao faces delays as two harbour cranes and two floating pontoons sunk following a massive crash. During the early hours of Sunday, two floating pontoons and two Liebherr LHM 600 harbor cranes collapsed and...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be The world's largest container ship if tipped up on its end, would be taller than London's Shard skyscraper. History Name: MSC Oscar Owner: Mediterranean Shipping Company Operator: Mediterranean Shipping Company Port of registry:  Panama Builder: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) Cost: Over 200 million Completed: 2015 Identification: IMO number: 9703291 General characteristics Type: Container...

The U.S. biologists, found tarantula species have evolved over eight times with the same shade of vibrant blue. The hue is because of tiny structures inside trantula's hairs, but the shape of the structures vary...

While Paris focuses on climate change, air pollution kills 400,000 Europeans a year. IN WIELICZKA, near Krakow, a handful of locals have gathered in a hotel conference room to bemoan air pollution. One woman complains...

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...

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...

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"...

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...