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...

Natural gas emerged as the fuel source that exceeded all known and anticipated environmental standards. In addition, liquefied natural gas (LNG) was already being tested as a transportation fuel for trucks and smaller vessels...

Over the past decade, the maximum size of container ships has increased almost twofold.  There're even 21,000–22,000 TEU ships on order.  Larger vessels save operational cost but require large port facilities involving high infrastructure...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be A 111-meter cargo ship plowed through a span of a railway bridge Thursday in Germany, closing the bridge indefinitely.  Reports say that a general cargo ship (name removed) was transiting the Ems River when...

CMA CGM has confirmed its acquisition of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) for $ 0.93 per NOL share, valuing the deal at $2.4bn.  This massive acquisition will create a combined turnover of $22bn for CMA...