Stena Germanica To Get The Second Methanol Engine

By next month, Stena Rederi is to convert a second engine to methanol fuelled ro-pax Stena Germanica.  Stena hopes to have all four engines converted for methanol in the beginning of 2016.  The conversion...

SS Mont-Blanc : A Massive Explosion Devastates A City

Accident type : Explosion Vessels involved : SS Mont-Blanc and SS Imo Date : December 6, 1917 Casualties : 2,000 died and 6,000 injured VESSEL INFO: Name : SS Mont-Blanc Built in : 1899 Flag : France Type : General Cargo Tonnage : 3121 gross tons Length : 98 m (320 ft) Beam : 13.7 m...

Ferry Capsized Off Surabaya Port

Accident : Vessel Capsized Date : 16th November 2015 Vessel Involved : Wihan Sejahtera, Indonesia Ro/Pax Ferry Location :  A quarter mile off at the port of Surabaya, Indonesia Casualties : None On Monday morning, the ro/pax ferry suddenly started taking in water shortly...

Stena Goes Green By Taking Advantage Of LEMAG

Fitting LEMAG’s SLASHPOL E-WIF Homogenisers To Reduce NOx Emissions: Taking this advantage, Stena goes green! The first LEMAG SLASHPOL E-WIF FQI (fuel quality improver) homogeniser on the Stena Carrier was fitted over five years ago. Following...

China Finds Gold Under The Sea

China has discovered gold under the sea with the location of a multi-billion-dollar gold deposit in the water of the Bohai Sea.  The deposit contains over 470 tons of gold worth around $16 billion  in...

Saudi Aramco And HHI Sign MoU

Saudi Aramco, the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals company, and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group signed a general memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly collaborate on business development opportunities in the Kingdom of...

Consolidation For Containership Growth

Neptune Orient Lines, the Singapore-based shipping company is up for sale for $2bn.  Maersk Line has proposals to buy it.  Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping group told that the industry is hit...

General Cargo Ships Collide in Taiwan Strait

Accident : Collision Date : 14th November 2015 Vessels Involved : Ji-Xin 9 and Guang Yun Location : Off Shantou and near the Nanpeng island in the Taiwan Strait Casualties/Pollution : Nil On Saturday, around 0300 am Ji-Xin 9 collided with Guang Yun on...

Container Owners Meeting In Hamburg

COA Meeting In Hamburg The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Container Owners Association (COA) will be conducted at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Hamburg on Monday 16th November, on the eve of the Intermodal...

Oil Prices Dips Due to Surplus

Lower Consumption Causes Surplus And Dips Oil Prices The global supply imbalance is getting worse.  So, oil futures prices (WTI) plunged 12.5% this week from $47.90 on Friday, November 3 to $41.96 this morning Wednesday,...