Fire Breaks Out Inside a Gas Tanker Under Construction Accident : Fire at Shipyard Place : Shipyard in southeastern South Korea Date : November 10th, Tuesday Casualties : 1 killed and 7 injured On 10th November, a fire broke out in a newly built gas tanker...

Largest and most powerful MAN B&W-branded engine ever built approaches market début. Doosan Engine has reported that the initial start of an MAN B&W 11G95ME-C9.5 two-stroke engine took place during October 2015 at its works...

Viswa Lab has released a new “Fuel Problems - The Watchdog!” update and here is an extract from it. In the last week of October 2015, we have identified very high catfines (173 ppm, 202...

New statutory Tanker requirements - ODME type-approved for Bio-fuel Blends A Bio-fuel blends consist of two major parts. A bio-fuel part, which is considered to be a chemical subject under MARPOL Annex II and the IBC...

Accident : Breakaway barge ran aground Date : Nov 8, 2015 Place : Northwest of Ruegen Island, Germany, Baltic sea Injuries : None A stormy weather cut the mooring lines of the tug Aaron and lost towed barge SMITBARGE 8...

For a study known as The Wild Life of Our Homes, volunteers from 1,200 homes across the United States sent dust samples taken from the ledges above doorways (a forgotten place when cleaning) to...

Accident type  : Ran Aground Vessel involved : Stephen Whitney Location : West Calf Island Date  : November 10, 1847 Casualties : 92 people VESSEL INFO: Name : Stephen Whitney Type : Ocean liner propulsion : Sailing ship Tonnage : 1034 tons Stephen Whitney was a passenger carrying sailing ship which was wrecked...

The Colossus of Rhodes, a 98- foot high iron and bronze statue of the Greek God Helios had its place near the harbour of Rhodes for 54 years.  A sudden earthquake in 226 BCE...

Maersk Line To Reduce Manpower By 4000 Maersk Line has opted to cost cutting that includes a massive reduction of 4000 employees from its total global headcount of 23,000.  This cost-cutting is expected to happen...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Event : Launch and Christening celebrations Vessel : Cement Carrier Christened as : MV Greenland Built for : Joint venture JT cement, in which Erik Thun AB cooperates with KG Jebsen Cement (KGJ) from Norway Built At : Shipyard Ferus Smit of the...