Revolutionising Asia and Indonesia’s Gas Market
Thursday 28 January 2016, Singapore:
Regional and international energy players to set tone and address investment and infrastructure development opportunities across Asia and Indonesia’s gas markets.
Indonesia’s first mini liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, Tanjung Benoa...
‘OCTOPUS’ to Help Vessels Operate Safely 5 Kilometers Below Sea Level
ABB has announced it will provide the technology that will help three vessels safely carry out construction and maintenance tasks up to 5 km under water.
The vessels will be equipped with ABB’s OCTOPUS software...
Nitration – How an Engine Lubricant Suffers from it.
If you would have seen Viswa Lab’s Lubricant analysis trend report, one must have wondered and definitely noticed a parameter called “IR-Nitration”.
Let us not worry too much about IR - as it simply stands...
Earth Observation Through European Data Relay System
European Space Agency uses laser to gather pictures of the planet taken by other spacecraft.
In this new system the satellite, via laser will tramis the pictures to another satellite much higher in the sky...
Nobel Peace Laureate Takes Power
San Suu Kyi finally takes the power as the head of Myanmar Government nearly after 26 years.
The Nobel Peace Laureate and the leader of National League for Democracy (NLD) met success with a substantial...
[Watch] Listed Vessel Drifting In The Bay Of Biscay
A cargo vessel, loaded with 3600 tons of timber and construction machinery, started listing some 148 miles off Cape Ortegal, Galicia, in the Bay of Biscay. The vessel listed some 50 degrees due...
Sudden Release of Stored Pressure Energy – Crewman Lost An Eye
Safety plays the most important role in all our activities. Carelessness or poor risk awareness can be very dangerous. The following incident teaches us the importance of awareness and safety compliance.
Incident:
The second engineer was...
Oil Cargo Hose Snapped Spilling Palm Oil into a River
A moving tanker’s anchor entangled with a berthed vessel mooring ropes which ripped apart the pipes causing the oil leak into the river at Chittagong port.
A tanker vessel of the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation berthed...
Baltic Dry Index – How Low Can It Go & How Long Can It...
How Low? :
The Baltic Dry Index ended Friday 29 January at 317, which is never been seen before level.
Recent deals suggest that shipowners are not collecting enough money to pay for the running of...
The Defiance: A Sailing Ship Frozen In Time
Lake Huron is host to hundreds of sunken vessels, some of them quite historic. The wrecks in these waters are extremely well preserved due to the cold, fresh water conditions.
On October 20, 1854, the...