Piston Less Power For LNG Fuelled Mega Container Ship A technical and feasibility study was released by GTT, CMA CGM (and its subsidiary CMA Ships) and DNV GL for a new mega container ship today...

All 224 Flight Passengers Aboard Killed in Plane Crash Incident : A Russian airliner crashed Location : Egypt's Sinai peninsula Casualties : 224 people died Reports say a Russian airliner 'broke up in mid-air' and crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, killing...

The CWEC joint venture was established in July 2014 for the manufacture of diesel and dual-fuel Wärtsilä engines.  A new factory construction began on October 28.  The area of the new facility located at...

Largest Sail-Assisted Motor Yacht on Sea Trials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be The world’s largest sailing yacht sail-assisted motor yacht sets out for a series of sea trials off the coast of Germany.  The vessel is named as Sailing...

Florida Airport: Fire On Plane Injures 15 On Thursday, Boeing 767, operated by Dynamic Airline, caught fire on the runway at Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida. The Plane, en route to Carcass, Venezuela, was reported about...

Oil Spill Drill Near Vancouver A mock ‘oil-spill drill’ will be conducted near Vancouver on Thursday morning at 10.00 AM.  Kinder Morgan is to conduct a mock oil spill simulating a release of 160,000 litres...

Two Ships Collided While Overtaking In North Sea A ULCS collided with a general cargo ship as it tried to overtake off Hollum, Netherlands. Accident type : Collision Vessels involved : Ultra large container ship Hong Kong Express and a general...

Allision Due To Dense Fog While Maneuvering Container ship MAERSK LEON allided with the pier in Bremerhaven Accident type : Allision Vessels involved : MAERSK LEON Location : Bremerhaven Date : 29th October 2015 Identified  cause : Dense fog VESSEL INFORMATION: Name : MAERSK LEON TEU (Nominal) : 8850 Built : 06 Mar 2012 Call Sign : 9V9778 Class : ABS Flag : Singapore The Singapore flagged vessel while maneuvering...

Singapore Standard For LNG Bunkering The Singapore state LNG specialist and industry work groups work together to bring out next year the draft for technical reference for liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering.  The draft will...

AET Adds Eight Eco Tankers Singapore-based Petroleum tanker owner AET gets eight "environmentally-friendly and fuel-efficient" new-build tankers for roughly $500 million very soon.  The vessels will have the International Maritime Organization (IMO)-compliant ballast water management...