New MD For Scandinavian Bunkering
The global marine fuel supplier, Scandinavian Bunkering, has announced their new Managing Director. Erik Vinde, the COO of the company, takes the helm. He joined the company in the year 2006.
Excited Erik Vinde said:
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Kochi: India’s Favourite Bunkering Service Point
Last week about 90,000 MT of ship fuel was delivered at port Kochi. The supplies came from all port suppliers between the months of April and September to meet the needs of 120 ships...
Sister Ship Inspection Records Show El Faro Problems
The 790-foot cargo ship El Faro built in 1975, sank this month off the coast of the Bahamas in the middle of a hurricane, killing all 33 people aboard. On the morning of...
Quick-Witted Shipmaster Foils Piracy Bid
Early yesterday morning the Liberian- registered oil tanker carrying 90,000 metric tonnes of marine fuel oil worth US$23mil (RM95mil) entered the Malaysian waters when the alert Ukrainian shipmaster, in his early 50s, spotted two...
Nuclear Waste Goes By Sea From France to Australia
France-based nuclear company Areva, had loaded 25 tonnes of nuclear waste from its reprocessing plant in Beaumont-Hague, near the port of Cherbourg, on Thursday. The BBC Shanghai carrying the nuclear waste is due to...
[Watch] Container Ship Headed Straight Into Football Ground!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be
A German-flagged vessel, ran aground and headed straight towards shore. The ship was en route from Yokohama, Japan to Chiwan port, Shenzhen, China when a sudden veer off the course made the vessel run...
How Do Some Heavy Smokers Escape?
UK scientists have unravelled the mystery of why some people have healthy lungs despite a lifetime of smoking. A study on 50,000 people (UK’s Biobank project) has revealed that mutations in people’s DNA enhanced...
[Maiden Call] Watch Norwegian Escape At Hamburg For Drydock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be
On Tuesday, 13th October 2015, the Norwegian Escape enters Blohm + Voss shipyard, at Hamburg, for the final construction and inspection purpose. This cruise ship makes her maiden call at Hamburg.
Details of the ship:
The...
The Plague Haunts The U.S.
Even the technologically advanced U.S. is not able to eradicate the plague that haunted Africa, Asia, and Europe killing about 50 million people in the 14th Century. Europe's population was reduced to half.
In London,...
Shipbroking Market Idled in October
Newbuilding orders stay still in the market.
Allied Shipbroking, in its weekly report stated that the new shipbuilding orders were stagnant for the month in comparison to the last.
The newbuilding market trends:
Prospective buyers are...