https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be The first cargo of the Liquified Natural Gas from the Santos GLNG project was successfully loaded onto the Malaysian-owned LNG Cargo vessel Seri Bakti.  The vessel is en route to South Korea. Alasdair Cathcart, General...

Mauritius occupies a strategic position in the Indian Ocean, offering a base for shipping on the East-West trade routes and for businesses looking for a convenient doorstep to Africa.  About 35,000  ships pass the...

What should have been an easy en-route delivery of the much awaited cargo of Electrical Transformers from China to Syria has turned out to be a lamentable situation for the Crew of UCF-6. Crew captain...

Personal injury settlements for seafarers in Hong Kong must be fair and realistic taking into account the prevailing conditions.  Shipping insurance P&I Club Gard noted in its latest update about obtaining the court approval...

Ship Type : Chemical/Product Tanker. Location : 70 Nautical Miles off Bulgaria, Black Sea. Cargo : Vegetable Oil. Casualties : None. Incident : Engine Room Flooding & Loss of Propulsion. The Chemical tanker M/T Pazar lost the engine propulsion as the engine room flooded off Varna, Bulgaria...

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) is a global shipping company based in the Middle East.  Founded in 1976, UASC has more than 185 offices around the world.  The company is the largest container shipping...

Accident : Crane Collapse Date : October 17, 2015 Location : Longshan Shipyard, Zhoushan Casualties : One dead, 2 injured and one missing. On Saturday, the crane in the ship repair yard collapsed during a repair work at Longshan shipyard.  In this...

Apple has been ordered to pay more than $234 million to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the damages for patent infringement.  The suit is for incorporating microchip technology in some of the iphones and...

According to OECD, developed countries affected by the global financial crisis have the highest level of unemployed graduates.  The unemployment rate for the people with third level education is higher in Greece with 19.4%,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be A canal lock is used to raise or lower the water level and are usually kept together in flights such as those at Bingley five rise locks. Watch the video to know how a canal...