Blending-on-Board (BOB), Latest in Maersk Fluid Technology
BoB stands for ‘SEA-Mate Blending-on-Board’ and is the brainchild of Maersk Fluid Technology. The core product is a small machine that can reduce the cost of lubricant for the Maersk fleet. Usage of this...
OYO Rooms: India’s Largest Hotel Network
A nightmare of checking into a hotel made 18-year-old college dropout Ritesh Agarwal four years later, the CEO of Oyo rooms, a network of 1000 hotels operating in 35 cities across India. The monthly...
Fall From a Low-rise Stepping Platform Turns Fatal
Summary of the accident:
A bosun was cleansing the hatch coaming of a cargo hold, he fell from a low-rise stepping platform and died.
The bosun was standing on a stepping platform that was 0.85 meters...
Explosion At Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard Injures Eight
Accident
:
Explosion.
Date
:
6th September 2015.
Location
:
Shital Enterprise scrap yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Casualties
:
8 injured.
The scrap yard in Chittagong exploded due to leak in a gas cylinder. The reports state that the leak had enclosed the area with gas...
Passenger Vessel Runs Aground With 150 People On Board
Vessel Name
:
Binh Thuan-16
Incident
:
Ship aground
Date
:
Saturday, 5th September 2015
Location
:
Phan Thiet, Vietnam
Casualties
:
No injuries or death
It was on Saturday, 5th September 2015, when the 41m long Binh Thuan-16 a passenger cum cargo vessel, underway with about 150 passengers, ran aground...
[Watch] The World’s Vessel Traffic from Space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMG1SdeYLFE&feature=youtu.be
Fleetmon along with its partner Luxspace has provided an impressive video enabling us to watch the movement of the ships globally. This view is made possible through satellite AIS technology, combining high-resolution terrestrial and...
Peril From Pneumatics on Board
The important part played by Pneumatics and control cannot be gainsaid. Erudite readers of this note no doubt realise proper functioning pneumatic system and controls is sine qua non for safe operation.
This note, would...
Launch of ‘Chapplaincy’ App By Sailors’ Society
Sailors’ Society, one of the largest seafarer support charities operating worldwide, has developed a Smartphone app – Chapplaincy so as to enable the port chaplains and ship visitors to deliver effective care to the...
Ten Killed As Fishing Boat Capsizes Off Korea
Accident: Capsize.
Date: 5th September 2015.
Vessel Involved: Dolphin, a fishing boat.
Location: Island of Chuja, Korea.
Casualties: 10 dead.
A 9.77-tonne fishing boat Dolphin, carrying 21 passengers went missing near the island of Chuja on the southern coast...
Maersk Ranks 38th In Fortune’s First ‘Change The World’ List
Recently world’s most well-known brands such as the Google, Walmart, IKEA, IBM joined the top and leading “Change the world” list recognised by Fortune Magazine. Among the top 51 companies, Maersk ranks 38th.
It has...