European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) recently hosted a workshop Called Remotely Piloted Airborne Systems for Maritime Surveillance (RPAS) in late October 2015. The main agenda discussed in detail was about employing drones for surveillance...

The European Union and its Member States have a strong preference for a global approach to reduce GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions from international shipping led by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Considerable efforts have been...

Panama has launched its Terror alert in order to prevent an expected chaos to commercial shipping in Europe. A document that was seized by a UK-based anti-terrorist think-tank warns about some terror plan to cause...

The wayward star of U.S. television comedy "Two and A Half Men", actor Charlie Sheen, aged 50, confirmed in a US Television interview - "I am here to admit that I am HIV positive." He...

The hospital in a remote location in Kenya has no advanced facilities to help pregnant women who enter into labor.  Fardowsa Abdi, a 25-year-old, faced the situation when she entered into labor.  Of course,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Vessel Launched : El-Mellah Launch Port : Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk, Poland The hull of the sail training ship was launched at the Remontowa shipyard which is built for the Algerian Navy.  This is the 1,000th ship launch...

In the current technology context, there is a supplement to the oft-quoted saying, ‘The pen might be mightier than the sword’: a picture can be pretty powerful too!" Juhana Arkio and his team use pictures...

Accident type : Explosion Vessel involved : Sultana Location : Mississippi River Date : April 27, 1865 Casualties : 1,800 people died VESSEL INFO: Name : Sultana Built in : 1863 Flag : America Type/class : side-wheel steamboat Tonnage : 1,719 tons Length : 260 feet Beam : 42 feet Sultana was a Mississippi River side-wheel steamboat.  The wooden...

Cyprus Government’s New Policy : No Army Duty If Parents Are Ship-Owners The government of Cyprus is pushing for a new law to exempt children of ship-owners from army duty, as long as their families...

Atlantic Container Line (ACL) runs a weekly service linking North America’s eastern seaboard with northern Europe.  The transatlantic operation caters for containers, project and oversized cargo, heavy equipment, all types of vehicles, block-stowed general...