Crush Incident Involving a Falling Hatch Cover on General Cargo Vessel
According to an accident investigation report into the marine accident by the UK government highlights what happened, safety lessons learned and recommendations to avoid...
Storm Miguel Kills Three After Overturning Rescue Ship Off French Coast
According to an article published by BBC, a rescue boat has overturned in the Atlantic off the west coast of France leaving three crew...
Portuguese Ship Operator Agrees To $1.5M Fine in Charleston Pollution Case
The operator of the Achilleus bulk carrier has agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine in a case where the ship’s engineers dumped oily...
Intoxicated Dublin Boaters Blocked Cruise Ship from Navigating in Shipping Lanes
According to Newsweek report, a 4,000-ton cruise ship was blocked from entering a port in Dublin, Ireland, by a small sailing boat of drunk...
Budapest Cruise Accident Captain Has a History! Arrested Before in Separate Accident
The captain of a river cruise ship involved in a deadly collision last week with a smaller pleasure boat in Budapest is already under...
Afro-Americans Heal As They Gather To Hear the Last Slave Ship Story: Clotilda
According to a National Geographic article by JOEL K. BOURNE, JR., hope swirled through the packed gymnasium of the aptly named Robert Hope Community...
Maersk Implements Digital Certificates for Seafarers
According to an article published in the Maritime Digitalisation and Communications, AP Moller-Maersk is leading a pilot project to test using digital certificates for seafarers...
Total Marine Fuels Shows How To Prepare for IMO 2020
According to a Platts article, the global bunker supplier Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions has announced that they have successfully conducted several trials of...
Cruise Ship Employees Reveal 7 Most Annoying Things Passengers Do
For some cruise ship workers, interacting with passengers can be a blessing and a curse. Mark Matousek writes about the experience of 39 current...
IMO Gears Up To Investigate Scrubbers’ Washwater
In a recent development, the International Maritime Organization’s MEPC, Marine Environment Protection Committee, announced that they will investigate open-looped scrubbers' discharge, in particular, the...
























