[Watch] The New Container Feeder Design

The New Container Feeder Design From KNUD E. HANSEN  Watch the new pioneering container feeder design  from KNUD E. HANSEN, a Danish naval...

Revealed: Titanic Captain Was Warned Before Voyage

The captain of the Titanic had more than icebergs to contend with on the ill-fated voyage that ended 104 years ago on 15 April,...

Qatargas, UASC & Shell to Explore LNG as Marine Fuel

A Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) has been signed by Qatargas, United Arab Shipping Company(UASC) and Shell to explore the development of LNG as a marine...

Seafarer Rescued From a Container Ship, Who Suffered a Stroke

A 58-year-old seafarer who suffered a stroke onboard has been medevaced from a containership. A Polish seafarer suffered some respiratory problems onboard the 67,000 tonne...

Storm Grounds a Car Carrier off Busan

A South Korean car carrier got caught in a stormy condition and ran aground off Busan on Apr 17, 2016.  The storm that battered the southern...

Seafarer with Life Threatening Injury Medevaced from Container Ship

A Lithuanian container ship got into an accident about 260km off the coast of Singapore.  Zaslavec Andrej, a 2nd officer of the ship sustained a...

Diesel Spill Reported Near Vancouver – English Bay

The Canadian Coast Guard has spotted a diesel fuel slick in the English Bay, near False Creek.  The initial assessment revealed that since the...

Cargo Ship Ran Aground Off Tysnesoy

Norwegian fish carrier, with harvest, ran aground after hitting  a rock got two of its ballast tanks breached in the incident on Friday.  The...

Engineers Suffer Cold Burns as High Pressure Refrigerant Leaks!

For educational purpose only, image may not be relevant to the case. The shipboard domestic refrigeration system - compressor was cutting in and off frequently....

Thinking Out of Box – to Solve Shipboard Problems!

A 15-year old ship had one of its genset’s engine vibration damper damaged.  It was not the viscous sealed type.  It used elastomer or...