IMB Report: Persistent Piracy Risk Off West Africa
A quarterly report released by the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) showed that all 2018 crew kidnappings have so far occurred in the Gulf...
Two Minutes of Terror for Ship Off NSW
On July 24, a container vessel was battered by huge waves and many containers stacked onboard the vessel fell into the Sea.
What happened?
The 43,000-tonne...
Will the Cost of 2020 Compliance be on the Owner or the Charterer?
The cost of compliance will badly affect the shipping industry if proper measures aren’t taken, warns the deputy director of the North P&I...
[Watch] Sailors Rescued by a Passing Cargo Ship
The sailors were taking the voyage from Indonesia to Australia aboard their yacht, the Jepeda IV, when inclement weather dismantled their mast some 370...
Alert! Fuel System Related Failures Due to Contaminated Bunker
What happened?
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has recently published a Safety Alert relating to unplanned releases of different and unrelated gases:
10/#18 entitled...
Can You Name this Ship Part?
Watch out here for the right answers and the winners. Please provide your profile picture and a brief about you to be featured here....
Trade War Casts a Shadow Over LNG Ship Boom
The booming market for liquefied natural gas can weather an escalating US-China trade war. But the risks are mounting.
So far, LNG has been left...
Wartsila Sees Rising Orders in Marine Segment as IMO Rules Loom
As the demand for environmental solutions for marine fuels rise ahead of impending IMO regulations, the global technology company Wartsila is witnessing a steep...
Ironbark Zinc Secures Services of 30,000-tonne Cargo Ship
Ironbark Zinc Ltd has secured the services of a 30,000-tonne cargo ship to sail to its flagship Citronen base metal project site in Greenland...
Through Steel: A Ship-wide Sensor Mesh
A new networked, radio mesh technology that could offer an affordable solution to one of shipping’s biggest safety challenges, writes Charlie Bartlett on Motorship.
Network...