Panama Canal – Tankers to Cool Deck during Transit – Now Mandatory!

Effective immediately, and until further notice, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP)  will require transiting crude oil tankers, product carrier, and chemical tankers carrying cargoes...

Loss Of Steering – Rudder Flange Bolts Missing

Type Of Ship Bulk Carrier.What Happened Fitted Bolts found missing between Rudder Flange and Rudder stock.Incident: A 23,400 GRT  Bulk Carrier,  built in 1982 was on a...

Cargo Ship Sank, Panama Canal Normal

  Cargo ship at anchor, awaiting scrapping, collided with another vessel at the Caribbean entrance to the interoceanic waterway.The seafarers reported to have abandoned...

Cargo Ship Sinks After Colliding With A Tanker

A bad weather on Monday afternoon caused a general cargo ship to collide with a product tanker off Myanmar.  The cargo ship sank whereas...

[Watch] Drum Explodes and Kills a Worker While Welding

Fitters and welders onboard ships are experts in creating “Make-shift” tools or equipment. When such things are being fabricated, a careful risk assessment has...

Shipping Rates So Low That Renting a Ferrari Costs More

China’s slowing growth has crushed shipping rates to such an extent that hiring a 1,100-foot merchant vessel would set you back less than the...

[Watch] Awesome Video of A Car Carrier Salvage Operation from Sea Bed

    A 164-meter-long Roll-on/Roll-off vessel lost stability in heavy weather and was drifting fast towards the French coast in the Bay of Biscay. A...

Study Makes Sense Of Senseless Suicides

The World Health Organisation estimated that more than 800,000 people had committed suicides worldwide in 2012.  Paul Farmer, of mental health charity Mind, said...

USCG ALERT – Ship’s GPS Interference or Jammed

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued Marine Safety Alert 01-16 to warn mariners of the potential detrimental impact to navigation caused by GPS interference...

Use This Polyester Film To Get Heat When Required

A team from MIT has developed a transparent polymer film which stores solar energy when it's in abundance, and release it as heat later...