57 Jumped Overboard as a Ferry Caught Fire (Update)

The vessel, operated by local firm White Island Tours, was carrying 53 passengers and seven crew members caught fire off the bar at Whakatane,...

[Watch] A City Under Water – A Peculiar Cloud Formation

  Watch the incredible time-lapse footage of weird  cloud formation known as undulatus asperatus rippling and pulsating over Augusta, Georgia, making the city look...

DSME Launches World’s First ICE-CLASS LNG Carrier

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME)launches its first ice - class LNG carrier.Arc 7 ice-class LNG carriers for the Yamal LNG project can break...

The Finest Hours: A Dad’s Amazing Heroism

Matthew Maske will be in Hollywood for the premiere of a movie based on the true story of his father’s heroism.“The Finest Hours” -...

Mercator to Exit Dry Bulk Shipping Business

As part of its ongoing portfolio-restructuring exercise Mercator decides to exit dry bulk cargo business.The bulk cargo-carrying business has been the worst affected...

Woman Beats Up Her Husband’s Mistress

The shocking moment a scorned wife apparently took revenge on her husband's mistress by throwing her from a bridge was captured on film.It's described...

Scilly Naval Disaster Of 1707 Kills 1,550 People

The ''Scilly naval disaster of 1707'' was the loss of four warships of a Royal Navy fleet off the Isles of Scilly in severe...

A Rusting Cargo Ship Leaks Contaminated Water into St. Lawrence River

A rusting cargo ship in Lake St. Louis is at imminent risk of leaking millions of litres of contaminated water that could end up...

The Port of Rotterdam Witness Uptrend Despite Global Slowdown

Increased throughput of crude oil and oil products helped port of Rotterdam increase its goods throughput by a total 4.9% to 466.4 million tonnes...

2015 – A Classic Game Of Two Halves

2015 was driven by the cumulative impact of weakening demand trends. World Economy witnessed various disturbances in vessel demand.Highlights:The first half of the year...