First Ulstein X-Stern Hull Arrived

Early this January, the first SOV hull arrived at Ulstein Verft in Norway.  It started its voyage from Poland on 1st January and reached...

Fire On board Delays Maiden Voyage

Fire on a new cruise ship delays her inaugural voyage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be The 125,000 gt cruise ship at Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki is reported to have an...

A Tragic Loss – HMS Bulwark

HMS Bulwark belonged to a sub-class of the Formidable-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy known as the London class.On 26 November 1914,...

45-Year-Old Engineer Crushed to Death on a Ferry

At about 11:30 GMT, a 45-year-old engineer got crushed to death while servicing a lift on a ferry at Falmouth docks in Cornwall.  MV...

Freight Is More Energy Efficient By The Day

Ships account for almost 90 percent of global trade and nearly 11 billion tons of stuff per year.Big ships approximately consume 110 tons of...

LR Approves World’s Tallest Evacuation Chute

 Lloyd’s Register has provided Viking Life-Saving Equipment with a type approval for a record new 81 m evacuation chute.Viking’s existing 64 m system was...

Vision For Shipping In 2016

The shipping advisor Moore Stephens has predicted that Shipping will remain “volatile and uncertain” in 2016, thanks to unpredictable Chinese demand and a complex...

$25,000 Fine – Failure to Comply with NOx Tier III Requirement 

Ships constructed on or after January 1, 2016 and entering into the North American or U.S. Caribbean Emission Control Areas (ECA) must comply with...

Top 5 Deficiency Areas in 2015 – USCG Update

Every year there would be various interesting statistics presented by different organizations based on their research.  One such interesting statistics is about the number...

[Watch] Tug Colliding With Passenger Vessel In Argentina

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be A passenger has captured a video where a tug collides with a passenger vessel at the port of Mar del Plata in Argentina  Ten...