Multipurpose Shipping Eyes Recovery

Multipurpose shipping has started 2018 on a confident footing and is forecast to recover further on rising demand, contracting vessel supply and lessening threats...

How the Maritime Industry can Compete in the Age of Amazon

Contrary to popular belief e-commerce does effect the maritime industry despite having very less association with the container mode of transport. E-commerce close association...

Critical Fall into a Hole Aboard a Ship

On April 14, a shipyard worker was rescued after he fell into a hole onboard a vessel. What happened? The man who has not yet been...

Engine Room Fire in English Canal

On April 16, a fire erupted onboard a vessel when it was transiting through the English Channel. What happened? The vessel ‘Finlandia Seaways’ was enroute from...

Vessel Catches Fire, 1 Missing

On April 18, a crew member was reported missing while two others were injured when a fire reportedly broke out onboard an oil and...

Tanker Collision Off Singapore Coast Results in Butane Leak

On April 17, two tankers collide off the coast of Singapore resulting in a liquefied butane gas leak. What happened? A Singapore-flagged LPG tanker ‘Crystal Sunrise’...

[Watch] Plastics be Gone from Oceans! Plastic Eating Mutant Enzyme Hold the Hopes

 In a recent breakthrough, scientists have improved a naturally occurring enzyme called PETase which digests some of our most commonly polluting plastics. The enzyme...

The Secret Language of Ships

Container ships approaching the San Francisco Bay, makes the tugboat looks like a pit bull puppy chasing an eighteen-wheeler. When leashed to the ship,...

[Watch] Oil Exploration Ship on Fire

An oil and gas exploration vessel, Ocean Geos, caught fire off the Baram waterway. For more information, please visit here Disclaimer: This video is intended for...

It’s an AQUARIUS Ballast Water Treatment Plant

Recognizing that no one solution is suitable across all ship types Wärtsilä Water Systems designed two technology choices for Ballast Water Management: AQUARIUS® UV...