Lack of Comprehensive Maintenance Checks Could Cost Lives
A bosun who was rigging an accommodation ladder on a 265-metre cargo ship, ended up lost at sea when the steel wire securing his...
First Fully LNG Cruise Ship Builds Starts
The construction work has commenced recently, on AIDA Cruises’ new AIDAnova, Carnival Corporation and this will be fully powered by the first of seven...
[Watch] Dramatic Rescue of a Family from Capsized Vessel
The Coast Guard released video Friday of a dramatic rescue off Puerto Rico as Hurricane Maria battered the island.
The video shows a British helicopter...
Alang: Looking at a Healthier Future
There is always something morbid about a place where things are taken apart, piece by piece, after the end of their useful lives, and...
IMO Conducts Exercise on Maritime Security in Lima, Peru
The IMO conducted a national tabletop exercise on maritime security in Lima, Peru (18-19 September) to support the country to implement the United Nations...
Freighter Collided with Breakwater
On Sep 21, a general cargo ship Micurazan Maru collided with breakwater at Tadaira, Hirado island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
The vessel was en route...
Two Sailors Die of Suspected Malaria
On September 20, two sailors who were rescued from a sea vessel reportedly died due to suspected case of malaria.
What happened?
Two sailors, a Panamanian...
Software Company Joins Hand with CMA CGM Group
India's second largest software services firm Infosys has said it has signed a seven-year pact with French container shipping major CMA CGM Group.
The...
Pirates can be Blamed for the US Not Adopting the Metric System
A bunch of pirates who lived 224 years ago can be blamed for the United States not adopting the metric system, which is a...
China’s ‘Maritime Silk Road’ a Hotspot for Lightning Strikes
China’s “maritime Silk Road” has become a lightning hotspot, according to a new US study that suggests a link between ship exhaust and thunderstorms...