FAQ – MFM Failure During Bunkering

Question: If a Bunker Tanker is equipped with Mass Flow Meter, What will happen if MFM fails during Bunkering?The Question was addressed to MPA during...

Do You Inspect & Maintain Your Deck Cranes Regularly?

Cargo handling cranes usually form an essential limb during cargo operations on board:handy-size bulk carriers, general cargo ships and some other smaller or...

Low-Sulfur Fuel Could Increase Engine Damage

Machinery damage is by far the most frequent cause of loss in marine insurance and the numbers are likely to increase with the introduction...

Bunker Fuel Prices Tumble To Record Low!

It is well known that Singapore is the world’s main shipping fuel hub, trading over 40 percent of it globally.  Singapore’s 380-centistoke grade bunker...

IMO Vega – a Complete New Searchable Database for Regulations

IMO-Vega is a searchable database.  It uses the regulation text of the SOLAS, MARPOL, Load Line and other conventions, as well as codes such...

COP21: The Road To Paris Passes Through The Seaports

Tackling global climate change is a concern of all European ports.  European ports overall consider that the 2015 Paris Climate Conference is a historic...

HMS Sussex Sinks Killing 498 People

Accident type : WreckedVessel involved : HMS SussexLocation : Strait of GibraltarDate : 1st March 1694Casualties : 498 people diedVESSEL INFO:Name : HMS SussexBuilt : 1693Class & type : 80-gun 3rd-rate ship...

Infographic: Port Of Long Beach

An infographic created by the team at PTI shows some key statistics for one of the US’s largest ports – the Port of Long...

A 49,000 DWT Chemical Tanker Ordered by Navig8

Navig8 Chemical Tankers Inc. (N-OTC: CHEMS) announced that it will acquire, and enter into a contract to purchase, another 49,000 dwt IMO2 eco-design, the...

Bad Weather Causes Collision In Germany

Accident type : CollisionVessels involved : Naval vessel and Container vesselLocation : The Kiel Canal, GermanyDate : 9/12/2015 WednesdayCasualties /Pollution : Not reportedA German naval vessel and a 151m (500-foot) container ship collided due...