MISC Plans to Buy VLCCs and FPSOs

MISC, Malaysia's leading shipping company eyes on the secondhand crude tankers in the market that are suitable for charter contracts.  The crux of a...

Next Gen Global Internet Customer Support Launched

MOL launches Demo of Electronic Global Internet Customer Support MOL announced that they were able to successfully launch and demonstrate the working of their Next...

Vroon Announces Lay Up Of 12 Offshore Vessels

On Thursday, the Dutch Shipping Company Vroon Shipping Services announced that 12 offshore-support supply vessels will be taken out of operation due to the...

Stronger Steel Approved For Intermediate Shafts

The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has approved an intermediate shaft with tensile strength of above 800N/mm2 for the first time.  The component...

32% Year on Year Decrease in Ship Loss

Total ships lost has become 75 in 2014, that is down from 110 total losses in 2013 and is well below the 10-year average...

Fire on Indonesian Cargo Vessel

Accident type : Fire Vessel involved : Intan Nusantara Vessel type : Freighter Accident location : Palabuhan Sukabangun, Ketapang, western Kalimantan, Indonesia Casualties/Pollution : Not reported A small Indonesian freighter Intan Nusantara was docked in...

[Watch] Quadcopter Filming The Cargo Ship Voyage

A Quadcopter is an unmanned helicopter lifted and propelled by four rotors.  It uses two pairs identical fixed pitched propellers; two clockwise (CW) and...

Sunken Ship Spills Oil, Pollutes Sea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be On 6th October 2015, Lebanon flagged livestock carrier “Haidar” sank after developing a list at the Porto Vila do Conde in Barcarena, Brazil.  The vessel...

Tanker Spills Oil Yet Again After 45 Years

Background:  Liberian-registered tanker “SS Arrow” was built by Bethlehem Steel Company, Maryland in 1948 as the tanker Olympic Games.  She was renamed the “Sea...

Whisky Residue to Power Automobiles

Scottish Firm Use Whisky Residues To Produce Biofuel Edinburgh-based Celtic Renewables became the world’s first to produce biofuel made out of whisky residue to power...