Shipping Confidence on a 15 Month High

On Tuesday, Moore Stephens said the average shipping confidence level rose from 5.4 in August 2016 to 5.6 out of 10.0 in November 2016...

[Watch] Collided Ship Due to Watchkeepers Fault

A 24 metre fuelling vessel Erin Wood collided with a 4,155 DWT Cyprus registered cargo vessel Daroja on Saturday evening, August 29th, 2015 approximately...

Watchkeepers Failed! Ships Collided

Summary On 29 August 2015, in daylight and good visibility, the cargo ship Daroja and the bunker barge Erin Wood collided just east of Peterhead,...

Virgin’s Ship Order Finalized

Ship construction contracts valued at approximately two billion euros between Fincantieri and Virgin Voyages (part of Virgin Group of companies) for three new cruise...

Hazardous Cargoes Pressure Effects – Tanker Safety

PRESSURE Liquefied gases are normally carried as boiling liquids at either: ambient temperature (fully pressurised ships), or atmospheric pressure (fully...

Bunker Surveyors Must for Bunker Supply Operations

Skuld Advises Ship Operators to Utilise a Bunker Surveyors Amid New Singapore MFM Requirement Marine insurance provider Skuld has advised vessel operators to utilise a...

[Watch] Imagine a World of Unlimited Clean Electricity…

This video presents how the clean tech company Climeon and Sir Richard Branson aim to change the way we produce electricity today.  Climeon makes...

Lamps on Nuclear Icebreaker Catches Fire

On 21st December, Yamal a nuclear-powered icebreaker ship belonging to Russia reportedly caught fire after its powerful flood lamps caught fire. Deputy General Director Mustafa...

Pressurized Burst Aboard a Tanker Injures Two

Two men injured on tank ship 20 miles offshore of Port Arthur Coast Guard crews medevaced two men after they were struck by a pressurized...

Cocaine Worth $60m Nabbed by Australian Border Force

On Friday, nearly 186 kilos of cocaine was seized from a commercial vessel after it was escorted to Hobart by Border force personnel. HMAS Adelaide...