18 Crewmen Injured in Oil Tanker Blast

Eighteen crew members of an oil tanker suffered burns, some severely, in an explosion on their vessel off Limay, Bataan Wednesday afternoon, police said. A...

Be Alarmed By All Alarms!

Correct Steering Gear & Other Nuisance Alarms Immediately! Recently in the Pacific North West, Coast Guard marine inspectors experienced two different circumstances involving the alarm...

Singapore Witnesses Record Bunker Sales

Singapore has recorded another huge month of bunker sales for November 2016, with the latest preliminary data from the Maritime and Port Authority of...

Trump Nominates Exxon CEO for Secretary of State

President-elect Donald Trump has officially nominated ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to lead the U.S. State Department. "His tenacity, broad experience and deep understanding of geopolitics...

Class NK Releases Mobile App for PSC Inspection

Joseph Maguire – extract from the Ship Owners’ club blogs Leading classification society Class NK has released the ARRIVAL CHECKLIST for PSC, the preparatory checklist...

What Steps Should a Prudent Ship Owner take When Placing Vessels in Layup?

When taking the decision to layup a vessel, there are several considerations to make before this is carried out.  Below are some of the...

El Faro Captain Refused Crew Requests

Reports indicate El Faro crew asked twice if he wanted to steer farther south, Capt. Michael Davidson stuck to his course, believing he would...

Product Tanker Attacked

On December 9,  a Nigerian product tanker SOCHIMA was attacked by one speedboat in early hours in position 03 40E 006 10E, south of Brass,...

Cargo Ship Runs Aground in Sweden

On December 9, a general cargo vessel ASKO ran aground in lake Malaren, Stockholm fresh water reservoir. The vessel was en route to Hasselby, Sweden....

Eight Hundred Kilos of Cocaine Discovered on Ship 

Eight hundred (800) kilogrammes of Cocaine has been discovered from a vessel that reached Colombo Port. The Police Anti Narcotic Bureau inspected this vessel after...