Chinese Shipping Companies Strikes Deal For 30 Valemaxes

Some of the major shipping companies in China have ordered for a total of thirty 400,000 dwt valemaxes for delivery from 2018. With a view...

Two Crew Missing After A Collision In The Straits Of Malacca

A product tanker hits and sinks a tug 5 nm off the coast of Rupat Island in the Straits of Malacca. Accident : Collision Vessels Type : Crude...

HMT Royal Edward Sinks Killing 864 People

HMT Royal Edward was a passenger ship belonging to the Canadian Northern Steamship Company.  She had previously been known as RMS Cairo when she...

Embezzlement In Shipyard Lands Six Executives In Trouble

Argentinian authorities have arrested six executives and public officials for the allegations of embezzlement of funds in the state-run enterprise Astillero Río Santiago (Río...

V.Group Acquires Bibby Ship Management

V.Group has acquired Bibby Ship Management, part of the Bibby Line Group, which has an established track record for providing high quality, safe and...

Speed Read On Container Weighing Rules!

A list of five points has been provided on container weighing as the Container weighing rule is set to come into force in a...

Australian Navy Seizes Weapons Haul From Fishing Boat

Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Darwin’s boarding team has seized a large weapons cache from a Somalia-bound fishing boat during their deployment to the Middle...

Mega Delve Into A Mega Ship

  Take a 360-degree tour of the 18,000 TEU mega-ship docked at the Port of Long Beach.  The video takes us through the Cargo...

A Hammer Blow To The Sport: Sharapova Tests Positive To Drugs

Russian tennis star and the five-time Grand Slam champion, Maria Sharapova, would be provisionally suspended from 12 March for failing a drug test at...

Bunker Barge With 600 Tons Of Diesel On Fire!

Accident : Fire Date : 7th March 2016 Vessel type : Bunkering Barge Location : Near Dalian’s Mianhua Dao port area Crew onboard : 5 The Dalian Maritime Safety Administration said that a bunkering...