[Watch] Toxic Time Bomb in The Seas

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior Anti-fouling is supposed to make ships go faster and use less fuel.  But it results in one million tons...

Unemployment May Increase Further! Jobless Panamax Ships Soars

Jobless Panamax Ships Soars and Unemployment may Increase Further The idle containership fleet is back to more than 1 million 20-foot-equivalent units after a brief...

Fatal Injury to Crew Member Due to Mooring Equipment Failure

Summary On 05 May 2015, at about 2010 (LT), Amber was port side alongside ready to cast-off and depart from Skikda, Algeria. As single up...

Cruise Ship Drug Bust: From Instagram to 95,000 Grams

An idyllic holiday came of Melina Roberge came to a shocking end in Sydney when Australian border police boarded the cruise ship with sniffer...

Hanjin Shipping Collapse, Rivals Eyes Assets

South Korea's Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd (117930.KS) said it would file for court receivership after losing the support of its banks, and the country's...

Plastic Possibilities: Energy Through a Filter

Research teams from ExxonMobil and Georgia Tech have successfully developed a method to filter hydrocarbons through synthetic carbon membranes at the molecular level.  This...

[Watch] Divers Assessing the Leaking Hull of a Ship

Video taken at the underwater site of the sunken Manolis L shows the painstaking task for divers assessing the leaking hull of the ship...

Livestock Trade: The Seafarer Who Died in My Arms

Dr Lynn Simpson recounts how crew are affected by the livestock trades. (a SPLASH 24/7 report) I’m often asked, “What is the most shocking thing you...

Simpler, Faster and Better: The New Shell Lubemonitor Service

Shell Marine will preview its revitalised Shell LubeMonitor service, a cylinder monitoring service at SMM, held in Hamburg, Germany from Sept 6-10, 2016.  The...

New ABB Marine Torque Measuring System for Fuel Efficiency

New ABB Marine Torque Measuring System Targets Fuel Efficiency and Engine Optimization Introduction of Torductor Marine comes after successful trial with Stena Line BV Zurich, Switzerland,...