Top 7 Steps That Can Make Seafaring More Attractive

In terms of tangible action for seafarer welfare, the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) established a Social Sustainability Working Group to investigate ways of informing...

Traversing Northwest Passage Controversial Despite Warming

Traversing Northwest Passage Controversial Despite Warming By Jessie Fox Over hundreds of years, the notorious Northwest Passage has evolved from an intrepid English explorer’s dream to...

GPS Jamming Can Cause Vessels to Go Off Course and Collide or Run Aground

GPS Jamming—Keeping Ships on the 'Strait' & Narrow The University of Nottingham and Royal Norwegian Naval Academy (RNoNA) are investigating how to prevent shipping Global...

Sixty Years Ago Today the Andrea Doria Wrecked

Sixty Years Ago Today the Andrea Doria Wrecked, A Local Survivor Remembers the Night Well Sixty years ago today the Andrea Doria wrecked.  The Italian...

[Watch] Freighter Wrestle through the Storm Last Week

Bulker Aground in Lake Superior Watch the Algoma Guardian entered the Duluth Shipping Canal just as a powerful storm crossed Duluth at 3:30AM Thursday...

MOL Gets New Long-Term Charter Contract

MOL Signs Deal on Long-Term Charter Contract for Uruguay LNG FSRU Project Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that Lakler S.A., 100% subsidiary of MOL, has...

IBIA to Form Bunker Surveyor Sub-Committee! Would This be a New Ray of...

IBIA - the International bunker industry association is likely to form a sub-committee of bunker surveyors.  This sub-committee is all set to help bunker...

Asia Fuel Oil-380-cst Cash Discounts and Contango End Week Wider

Cash discounts and the front-month time spread contango of Asia's 380-cst fuel oil weakened over the week to July 22 as suppliers sought to...

Fire in the Engine Compartment Onboard a Cruise Ship

Summary During the 17 November 2015 night, the cruise ship was underway at 15 knots with a rough to very rough sea state in the...

Why do they Need 42 Condoms per Rio Athlete?

Why do they need 42 condoms per Rio athlete? Seventeen days, 10,500 athletes, 33 venues, and 450,000 condoms.  Welcome to the most promiscuous Olympics...