Year 2015 Witnesses 190 Piracy Incidents So Far
The IMB cautions against complacency in its latest report on piracy and armed robbery which covers the period from 1 January 2015 to 30...
Fire Kills One And Injures 7 At Korean Shipyard
Fire Breaks Out Inside a Gas Tanker Under Construction
Accident
: Fire at Shipyard
Place
: Shipyard in southeastern South Korea
Date
: November 10th, Tuesday
Casualties
: 1 killed and 7 injured
On 10th...
Record-Breaking Engine Leaves Test Bed in Korea
Largest and most powerful MAN B&W-branded engine ever built approaches market début.
Doosan Engine has reported that the initial start of an MAN B&W 11G95ME-C9.5...
High Cat-Fines in Fuels From Point Lisas, Trinidad
Viswa Lab has released a new “Fuel Problems - The Watchdog!” update and here is an extract from it.
In the last week of October...
Regulatory Update – ODME Type – Approved for Bio-fuel Blends – 1st January 2016
New statutory Tanker requirements - ODME type-approved for Bio-fuel Blends
A Bio-fuel blends consist of two major parts.
A bio-fuel part, which is considered to be...
Bad Weather Runs Barge Aground
Accident
: Breakaway barge ran aground
Date
: Nov 8, 2015
Place
: Northwest of Ruegen Island, Germany, Baltic sea
Injuries
: None
A stormy weather cut the mooring lines...
A Study on the Microbes Found in House Dust
For a study known as The Wild Life of Our Homes, volunteers from 1,200 homes across the United States sent dust samples taken from...
Stephen Whitney
Accident type
: Ran Aground
Vessel involved
: Stephen Whitney
Location
: West Calf Island
Date
: November 10, 1847
Casualties
: 92 people
VESSEL INFO:
Name
: Stephen Whitney
Type
: Ocean liner
propulsion
: Sailing ship
Tonnage
: 1034 tons
Stephen...
Revamping The Colossus of Rhodes
The Colossus of Rhodes, a 98- foot high iron and bronze statue of the Greek God Helios had its place near the harbour of...
Maersk Line to Reduce Manpower
Maersk Line To Reduce Manpower By 4000
Maersk Line has opted to cost cutting that includes a massive reduction of 4000 employees from its total...