The Wärtsilä 34DF Dual-Fuel Auxiliary Engine Establishes LNG Industry Standard

The Wärtsilä 34DF, originally introduced in 2008. It is based on the successful Wärtsilä 32 engine platform.  In 2013, it was upgraded to provide 11...

Azipods Powering the Royal Caribbean’s

Watch the  powerful propellers in action, making ship navigation more precise than ever before. Azipod is the registered brand name for ABB Group's range of...

Dry Dock Mishap left One Dead And Three Injured

Italy’s National Research Council, the operator of the vessel, have confirmed the accident that happened while the vessel was dry docked in a floating...

Bangladesh: Death Of Ship Breaker In Explosion

Local media has confirmed the news of a mishap involving gas pipeline blast at a ship-breaking yard in Chittagong district of Bangladesh. Accident : Gas...

South African Ship Owners Face Continued Stowaway Risk Exposure

Extract from an update issued by the Norwegian P&I Club in the matter of stowaway risk that ship owners are facing. Illegal immigrants at African...

Hackers Get Away With 565,000 Euros

Hackers presenting themselves as the regular African fuel suppliers of the Limassol-based shipping company managed to swindle away 565,000 Euros (about 644,100 U.S. dollars). The...

Seafarers Happiness Index

Crewtoo Publishes Its Second Seafarers Happiness Index Report The second Seafarers Happiness Index report has been published by Crewtoo, the online social network for seafarers...

Maran and Nakilat Expand The Joint Venture

Two new LNG vessels has been included in the recent expansion of Nakilat, the shipping arm of Qatar’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) and Maran...

Average Co2 Emissions Decline By 29%

A report released by BSR’s Clean Cargo Working Group (CCWG) has confirmed the decline of average Co2 emissions per container per kilometer for ocean transportation...

More MERS Deaths In Saudi Arabia

MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, emerged in Saudi Arabia in 2012.  MERS infections have been recorded in the Middle East, Europe and Asia.  It...