Container Cabins Save Fuel And Operational Cost!

Futuristic planes, as per the innovation patented by the French-based aviation firm Airbus, will have detachable container cabins for passengers.  The ‘loaded’ container will...

[Watch]What Happens When a Cargo Ship Meets a Railway Bridge

What Happens When A Cargo Ship Meets A Railway Bridge? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be A cargo ship rammed a railway bridge spanning the Ems river in northwest Germany. The ship...

ExxonMobil Launches Mobilgard 300C Marine System Engine Oil

ExxonMobil has launched Mobilgard™ 300 C, a high-performance system oil for two-stroke, crosshead marine diesel engines operating under severe conditions. Compared with conventional system...

The New MAN 175D – 100% High-Speed

The New MAN 175D – 100% High-Speed   MAN Diesel & Turbo showcases Tier III-friendly, high-speed engine at Marintec marine exhibition MAN Diesel & Turbo used its...

Trivia: Question 1 – ECA transit

Question:   Should My Vessel use a fuel with sulphur % less than 0.1% en route ECA towards a destination port which is outside ECA? Answer: Even if...

General cargo ship caught fire in Black Sea

  Type of Ship General Cargo Location Black Sea 50 nautical miles off Bulgaria What Happened Fire in Engine Room. Casualties None         The vessel Nazim Bey was en route from Constanta, Romania to...

Viability of 20000+ Teu Vessels

A poll named MarPoll has just four days to close but 64% of the more than 500 have voted so far think that 20,000...

Spidery Tarantulas Chose Blue Eight Times

The U.S. biologists, found tarantula species have evolved almost exactly the same shade of vibrant blue at least eight separate times. The hue is created...

Wärtsilä Propulsion for Antarctic Icebreaker

  Wärtsilä propulsion solutions will power a new polar logistics vessel being built for Terre Australes et Antarctiques Françaises (TAAF) and the French Polar Institute...

Containerisation Changed The Face Of Cargo Movement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq8UU9kafJ0&feature Containerisation had transformed the shipping industry and reorganized  the global trade like never before. Maersk Line the world’s largest shipping company  has released a video...