Videotel’s Training Covers 10 Million Training Events
Videotel’s Training Covers 10 Million Training Events in 12,000 Vessels Worldwide
Videotel, a company of KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), is the leading international provider...
Product Tankers Collide In The Arctic
Accident
: Collision
Date
: 12th November 2015
Vessels Involved
: Svyatoy Petr and Svyatoy Pavel
Location
: The Laptev Sea, north of Russia
Casualties/Pollution
: Nil
The two small clean product tankers involved...
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Marine Maintenance is not...
Coffee Drinkers Can Have Long Life
A new study suggests that people who drink a lot of coffee have lower rates of death
Research revealed that people who drank 1 to...
Be Watchful! Your Fumigated Cargo Hold Can Explode
Are you aware of fumigation?
Fumigation is is a method of pest control that completely fills an area with gaseous pesticides or fumigants to suffocate...
[Watch] Collision of Ships on River Crossing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
“Wec van Ruysdael" crashes into "Paula" on starboard side and steering to hard to port..
Watch the collision in the bolbous bow. The collision lasted...
Paris Attacks: Commemoration With A Minute’s Silence
A minute of silence has been held across Europe to commemorate the victims of Friday's attacks.
Background:
On November 13th, 2015, a series of terrorist attacks...
Elektrans Shipping Expands Its Fleet
Mumbai-based Elektrans Shipping (formerly Doehle Danautic) has announced the acquisition of Japanese-built 149,834dwt suezmax tanker Distya Akula, co-owned with Arya Industries.
The 1995-built tanker which...
Stena Germanica To Get The Second Methanol Engine
By next month, Stena Rederi is to convert a second engine to methanol fuelled ro-pax Stena Germanica. Stena hopes to have all four engines...
SS Mont-Blanc : A Massive Explosion Devastates A City
Accident type
: Explosion
Vessels involved
: SS Mont-Blanc and SS Imo
Date
: December 6, 1917
Casualties
: 2,000 died and 6,000 injured
VESSEL INFO:
Name
: SS Mont-Blanc
Built in
: 1899
Flag
: France
Type
: General...