Piscotty Discharged From Hospital After Horrific Collision

On Monday, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Stephen Piscotty was playing left field against Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park.  He was in a pursuit of...

Indonesia Forest Fire – 2015 – Releases 600 MTs of Greenhouse Gases

Unlike other forest fires, Indonesian forest fires are known to smoulder for months together.  This is attributed to the deposits of peat.  (A soil-like...

JFM & Lancaster University Develop Advanced Mimic Condition Software

Mimic Monitoring and diagnostics signal processing for early detection of machinery fault situations. The mimic condition monitoring algorithm allows for studying time-frequency patterns, such as...

Wilhelmsen Ropes In Timm AS

Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is part of Wilhelmsen Maritime Services, a Wilh. Wilhelmsen group company.  They have the capability to service 2200 ports in...

U.S. Regulations Prompt Shell to Abandon Alaskan Drilling Activities

The unpredictable Federal regulatory environment in offshore Alaska and the high costs associated with the project had forced Shell to cap and abandon a...

West Africa: Guidance To Members on Piracy

The UK P&I Club (“The UK Club”) is one of the leading shipping protection and indemnity mutual insurers.  It had observed an increase in...

PROMAR Obtains The  Second Damen PSV 3300

PROMAR manages a fleet of Multi-Purpose Supply Vessels and Fast Crew Boats which serve the global offshore marine industry.  The company has a presence...

Torm Quits Dry Bulk Shipping sector

Transporting dry commodities like coal, timber and steel are not so profitable since the 2008 financial crisis forcing many dry bulk shipping firms to...

MAN Diesel & Turbo re-enters High Speed Engine Market with 175D.

In the seaport of Frederikshavn in Denmark, MAN operates a center of excellence for researching and developing combined and integrated propulsion systems.  In addition,...

[Watch] The Impact of Weather Conditions on a Container Vessel

Skagen Maersk, a container vessel, was travelling from Suez Canal to Singapore where it met the huge waves.  Marine Engineer Claus Tuxen recorded the...