Fire hydrants fitted with incorrect coupling sizes impair the firefighting capabilities of the vessel. Incident: The fire hydrant valves in the accommodation had been found leaking.  Replacement...

MAN Alpha FP Kappel Fixed pitch propeller delivered significant results during sea trials that took place recently on The “Elsabeth C” and her sister...

Vessel type : Tug boat Vessel involved    : Harken 10 Location  : Strait of Georgia, south of Vancouver, Canada. Casualties : None The accident happened around 5 a.m on Sep 28 in the Strait...

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

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...

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

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

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