Lack of Night Watch Resulted in Ship Grounding
The MV Solomon Trader $30m bulk carrier spilling oil in the Solomon Islands may have run aground.
75 tonnes of oil has so...
Propeller Blade Repairs in Antwerp and Tenerife
Last month a team of Hydrex diver/technicians traveled to Tenerife for an underwater propeller blade straightening on a 246-meter cruise ship. Almost simultaneously another...
Wärtsilä Optimized Maintenance for Tokyo LNG Tankers
In a major development, the technology group Wärtsilä has announced that they have signed a long-term Wärtsilä Optimised maintenance solution with Japanese LNG shipowner...
Fall From Unsecured Scaffold Tower
On January 29, 2017, crew members on board Shanghai Spirit faced some serious injuries as they had fallen from a height. The case report...
Freightos Baltic Container Report – Week 8, 2019
The Baltic Briefing has released a report on March 1, 2019. It specifies the freightos baltic container of the 8th week of shipping activities of...
Pengteng Adds Its Seventeenth Boxship
Qingdao Pengteng has acquired a 1,050 teu boxship and has named it 'Bal Boan'.
The boxship is fitted with Unifeeder for two to four months for trading...
What Next For Iron Ore?
The dry bulk market has been affected by dam break at Vale’s iron ore mine in southeastern Brazil.
The situation has sparked supply concerns as...
Viking Takes Delivery of Sixth Ship With Thordon Water-Lubricated System
Viking Cruise has taken delivery of its sixth cruise ship 'Viking Jupiter' equipped with Thordon Bearings and COMPAC bearing arrangement.
COMPAC system has proven itself...
Royal Caribbean Ship Completes $115 Million Redesign
Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas cruise ship has arrived in Miami fresh off a $115 million redesign, says a report published in the...
Grounded Ship Leaking Oil into the Pacific Near a UNESCO World Heritage Site
A ship grounded in the Solomon Islands is leaking oil near a world heritage site, reports the TIME.
What happened?
An environmental disaster is unfolding in...