DSME Seeks Arbitration From LMAA Against Songa Offshore

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) is building four semi-submersible rigs  for Cyprus-based Songa Offshore. The four semi-submersible rigs were ordered in September 2011...

Life At Sea. Is it still Rewarding?

A Recent study on seafarers’ happiness index reveals that most seafarers are contented and happy with their career at sea.  IMO’s “Join the Sea”...

Oil Slick Of Unknown Origin Spotted In California

On Wednesday 29th July 2015, around 10 a.m., two kayakers reported spotting  an oil sheen that coated their kayaks and legs as they sailed about...

[Watch] Brinicle: Icicle Of Death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be One of the vast and overwhelming subject is Ocean.  Sailors experience and witness enormous mysteries under the water, all around the world.  Experts have...

Extra French Police to Stop Calais Migrants

Nine migrants have died since June when they made an attempt to reach the UK through Eurotunnel.  Despite these deaths, other migrants remain undeterred...

First Settlers’ Remains Discovered In Virginia

An English colony was established in America (New World) by two expeditions in 1607 and 1610 respectively in Jamestown, Virginia.  The remains of four...

Child Sex Trafficking in US

Some facts about the dark underworld of US:Poverty, deprivation and exploitation force thousands of its own children down into a dark underworld. Tens of thousands...

Fall From Cargo Hold – Kills One

A fatal fall to the bottom of a cargo hold when cleaning on the coaming top face plate.As per the Hong Kong merchant shipping...

336 People Rescued From The Sea

NYK line vessel rescues people stranded in the MediterraneanHermes Leader the Bahamas registered 71,177-GT car carrier was on its way to Gioia Tauro, Italy,...

Air Travel Complaints : Comfortness Tops The List

Summer has started and people in the United States have begun to fly for vacations.  The amount of complaints regarding the flight travel has...