MaK VM 46 DF; Dual Fuels Lower Emissions

The emissions output of large marine-diesel engines has been under scrutiny in recent years. These massive engines are expected to be more efficient and...

Fatal Fall into Hopper Tank While Cleaning Cargo Residue

Summary Perth I loaded a cargo of 33,000 mt of Kaolin Clay and 11,000 mt of Feldspar in Bahrain bound for Mina Saqr Port in...

Britain’s Merchant Fleet Set to Double in Size After Brexit

BRITAINNIA will rule the waves again once Britain quits the EU. Our merchant fleet will rocket in size as more ships fly the famous “Red...

Cargo Ships Skitter Away From Hurricane Irma

By ALEXIS C. MADRIGAL Modern cargo ships are huge, slow machines that ply the world’s oceans, delivering fuel, raw materials, and products to power the...

Fuel Tankers Try to Dodge Atlantic Monster Storms

Traders are shifting fuel tankers around the world like chess pieces to stay one step ahead of Mother Nature. One natural disaster is difficult enough...

Aframax Fire Kills 5 at Batam

On Sep 7, a Aframax “GAMKONORA” suffered fire, reportedly in a pump room, at around 1520 LT during maintenance works at Batam Ship Repair...

Alarms Scare Off Pirate Attack on Product Tanker

On September 6, a product tanker reportedly got involved in a pirate attack which was thwarted. What happened? The Thailand flagged product tanker ‘MGT 1’...

UK-flagged Cargo Ship Troubled in Dardanelles

On September 7, a cargo ship reportedly suffered from an engine failure. What happened? The general cargo ship ‘Beaumont’ suffered an engine failure while transiting Dardanelles...

[Watch] Cargo Ship Tilts at Vizag Port, Crew Safe

Mishap at #Vizag #Port where ship that was to sail to #Hongkong tilted because error in loading; first such accident pic.twitter.com/KkxJP8hZCh — Uma Sudhir (@umasudhir)...

Crew of the Sunken Ship Unpaid for Months

Twenty crew members of the Tanzanian registered cargo ship were rescued on Sunday after the ship sank in Omani territorial waters. Photo: Fayiz Al...