Turkish Company Found Guilty In US Pollution Claims

Istanbul-based ship management company Ciner Gemi Acente İşletme ve Ticket A.Ş. was found guilty for routinely discharging oily waste-water into the sea from its...

US ECA Tier III Requirements Enter into Force (Jan 15 2016)

Ships constructed on or after 1st January, 2016 and entering into the North American or US Caribbean Emission Control Areas (ECA) must comply with...

Amazon Container Ship Operation Plan

 Amazon gets ready for its own cargo container ship operation out of China It is reported that US Federal Maritime Commission listed Amazon, through its China...

Larvae in Cargo Ship Again

An Insect larvae found in the cargo of the bulker carrying palm kernel into the Port of Timaru, caught the attention of  biosecurity officers over...

[Watch] The Artificial Reef From The Sunken Tugboat

  The tugboat Ocean Wind was sunken by the Escambia County’s Marine Resources Division to serve as the county's newest artificial reef.  The tugboat...

Vessel Capsizes off Dampier Kills Two

On early Sunday morning, two people have been found dead after an overturned vessel was spotted south of Mawby Island near Dampier. A Marine Search...

A New Case Of Ebola Discovered In Africa

An individual died of Ebola last week who is believed to have travelled  from Kambia near to the border with Guinea.  The incident is...

Ship-to-Ship Transfer of LNG Completed

Earlier this week, ship-to-ship transfer of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) between the tankers Excelerate and Arctic Princess has been completed successfully. In the fourth operation...

57 Jumped Overboard as a Ferry Caught Fire

Fire onboard a passenger vessel off the northeastern coast of New Zealand’s North Island near the town of Whakatane.  Around 57 people onboard the...

A Tanker Loaded with Lubricating Oil Sinks After Collision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be A coastal tanker loaded with lubricating oil collided with a gravel carrier off Umihotaru in Tokyo Bay, Japan.  The 92 ton coastal tanker suffered...