Huge Box Ship Collides with Coastal Box Barge – Off Vietnam
A 10,000-teu box ship has involved in a collision with a coastal box barge in Vietnam. The Thanh Vien website stated that MOL Brilliance...
Boxship Ran Aground, Hull Breached & Partially Submerged
A Chinese containership has taken on water and is partially submerged after grounding in the East China Sea. Hongyuan Marine’s 2,006-teu Hong Yuan 02...
Mass Flow Meters Proving to be Five Times More Accurate
Mass Flow Meters in Singapore Proving to be Five Times More Accurate Than Official Error Margin
It is evident that with just couple of weeks...
Forget Data Analytics! Here comes Video Analytics for Minimizing Fire Risks
The What?
Yes! Here is an interesting piece of information where Video analytics are being employed to identify any visible source of oil mist or...
Stranded Crew of Cargo Ship Receives Load of Christmas Cheer
Stranded Crew of Cargo Ship Receives Load of Christmas Cheer that Includes Pig, Tree, Presents
The stranded crew of an empty container ship tied up...
A Huge Box Ship Lost Power in Greek Waters
A 13,870-teu giant box ship lost power in Greek waters and thus towed back to safety and currently anchored in Piraeus anchorage. It was...
Tanker Adrift After Fire with 30K Tons of Flammable Liquid
On December 19th, the chemical tanker Cape Bon suffered a glitch which started a fire in an electrical panel. The ship was adrift in...
Black Sea Shipwreck Discovery may Contain Heaps of Fabled British Gold
Archaeologists were working off the coast of the Crimean city of Yevpatoria when they uncovered a “graveyard” of ships on the ocean floor.
At least...
20 Years Ago ‘Hand of God’ Prevented Tragedy says Captain
By Paul Murphy
The marine freighter Bright Field slammed into a packed Riverwalk shopping mall in New Orleans 20 years ago Wednesday.
Veteran river pilot Capt. Ted Davisson was at the...
Demand Uncertainty to keep Freight Rates Low
Newbuilding deliveries are bound to exert more pressure to the product tanker market freight rates says Gibson in its latest weekly report. At the...