Oil Spill and the Threat to the Ecosystem
Incident:
The 147,000 tonne oil tanker Sea Empress ran aground on February 15th 1996 at 8.07 pm, despite being under the control of one of...
[Watch] Two Ships Collide Near Johor, Trigger Major Oil Spill
Two container vessels, one of them Singapore-registered, collided off Pasir Gudang on Tuesday, resulted in nearly 300 tonnes of oil spill. Maritime and Port...
Swansea Shipping Container ‘Box Village’ Plans Unveiled
Plans for a "box village" built out of shipping containers in Swansea have been unveiled.
The scheme would form part of the £300m University of...
Carnival Forecasts Average Bunker Price to Rise 32% in 2017
Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income for the full year 2016 of $2.8 billion, or $3.72 diluted EPS, compared to $1.8...
Maersk, Alibaba Team up to Offer Online Booking of Ship Places
Maersk, the world's largest container shipping line, has teamed up with Alibaba to allow customers to reserve space on its vessels through the Chinese...
Cargo Ship Collides, Oil Slick Moving Towards Singapore!
Cargo ship collision leads to oil leakage
A Singapore-registered, container vessel Wan Hai 301 and a Gibraltar-registered, container vessel APL Denver collided last night off...
Hydrex Averts Panama Canal Delay with Underwater Sterntube Renewal
Hydrex Underwater Technology has assisted an excavation vessel hemorrhaging oil from a stern tube seal entangled with steel wire to pass safely through the...
Ship Stranded at Sea for Two Days Due to Smog
The smog scenario has reached a worst case when a large cruise ship with more than 2,000 people on board was stuck at sea...
Panama Canal Turned Over to Panama – This Day Several Years Ago
On 31 December 1999, the United States, in accordance with the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, officially hands over control of the Panama Canal, putting the strategic...
[Watch] Ship Caught in the Storm
Watch the monster waves pound a ship due to Storm Conor on December 26, 2016. The centre of the storm was north of the...