Improper Tightening of a Pipe Plug Caused Engine Room Fire

NTSB released a report about the fire onboard the vehicle carrier Alliance St. Louis. The vehicle carrier Alliance St. Louis was under way from...

IMarEST CEO Appointed to Government Maritime 2050 Panel

David Loosley - Chief Executive of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology - has been appointed to a maritime panel by Transport...

Ship Firm Oldendorff Halts Guyana Operation

German shipping group Oldendorff Carriers stops its business in Guyana, shortly after the United States blacklisted Russian aluminum producer Rusal, which has a plant...

[Watch] Coast Guard to Remove 1,500 Gallons of Fuel From Burnt Ship

 The Coast Guard is performing fuel removal and salvage operations for a fishing vessel on Thursday that caught fire on Wednesday near Eureka, reports...

Vessel Stuck in Compressed Ice Near Marquette

On 20th April, the Kaye E. Barker vessel which was stuck in compressed ice since Wednesday, was freed. Presently it is at the Upper...

Rotterdam Into Nor Lines’ Flexible LNG-powered Service Network

From June 1, Samskip subsidiary Nor Lines will include calls at Rotterdam for the first time in its weekly multipurpose liner service connecting to...

Monitoring Wash Water from Scrubbers

A company specialising in water monitoring will give a presentation on “Monitoring Waste Wash Water from Scrubbers” at the Sulphur Cap 2020 Conference, 17-18...

Reduce Ship Accidents with STM in ECDIS

The ECDIS validation project created by EU part-funded STM (Sea Traffic Management) aims to reduce the workload for crew members and also decreases the...

Cargo Vessel Detained on Court Order

On April 9, a cargo vessel was detained at a port in India for misappropriate finance in business transactions. What happened? The cargo vessel ‘MV Theometor’...

Gold Galleon Hackers Target Maritime Shipping Industry

Researchers have found that Nigerian hacking ring, targets on maritime shipping firms to try and steal millions of dollars on an annual basis, reports...