“A Global Public Health Emergency” has been declared by The World Health Organization due to the recent outbreak of Zika Virus.   The reason for...

Becker Marine Systems has presented a new rudder profile, the optimised Schilling Twisted Trailing Edge Rudder. The rudder is suitable for tankers, general cargo carriers...

  Accident : Vessel grounding Date : 3rd February 2016 Vessel Type : Container ship Location : Near Port of Hamburg Casualties/Pollution : Nil The container ship experienced a rudder breakdown while nearing Germany’s...

Slowing global demand and oversupply of vessels drops Baltic Index to a further record low. The raise in the cost of shipping dry bulk including...

The Baltic Dry Index for dry bulk shipping has witnessed a record low  reaching 298 points today. D rewry’s forecast on dry bulk shipping...

Chelsea held to 0-0 draw by Watford Chelsea were held to a goalless draw by Watford at Vicarage Road on Wednesday.  The Hornets' goalkeeper, Heurelho...

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying industrial commodities, slipped to another record low on Thursday.  This is...

Super Bowl 50: How they gatecrashed their entry. San Francisco prepares for Super Bowl.  Historically, few always managed to sneak their way inside the stadium...

The SS Thistlegorm was a British armed Merchant Navy ship built in 1940 by Joseph Thompson & Son in Sunderland, England.  This ship was...

  In November 2015 The Uribe 121, a former Mexican Navy patrol boat was sunk 12 miles off the coast of Rosarito with the...