Tanker Delivered to Concordia Maritime

Stena Important was delivered on 15 October from the Chinese shipyard GSI (Guangzhou Shipbuilding International) in Guangzhou to Concordia Maritime. The vessel, a 50,000...

Biofuel From Bacteria – New Research

Professor Richard Kohn, an animal and avian sciences Ph.D., along with Seon-Woo Kim, a faculty research assistant at the University of Maryland has discovered...

New MD For Scandinavian Bunkering

The global marine fuel supplier, Scandinavian Bunkering, has announced their new Managing Director.  Erik Vinde, the COO of the company, takes the helm.  He...

Kochi: India’s Favourite Bunkering Service Point

Last week about 90,000 MT of ship fuel was delivered at port Kochi.  The supplies came from all port suppliers between the months of...

Sister Ship Inspection Records Show El Faro Problems

The 790-foot cargo ship El Faro built in 1975, sank this month off the coast of the Bahamas in the middle of a...

Quick-Witted Shipmaster Foils Piracy Bid

Early yesterday morning the Liberian- registered oil tanker carrying 90,000 metric tonnes of marine fuel oil worth US$23mil (RM95mil) entered the Malaysian waters when...

Nuclear Waste Goes By Sea From France to Australia

France-based nuclear company Areva, had loaded 25 tonnes of nuclear waste from its reprocessing plant in Beaumont-Hague, near the port of Cherbourg, on Thursday....

[Watch] Container Ship Headed Straight Into Football Ground!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be A German-flagged vessel, ran aground and headed straight towards shore.  The ship was en route from Yokohama, Japan to Chiwan port, Shenzhen, China when...

How Do Some Heavy Smokers Escape?

UK scientists have unravelled the mystery of why some people have healthy lungs despite a lifetime of smoking.  A study on 50,000 people (UK’s...

[Maiden Call] Watch Norwegian Escape At Hamburg For Drydock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be On Tuesday, 13th October 2015, the Norwegian Escape enters Blohm + Voss shipyard, at Hamburg, for the final construction and inspection purpose.  This cruise...