Container Ship Fleet Grew by 1.72 Million TEUs

Global containership fleet total capacity increased by 8.5 percent when 214 new container ships were delivered in 2015. It stands now as 19 million...

A Message From IMO’s New Secretary-General

Mr. Kitack Lim, the new Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization​ beginning from 1 January 2016, laid out his priorities for his upcoming tenure. Vision...

Secret Midnight Guerrilla Raid On Ship Alcoa

The Australian crew of the long-stranded Alcoa ship was forcibly removed by the security guards. A sudden Guerrilla raid was launched on a ship that...

A Ro-Ro Ship Ran Aground with 20 Container Vans

On Wednesday, in the waters off Ouano wharf, Mandaue City, Cebu, a cargo ship carrying 15 container vans ran aground. It's reported that the vessel...

Shower Sex in a Naval Destroyer Filmed with Apple iPhone

A Royal Navy female sailor has told a court martial she felt “horrible and violated” after a colleague surreptitiously filmed them having sex in...

Engine Failure Caused Vessel to Drift Near Iceland

Incident : Vessel Adrift Vessel type : Cargo ship Date : 10th January 2016 Location : 160 nautical miles south-west of the Faroe Islands Casualties/Pollution : Nil The cargo ship suffered an engine failure...

RIP David Bowie

David Bowie dies of cancer aged 69 Singer David Bowie has died. He was 69 and had been battling cancer for 18 months. He was one of...

Anti-Piracy Vessel Crew Gets 5 Year Jail

On Monday a trial court in Tuticorin in south Tamil Nadu, India convicted 23 crew members aboard a detained U.S. anti-piracy vessel, under provisions of...

Does Your Main Engine Top Piston Ring Break Often?

MAN B&W has witnessed (A Service letter issued in the year 2012/2013) seen a number of incidents with high top ring wear on small...

[Watch] The Controlled Release of Methane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be It’s vital that we understand the sources of methane and how those source respond to change. This video shows a visualisation of methane emissions from...