Julie Lithgow Named “WISTA-UK Woman Of The Year”

Julie Lithgow, Director of Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, has been recognised as the “WISTA-UK Woman of the Year” by the Executive Committee of WISTA-UK. This...

Thomas Miller Extends Its Service Through Legal Firm

Thomas Miller expands its services through a new venture - Thomas Miller Law. An UK based marine law firm specialist Davis Johnson & Co has...

Intoxication Onboard Tanker Off Shenzhen Kills Two

Two dead and one seriously injured from asphyxiation following a jet fuel vapor leak. Accident : Gas leak and intoxication Vessel involved : Zhoushan-registered 2,000dwt oil tanker Jin Wang You...

Hempaguard Coating- Successful Over 350 Vessels

Following IMOs stringent rules and regulations for Mandatory Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plans ( SEEMP), Hempel introduced Hempaguard, an antifouling agent for vessel coating....

How About Addressing Oneself in Third Person?

Some persons have the penchant for addressing themselves in third person.  One such is the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who is very prolific...

Suez Canal: Ships of Varying Sizes Traverse in New Waterway

A record of 1356 ships have crossed the New Suez Canal within a month as a result of new, widened and renovated waterway, which...

Blending-on-Board (BOB), Latest in Maersk Fluid Technology

BoB stands for ‘SEA-Mate Blending-on-Board’ and is the brainchild of Maersk Fluid Technology.  The core product is a small machine that can reduce the...

OYO Rooms: India’s Largest Hotel Network

A nightmare of checking into a hotel made 18-year-old college dropout Ritesh Agarwal four years later, the CEO of Oyo rooms, a network of...

Fall From a Low-rise Stepping Platform Turns Fatal

Summary of the accident: A bosun was cleansing the hatch coaming of a cargo hold, he fell from a low-rise stepping platform and died. The bosun...

Explosion At Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard Injures Eight

Accident : Explosion. Date : 6th September 2015. Location : Shital Enterprise scrap yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Casualties : 8 injured. The scrap yard in Chittagong exploded due to leak in a gas cylinder.  The reports...