Real Life Accident: One Small Valve Causes Grounding And Sinking Of Vessel
Find out how an unintentional operation of a shut-off valve caused grounding and sinking of a vessel, followed by closure of navigation channel for four days.
Find out how an unintentional operation of a shut-off valve caused grounding and sinking of a vessel, followed by closure of navigation channel for four days.
Proper inspection of accommodations areas must be carried out with due diligence to ensure that a respectable level of health and hygiene is maintained. Learn about ten important points for carrying out accommodation inspection on ships.
An engineer of the watch lost his life while carrying out repair work after his clothes, soaked in fuel, caught fire in the engine room. Learn more about this unfortunate event inside the article.
Life of a marine engineer on ship is full of surprises. Vikram Dileepan, a marine engineer, takes us through the timeline of one of his days as a fourth engineer on ship.
Flags of convenience or FOC is a business practice under which ship’s owners register their ships in a nation that they do not necessarily belong to. This practice especially helps ship owners evade rules and regulations of their home nation, sometimes for not so good reasons. Find out 7 dangers of Flags of Convenience every seafarer should know.
In a rather unusual incident, an intoxicated ship captain of a Russian cargo ship veered off course and bumped into a bridge off the southeast coast of South Korea.
In an unfortunate accident, the ship’s gangway shifted inboard in an uncontrolled manner and struck the chief officer. He died three days later due to internal bleeding. Find out more inside the article.
MAN CEON intelligently collects and evaluates operating and sensor data, and enables the real-time monitoring of marine or power-plant engines, turbines and compressors.
Diana Shipping Inc. announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Koch Shipping Pte. Ltd., Singapore, for one of its Newcastlemax dry bulk vessels, the m/v San Francisco.
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