New German Deepwater Container Port at Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven has is the largest German import terminal for crude oil, with pipelines supplying refineries in the Rhine-Ruhr region and Hamburg, and also a major…
Warning of 'Cappuccino Bunkers' in Singapore
This effect is termed "Cappuccino" as the entrained air causes the fuel to "foam" which makes traditional manual measurement at the time of delivery unreliable.
Guidance for Private Maritime Security Providers Agreed by IMO’s MSC
A special high-level segment of the MSC saw an intense debate, over the first day and a half of the Committee’s session, on how the international community should…
Passenger ship safety recommendations agreed by IMO’s MSC
Recommended interim measures aimed at enhancing the safety of passenger ships, in the wake of the Costa Concordia incident in January, were agreed by IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC)…
USCG Rescues 5 from Disabled Gulf of Alaska Fishing Tender
The Coast Guard Communications Station in Kodiak received a mayday call from the tender, relayed by the fishing vessel Heidi Linea, reporting that they had experienced…
Russian Shipbuilders Fail to Agree Nuclear Sub Program Price
Russia’s Defense Ministry and the United Shipbuilding Corporation failed again to agree final contract terms for delivery of the new Borey class (Project 955) strategic nuclear submarine…
Australian Warship to South Korea for Joint Exercises
The ANZAC-class Guided Missile Frigate, HMAS Ballarat, continues its North East Asian deployment after completing a successful exercise with the Chinese Navy it…
Solomon Islanders Take to the Liferafts, Deepwater Rescue of 49
The Orion sircraft and its crew had been tasked to support a search and rescue mission in the area on Friday after the 27-metre, island trader MV Solfish 001 failed…
