An Indian 3rd Officer ( Mr. Subobrata Biswal) went missing from a Bulk Carrier named as MV Federal Mayumi- Anglo Eastern. He hails from Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. As per the official letter which was issued by the company (Anglo Eastern), he did his regular watch of 8:00-12:00, and was relieved by 2nd mate on 13th […]
Safety At Sea
2 Seafarers Tests Positive for Covid-19 On Hapag Lloyd Ship
One of the Hapag Lloyd Container Ship, MV Montpellier, have reported two positive cases of COVID-19. The details of the two crew members have not been disclosed yet. The ship was arriving at Durban Port, South Africa and was in Middle East India Africa Express (MIAX) service. As per the precaution, ship has been asked […]
Navy Captain Sacked after Oil Spill
The commanding officer of ‘Philippines Sea’ cruiser was fired from US Navy. Guided Missile Cruiser was taking fuel at Yorktown Naval Weapons Station, and happened to have 4000 gallons of diesel fuel oil spill into the Virginia River. Incident happened on 7th of May .Coast Guard and other related authorities were able to contain the […]
Seafarers Happiness Index Drops
As per the recent seafarer’s happiness index issued by the mission to seafarer’s organization ‘Happy At Sea’ it clearly shows a drop in the index. This means that seafarers are less happy as compared to the last year in the same quarter. In the year 2019, last quarter happiness index was 6.39 out of 10, […]
STOLT APAL Attacked by Armed Pirates near Yemen Coast
Product Tanker of STOLT, named as APAL –imo number 9719240, UK flag was attacked near the coast of YEMEN by armed pirates. Vessel was having armed guard team and the attack was successfully repulsed. As per the information given by the vessel, two armed speed boats approached the vessel. As Security guards fired to warn […]
Is Ship Safe during earthquake or tsunami? Answer Inside
What happens to the ship when tsunami or earthquake comes at sea. So this is very interesting question actually, as what will happen if we are sailing in the middle of the ocean and a tsunami or earthquake comes. See tsunami occurs when the waves created by the earthquake reaches and hits the surface of […]
Filipino 3rd Officer Goes Missing From Tanker Ship
This is 3rd Deck Officer Junior Cristito M. Acosta of Teekay Shipping, onboard Jiaolong Spirit. Their vessel is from Texas underway to South Africa and it was already been delayed because he was reported missing since evening of April 23, 2020. Below is the information that is given by his family At around 6:00pm-6:45pm, his […]
190 Corona Positive Cases on RUBY PRINCESS CRUISE
Update: Cruise is sailing to Manila city of Philippines. It is expected to drop crew members there. She left Australian port on 23rd April and expected to reach Manila on 6th May. RUBY Princess Cruise which is currently docked at Port Kembla (Wollongong, NSW) in Australia. As per the news coming, around 300 Filipino will […]
Corona Prevention on Ship, Best Practices
Corona Prevention on Ship, Best Practices have been discussed in this article. As we all know that corona virus or covid-19 has covered all over the globe. Shipping industry has been affected by it a lot. Lot of ships have been infected by this virus and the sign on-sign off is still not possible across […]