There has been an incident of collision between a container ship (Iranian) and Bulk Carrier (Indonesian) in Singapore Strait. As per the news, container carrier suffered a major damage on the port side, with possible hull breach. After collision, both ships grounded. Mostly this was after collision to avoid each other way. Name of the […]
Two seafarers onboard Oil Tanker Arafura had a tragic death after they suffered injuries due to large wave that hit them while working at forecastle. Both of them went forward to check something during DRAKE PASSAGE, and were struck by big waves leading to serious injuries. They were not able to recover from the same. […]
Ballast water is water that is taken on board a ship to maintain its stability and balance. It is usually discharged at the destination port, where it can introduce invasive species and pathogens that can harm the local marine ecosystem. To prevent this, ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) are used to disinfect and filter the […]
