Crossing the Line or Equator Crossing ceremony (Baptism ceremony) commemorates a seafarer’s first crossing of the Equator and it is a very important event in any seamen’s career, regardless the type of vessel he/she is working on.Seafarers – especially when they are far from their homes and families -are full of superstitions and the need to […]
Maersk, who is by far the largest shipping container company have future plans of cutting completely on the heavy fuel oil and only using methanol. They are confident about the reduction in gases which affects the earth environment. But for that happen they need quite large quantity of methanol to drive their industry. For such […]
Oil spill incident was reported from a Mediterranean Shipping Company container ship named as MSC SANDRA. Oil spill incident happened when ship was taking bunker in port SINES-Portual. As per the latest reports, around 3 tons of fuel oil spilled overboard during the bunker operations. The reason for the spill is still unknown. The preventive […]
