In a process to reduce carbon emissions by cutting down the consumption of heavy fuel oil, MSC which is 2nd largest carrier in the shipping world has taken a step ahead. Air Lubrication system for 30 vessels of their fleet was ordered from UK Based maker Silverstream technologies. As per the experts of the industry, […]
Update: IMO Website can be accessed now. The shipping major of France- CMA CGM and international regulatory body for maritime- IMO -have been hit by major cyber attacks in past days. On one hand the CMA CGM booking site is out of service, IMO main portal is down too. Both the organization have been reported to […]
There has been an accident on Maersk Ship- Laura Maersk, in which a crew member has suffered serious burn injury and was air lifted by the US Coast Guard for urgent medical assistance. Vessel suffered explosion somewhere on 4th June and disabled the ship completely. As per the news we have got, the explosion happened […]
MSC container ship ROSA M, had a contact with the shore gantry while berthing at NSIGT, Mumbai on 4th June. As seen from the pictures, crane has sustained major structural damages and will be out of use. Though crane is still standing, but with structural damages, it is highly dangerous to work around. What were […]
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 […]
HMM Algeciras, which was recently launched by the Hyundai Merchant Marine, left the port of Yantian with whooping 19,621 containers on ship. Ship is now bound for Rotterdam. The previous record of carrying maximum containers was MSC GULSUN, which carried 19574 containers. Surely it is a buzz in the shipping world as biggest container ship […]
Container cargo ship Marina took part in the migrants rescue operation on May 4, after the advice of MRCC Malta. They took around 78 migrants onboard. While ship is still waiting for the further instructions, the supplies on ship are running out very fast. Provisions are generally for 15 crew members, but with so many […]
Several containers were blown away from ship OOCL UNITED KINGDOM by strong wind force in Belgium port of Zeebrugge Belgium. As per the port authority, empty containers were being offloaded during morning on 2nd May 2020. A sudden gush wind started to flow. This led few containers being thrown away in water and some fell […]