The number of sea-going ships arriving in the port of Rotterdam decreased further in 2012. Increased scale, crisis and fewer ferry service departures reduced the number of arrivals by 2,347 to 32,057 ship visits. In 2008, 36,415 sea-going ships still arrived. Despite the decline, throughput in 2012 increased by 1.7 per cent to 442
Read moreUkrainian captain, Yuriy Kulemesin, must serve his 18-month jail sentence for endangering lives at sea in a fatal 2008 ship collision, according to Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal. The South China Morning Post noted that the ruling upheld a Court of Appeal judgment last year on one of Hong Kong’s deadliest marine disasters.
Read moreAbandoned and drifting Russian cruise ship, the Lyubov Orlova, has been spotted again off Ireland’s western coast. The vessel has no crew or warning lights and has been aimlessly drifting for about two months now. Maritime authorities were unaware of its location up until now. The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency reported that the ghost
Read moreMaritime Technology Company Micanti BV has applied its patented non-toxic antifouling on a crew vessel Lady Rasha in Dubai. Thorn-D is an adhesive foil with fibers that creates a textured surface. Instead of killing marine growth the textured foil is preventing it from attaching itself to the hull of a ship. Thorn-D is set
Read moreAt a recent Vessel Efficiency Conference held in London, delegates were interested to hear about BIMCO’s suite of slow steaming clauses. In a presentation by BIMCO’s Chief Officer for Legal and Contractual Affairs, Grant Hunter, the delegates heard that the incorporation of a slow steaming clause was strongly recommended for anyone contemplating implementing a
Read moreThe Philippine Coast Guard ended its search and rescue efforts for the missing 14 missing crewmen of a Panamian-flagged cargo vessel that sank in the waters off Bolinao in Pangasinan on February 17. Coast Guard Northwestern Luzon district commander Captain Pablo Gonzalez said the missing Burmese-nationals were nowhere to be found in the area
Read moreThree crewmen have been confirmed dead after the cargo ship they were on sank near Sado Island in Niigata, Japan. The vessel sank early Thursday morning in the Sea of Japan with a total of 12 mariners onboard – 9 Chinese and 3 South Korean. Upon receiving a distress call from the sinking ship,
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