A Taiwanese cargo ship collided with two Japanese fishing boats on Monday, causing them to capsize in western Japan’s Osaka Bay – leaving one dead and one missing. The two fishing vessels, operated by a total crew of 4, reportedly hit the WAN HAI in the early hours of Monday morning. The Taiwanese Foreign
Read moreTokyo (ANTARA News) – Japan said a Chinese government ship briefly entered its territorial waters off disputed islands in the East China Sea on Sunday. The Chinese fisheries patrol boat entered the waters east of Kuba, one of the Senkaku islands, at about 8:21 am and sailed out of the zone after 16 minutes,
Read moreThe 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
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