Tag: videos

Peter Videcrantz, Technology Director at Danelec details the maritime accident investigation into the sinking of the merchant vessel SS El Faro, highlighting both the challenges of retrieving VDRs from the ocean floor and the benefits to maritime safety of the data they record and store.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) today launched a video titled An Adventurous Spirit, signifying the start of a global campaign to address the seafarer shortage.

Four activists from Greenpeace Nordic have taken peaceful action against a tanker carrying toxic waste from the Norwegian oil industry to be discharged in Denmark.

According to the Philippine Coast Guard, on 18th June, the ropax ferry Esperanza Star had caught fire off Panglao, Bohol while under way for Tagbilaran. 

On Monday, two tankers collided on the Lena River in the Irkutsk Region, damaging the ship carrying approximately 140 tons of gasoline.

According to International news, an accident occurred at the Çındemir Shipyard, a privately owned facility in Tuzla, east of Istanbul, in which a floating dock collapsed, with one of its cranes striking a bulk carrier named Osprey S.

According to Egyptian officials, on 11th June, three British tourists were missing and twelve had been rescued after a motor boat caught fire off Egyptian Red Sea coast. 

Cargill has partnered with Kotug International to deploy Kotug’s zero emission E-Pusher and E-Barges, the world’s first fully electric pusher boat and barges to transport cocoa beans from the Port of Amsterdam.

PetroTal, a Canadian-based company, said that its vessels and crews are coming under attack by the indigenous population as it works to move oil and supplies along the rivers in Peru’s Amazon region.

On 7th June, the National Search and Rescue Center of the National Guard from the United Arab Emirates is reporting that it assisted an MSC containership, which was registered in Panama that was experiencing a fire while in their territorial waters.