Today's Ship Photo Of The Day (SPOTD) is Atlanship's refrigerated juice carrier Orange Ocean. Atlanship SA, founded in 1982, is a Swiss shipping company headquartered in Lausanne that specializes in transporting refrigerated fresh and concentrated orange juice. The company moves orange juice on behalf of Cutrale, which provides one in four glasses of … [Read more...]
Funny: What A Captain Hears When He Visits The Engine Room
The next time anyone thinks it's a good idea to invite the Captain down to the ECR for a bit of OJT... realize that this is what deck officers hear when marine engineers talk shop ;) Via RJR … [Read more...]
WATCH This Carbon Fiber Barracuda – The Most Extreme Boat & Yacht Sea Trial Ever
Watch Motor Boat & Yachting sea trial this stealth HIGH SPEED military interceptor vessel which can be deployed by ship or helicopter and is powered by a pair of burly 575hp diesel engines. The Barracuda can reach speeds of 40kts+ and tackles heavy weather with aplomb as you would expect from Safehaven Marine, a builder well-known for its seaworthy pilot and S.A.R. vessels. … [Read more...]
Australia Charges $120m for Ship Damage To Great Barrier Reef
Australia is asking Shenzhen Energy Transport, the owners of the Chinese coal carrier Shen Neng 1, to pay $120m for damage to the Great Barrier Reef. But Shenzhen Energy Transport says it won't pay for clean-up of the Douglas Shoal, which was severely damaged when the Shen Neng 1 went off-course and ran aground on the reef in 2010. The Australian … [Read more...]
Hanjin Group Wins Record For Tallest Luxury Building
As Hanjin Shipping Co remains in full damage control mode a new skyscraper built by it's parent company - the South Korean conglomerate Hanjin Group - has become the tallest American building west of the Mississippi River. In downtown Los Angeles on Saturday high-rise construction workers placed a 10-ton spire on top the Wilshire Grand Tower. … [Read more...]
Turkish Ro-Ro Runs Into Residential Community In Southern Greece
The Turkey flagged RoRo SAFFET BEY ran hard aground at a full speed of 16 knots around midnight Saturday morning, on the west side of the natural harbor of Prophet Elias, Lakonias, Greece. The grounding caused a deafening noise that woke nearby residents. 22 crew members were aboard at the time but no reports of injury or … [Read more...]
First Ethane Carrier Departs US Gulf
Swiss petrochemical company INEOS has announced that the first cargo of ethane to be exported from Enterprise’s Morgan’s Point, Texas terminal has been loaded aboard the multi-gas carrier JS INEOS Intrepidset. The INEOS Intrepid, built in 2015, is the first ship to export ethane out of Marcus Hook near Philadelphia in March as well as the new … [Read more...]