File Image: International Maritime Organization (IMO) Seven people have died after a cargo ship sank in the Beijiang River, in south China’s Guangdong Province, Chinese official media said quoting local authorities. The report said that the ship, Yueyingde Cargo 8030, capsized and…
The United States Coast Guard has conducted an International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code) audit of the Port of Tema. The ISPS Code audit is a comprehensive set of measures to enhance the security of ships and…
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) decision to implement a 0.50 per cent cap on Sulphur emissions has created uncertainty amongst vessel operators. Questions are already being asked about how to comply with the changing emissions target, what types of fuels…
A roll-on/roll-off passenger ship carrying more than 1,000 people on board caught fire while it was en-route to Chania, Greece, in the early morning hours of August 29. The fire occurred in a car parking compartment of Eleftherios Venizelos while…
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority has organized a bidder’s conference for six companies that have been shortlisted out of the initial 29 who expressed interest to invest in the boankra inland port project near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. This very…
Image Courtesy: EUNAVFOR The Panama-flagged tanker Pantelena, which went missing on August 14, has been found in the waters of Congo, the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Friday, August 24. The ministry said that the 17 Georgian sailors on board…
Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) has started delivery of gas from the Sankofa field to GNPC, marking the beginning of stable supplies of cost effective and environmentally friendly, domestic fuel for Ghana’s power sector. In addition, Ghana will benefit significantly…
MarineTraffic.com A tanker vessel with 19 crew members on board, most of them Georgians, has gone missing in pirate-plagued waters off Gabon in West Africa and no word has been heard from it for a week, the ship’s managers and…
Illustration/Image Courtesy: Pxhere under Public Domain license An injured crew member of a 332-meter long very large crude carrier (VLCC) DHT Lotus was medevaced on Friday night, August 17, 2018, while the vessel was passing along the South African coast.…
We already know plastic waste leads to a colossal level of marine pollution and threatens the lives and habitats of many animals and plants. We also know sunscreen can bleach coral and destroy whole reefs and that even traces of…