04 OCT 2022 With its Ukrainian roots and focus on the seafarer, Danica is leading the way in finding and caring for qualified crews against a backdrop of war and an ongoing pandemic. “At the start of Danica Crewing Specialists, our primary base of mariners were Ukrainians, and our main …
Read More »THE OUTLAW OCEAN EPISODE 1: THE MYSTERY OF A MASSACRE AT SEA
03 OCT 2022 Crimes like this don’t often happen on land. A 10-minute slow-motion slaughter captured by a cell-phone camera shows a group of unarmed men at sea in an undisclosed location, possibly 15 of them, killed one by one by a semiautomatic weapon, after which the culprits pose for …
Read More »ELECTRICAL FAILURE LEADS TO LOSS OF STEERING AND $6 MILLION IN DAMAGES
02 OCT 2022 An electrical failure caused a bulk carrier to lose of steering and crash into a barge near New Orleans last year, resulting in an estimated $6 million in damages, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. The bulk carrier Jalma Topic was transiting upriver on the Lower Mississippi River …
Read More »INSIDE THE HIJACKING OF A $100 MILLION OIL TANKER
01 OCT 2022 In July 2011, the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso was drifting through the treacherous Gulf of Aden when a crew of pirates attacked and set her ablaze. When David Mockett, a maritime surveyor, inspected the vessel, he was left with more questions than answers. Not long after, Mockett was killed …
Read More »TANKER AVOIDING SANCTIONS HITS MAERSK-OPERATED BOXSHIP OFF MALAYSIA
30 SEPT 2022 A containership and an Aframax tanker collided during the early morning hours of September 28 in the busy Malacca Strait between Malaysia and Indonesia. While the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) is reporting no injuries to the 45 crew on both vessels or oil leaks, questions are …
Read More »ENABLERS FOR DECARBONIZING THE MARITIME INDUSTRY: PLAYBOOK PART 3
29 SEPT 2022 The journey towards a sustainable maritime shipping sector is driven by enablers spread across multiple areas. The decarbonization enablers include more sustainable fuels and other green sources of power, strong regulations that set an ambitious framework, bold financing for sustainable initiatives, power systems, integrated port solutions, optimised …
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