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The Marine Professional is the IMarEST’s membership magazine and is available in print and online.
With a strong news analysis focus, each issue looks at the trends emerging within the marine sector and aims to enhance understanding of the complex technical intersections between the maritime, offshore and science agendas.
Greek authorities have begun removing dozens of abandoned cargo and passenger ships that have been lying semi-submerged or completely sunken – many for decades – in the Gulf of Elefsina, an industrial area of shipyards and factories near Greece's major port…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Wednesday, 09 January 2019
A ban by China on the use of open-loop scrubbers – effective from 1 January 2019 in the country’s emission control areas (ECAs) covering inland waters and most of its coastline – has finally been confirmed. The ECAs recently came…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Wednesday, 09 January 2019
One crew member has been killed and two others declared missing after an oil tanker caught fire while being refuelled off Hong Kong on Tuesday, sending a massive cloud of dark smoke billowing into the air. Twenty-three people were rescued…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Wednesday, 09 January 2019
Scientists at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have been awarded funding to enable them to assess the impact of emissions from shipping and to quantify and manage the risk of climate hazards. The money comes from NERC’s (Natural Environment Research…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Tuesday, 08 January 2019
Carnival Cruise Line has announced that its new Mardi Grascruise ship will feature the first-ever roller coaster at sea when it debuts in 2020. Built by Munich-based Maurer Rides, the rollercoaster – branded as BOLT™: Ultimate Sea Coaster™ – will offer…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Monday, 07 January 2019
The Venezuelan navy has intercepted a ship exploring for oil on behalf of Exxon Mobil Corp. in Guyanese waters, according to Guyana's foreign ministry. A series of offshore oil discoveries in recent years has given Guyana the potential to become…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Thursday, 03 January 2019
Authorities in Germany and the Netherlands are searching for 270 shipping containers – some carrying hazardous materials – lost at sea by a cargo ship caught in a storm. The containers were lost from MSC Zoe in rough weather in the North…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Thursday, 03 January 2019
A massive oil rig is now on its way to the west coast of Scotland after a dry dock won its first major contract since refurbishment. The Ocean GreatWhiterig – owned by drilling contractor Diamond Offshore – has been travelling from…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Thursday, 03 January 2019
A team from Britain’s Special Boat Service has rescued a ship and its crew from a gang of potentially violent stowaways. Authorities have confirmed that four men have now been arrested and detained by Essex Police under the Immigration Act.…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Sunday, 23 December 2018
A massive device created to clean up the world’s oceans is so far failing to pick up plastic. While the 600m-long net-like device is dragged through the water, it manages to pick up rubbish – but keeps on dropping it.…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Sunday, 23 December 2018
Commercial vessels are the victims of cyber-security incidents more often than commonly thought, according to findings published in a new industry report. The third edition of the Guidelines on Cyber Security onboard Ships– published by a conglomerate of 21 international shipping…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Sunday, 23 December 2018
The captain of a chemical tanker has lost his job after being found drunk aboard his vessel moments before it was due to leave Port Taranaki, New Zealand, carrying tonnes of methanol. The master of the SG Pegasus, Saurabh Kumar Singh…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Sunday, 23 December 2018
For the second Christmas in a row two seafarers – Asmael Alsarwt and Seyed Nasr Soltan – are again stranded, abandoned by their ship's owner thousands of miles from home. Since being abandoned on their vessel, the PSD2,in Mozambique’s Beira port…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Sunday, 23 December 2018
The MV Afros, an Ultramax bulk carrier fitted with Anemoi's Flettner Rotor system, has been named 'Ship of the Year' at the prestigious Lloyd's List Greek Shipping Awards 2018. The 64,000-dwt new build, managed by Piraeus-based Blue Planet Shipping, is the…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Sunday, 23 December 2018
For more than 20 years the former luxury cruise liner SS United States has been moored forlornly on the Delaware River in Philadelphia next to an out of town IKEA store. Now, though, a bright new future may finally be in…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Thursday, 13 December 2018
The hospital ship charity Mercy Ships has signed an agreement with the Republic of Liberia to deliver free health care to its citizens during 2019. The charity’s vessel Africa Mercywill dock in the countries capital Monrovia for 10 months, providing –…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Thursday, 13 December 2018
A ship's cook was crushed to death when a hatch cover fell on top of him, an investigation by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has found. Able seafarer Alfred Ismaili, 36, an Albanian national, died aboard the SMN Explorerat King's…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Thursday, 13 December 2018
Canadian company Husky Energy has apologized for Newfoundland's largest-ever oil spill last month, which saw 250,000 litres leak into the ocean. The huge spill of oil, water and gas happened while Husky Energy's SeaRoseplatform was preparing to restart production during a…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
The captain at the helm of a Red Funnel car ferry that crashed in thick fog thought the vessel was facing in the opposite direction, according to a report in the Southern Daily Echo. Following the incident on October 21, when…
Written by
Dennis O'Neill
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
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