Increased pirate activity in the Gulf of Guinea is keeping Damen Shipyards Group busy. This year, the shipbuilder has had orders for five patrol vessels to service Nigeria’s offshore oil and gas sector. On 13 […]
Two senators from the US state of Alaska, Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, have introduced federal legislation to ensure that increased Arctic shipping activity proceeds safely. The Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee Act mandates the […]
Ship safety in the face of decarbonisation, changing fuels, and container ship fires sat at the centre of a trialogue between the industry’s shipowners, shipbuilders, and classification societies at the eighth successive annual Tripartite Forum […]
Classification society ABS has published a broader range of notations for firefighting in container ship cargo areas in a new guide that they said is the first of its kind to address firefighting and safety […]
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has this week called for urgent regional and international co-operation to fight piracy in the Gulf of Guinea after two recent attacks. In October, the International Chamber of Commerce’s […]
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has updated its MGN 621 Code of Practice ‘Roll-on/Roll-off Ships – Stowage and Securing of Vehicles’, to reflect recommendations by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) concerning the […]
The tragic discovery of 39 bodies of smuggled men and women from Asia in an Essex port, and the subsequent discovery on 30 October of 12 migrants near the Flemish town of Oud-Turnhout, demonstrates again […]
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) have published new guidelines that will help shipowners and operators tailor their mandatory Polar Water Operational Manuals (PWOM) to suit the […]
Whistleblowers aboard the product tanker Zao Galaxy informed US Coast Guard marine inspectors onboard of illegal bilge water discharges in February 2019, resulting in the indictment of two shipping companies and one mariner for MARPOL […]
A drone manufactured by the South African company Gannet has been adapted to carry line out to sea for rescue work. The company developed release system, originally developed for a form of drone fishing, will […]
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