South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) is designing a computer system that identifies dangerous goods in containers that may be undeclared in order to minimise the risk of fires and explosions. MOF said […]
Two ships were targeted by robbers within an hour in the Singapore Strait on 9 February 2020. While some ship spares were stolen from the Indian-owned Aframax oil tanker Swarna Jayanti, at about 2:52 am […]
More novel coronavirus infections have emerged from a cruise ship that has been quarantined at Yokohama, Japan. On 7 February 2020, Japan’s Health Minister Katsunobu Katō said that test results were positive for another 41 […]
Ten more coronavirus infections have been confirmed on the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess in Japan, bringing the total number of infections to 20 people on board. The ship, Princess Cruises’ Diamond Princess, had been quarantined […]
Different reports have recently highlighted security challenges in the Gulf of Guinea. One was published by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), another by the French Navy’s Maritime Information Co-operation & Awareness Centre (MICA Centre), and […]
With the coronavirus declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization, South Africa’s port authority, working with the National Department of Health and the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, has implemented strict health […]
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) advises P&O Ferries to update its safety management system (SMS) after the 26,000 gt European Causeway roll on/roll off vessel caused widespread damage to its freight cargo. Following […]
Six thousand passengers aboard the quarantined Costa Smeralda have been allowed to disembark following the go-ahead from health officials. A Chinese passenger and her husband, who were aboard the vessel and had shown symptoms of […]
Four seafarers, one in Singapore and three in China, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus that originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan. On 29 January 2020, Singapore’s Ministry of Health said that a […]
Pan-Japanese carrier Ocean Network Express (ONE) said that the owner of one of its chartered container ships, the 8,400-TEU Northern Jupiter, has declared general average on the vessel after fire broke out in its engine […]
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