Taiwanese bulk carrier owner-operator Widsom Marine Lines has confirmed to Safety at Sea its vessel, Sakizaya Ace, has been released after being detained by the Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency. The Sakizaya Ace was detained on […]
Shipping operations at Port Botany container terminal are expected to close again on 10 December, the second time in a week. Fires have been encircling Sydney, choking the city in smoke in recent weeks. The […]
As one of the five major ship recycling countries, India’s recent accession of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Hong Kong Convention brings the installation of global standards for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of […]
The Vietnamese have acted to fortify embankments and dykes ahead of Tropical Storm Nakri, which is making landfall on the night of 10 November 2019. Since 8 November, residents have been using sand bags and […]
Questions have been raised in the Australian parliament about port security and offshoring at a fully automated terminal in Melbourne. In question was the offshoring of security gates, automatic stacking cranes, and terminal operating systems […]
Indonesian authorities have located the missing bulk carrier Nur Allya – 843 metres beneath the ocean, in the eastern ‘spice islands’ of Maluku. The 52,400-dwt vessel and its 25 crew members, disappeared in the Halmahera […]
The government of Norway recently announced that it is going to install a new search-and-rescue (SAR) base at Tromsø, on the country’s northern coast. Ingvil Smines Tybring-Gjedde, the country’s minister of public security, said that […]
South Africa’s east coast ports of Durban and Richards Bay have received two new helicopters, valued at USD16.7 million, to transfer marine pilots to and from vessels. The helicopters, which are manufactured by Italian global […]
The South African immigration authority has issued a ruling that it will no longer permit stowaways to be landed at the country’s ports, with immediate effect. As a result, if the authority is called to […]
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) tipped off the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) on Wednesday morning, 11 September, that crew on board the Hong Kong-flagged MV Xing Jing Hai bulk carrier in the port […]
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