The American Equity Underwriters, Inc. (AEU) recently hired Ray Ruizas Loss Control Manager.Ruizas’ safety experience includes five years at a large shipyard in Port Arthur, Texas, where he implemented management systems, conducted incident investigations…
The Mission to Seafarers’ (MtS) Sea Sunday campaign 2014 kicks off this week on 13 July in hundreds of church congregations around the world, and will highlight the tragic plight of abandoned seafarers suffering in maritime ports.In the UK alone…
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) reminds that all existing passenger ships > 500 gross tonnes and all new cargo ships > 3,000 gross tonnes are required to carry ECDIS from their first survey after 1 July 2014. In 12 months time…
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) sent out a notice for vessel owners, operators and all mariners emphasizing the use of only proper replacement parts for emergency equipment, reminding seafarers that the use of inappropriate replacement parts on emergency equipment can be fatal…
Assent Medical Cost Management announced a partnership with Maritime Medical Management to better serve its maritime industry clients with the added benefits of case management. Maritime Medical Management delivers a full line of case management…
John M Lyras, Chairman of the London P&I Club, has called for concerted international action on the provision of places of refuge for ships involved in casualties.Writing in the club’s 2014 Annual Report, Lyras commented, “Nearly twelve years after the Prestige disaster…
The National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) investigation into the allision of passenger vessel Seastreak Wall Street with Pier 11, Lower Manhattan, New York early last year has led the board to issue a safety alert regarding stairway hazards during docking and undocking…
One of the world’s largest and most active shipping registers, The Liberian Registry, has called on shipping regulators to ensure the effective implementation of existing rules to protect human life, safety and the environment, rather than creating new rules and regulations instead…
The Paris MoU published its report on 2013’s worldwide flag performance, “White, Grey and Black Lists.” The report indicates further improvements towards quality shipping.Last year Thailand and the United States of America were moved up to the White List…
The Caribbean Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (CMOU) held its 19th Committee meeting in Montego Bay, Jamaica from June 24-26, 2014. This meeting was hosted by the Maritime Authority of Jamaica and the Ministry of Transport…
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal last week affirmed the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA) detention of a Liberian flagged vessel SCF Yenisei, in Queensland in October 2013.The manager of the vessel sought to have the detention of the vessel downgraded at the tribunal…
At a presentation earlier today the Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education and welfare of all Coast Guard members and their families presented a $10,000 gift to Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce, Fort Pierce…
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) announced Wednesday the publication of the final rule finalizing changes to the inland navigation rules and their annexes in 33 Code of Federal Regulations parts 83 through 88.This action aligns the Inland Navigation…
IMO informs that new requirements under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) to require all ships to have plans and procedures to recover persons from the water are among a set of SOLAS amendments that came into force on 1 July 2014…
Herbert-ABS says use of an approved damage stability computer program is the “only logical option” to meet new International Maritime Organization (IMO) Damage Stability Regulations requirements for onboard damage stability verification.Herbert…