Maritime Safety News


Coast Guard MSU Savannah Change of Command

Jun 13, 2014

Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit (MSU) Savannah informs it has held a change of command ceremony to formally recognize transfer of command of the unit from Cmdr. Joseph Loring to Cmdr. Amy Beach.Cmdr. Loring served as commander of MSU Savannah…

Gilat's Low-Profile Maritime Terminals Deployed in Combat Operations

Jun 12, 2014

Enable Access to Real-Time Info, Better Situation Awareness, for Small and Unmanned Vessels.Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq:GILT) has provided its low-profile maritime terminals for various naval vessels of an unnamed Asian country…

TT Club Discusses Preventable Accidents

Jun 12, 2014

In a speech given at the ASEAN Ports & Shipping Conference in Jakarta, Phillip Emmanuel, Regional Director Asia-Pacific of the freight transport insurance specialist TT Club, called for operators to do more to minimize preventable accidents that result in bodily injury…

Master Failed to Notify Ship Grounded: Fined in NZ Court

Jun 11, 2014

Maritime New Zealand inform that the master of the 177m Singapore-flagged cargo vessel 'Lake Triview' has been fined $2000 (plus $130 court costs) after pleading guilty to a charge of failing to notify Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) that the vessel…

Priorities and Challenges for Seafarers' Rights

Jun 10, 2014

SRI has hosted the latest in a series of initiatives to educate maritime law graduates and post graduates, and practising lawyers, on priorities and challenges around promoting and advancing the legal rights of seafarers.The seminar, held on Monday June 9…

Dron & Dickson Boosts Sales Team

Jun 10, 2014

Dron & Dickson, specialists in design, supply and maintenance of hazardous area electrical equipment, has appointed a new sales manager to oversee its Hull operation.Robert Courtney, who joined Dron & Dickson as a sales coordinator at its Aberdeen office in 2013…

Agenda For June 19 Public Meeting on NPREP Guidlines

Jun 10, 2014

Leaders of the maritime industry will convene in Washington, D.C. on June 19 with representatives of the relevant government agencies to have a dialogue addressing concerns with, and ways to improve, the recently published draft National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (NPREP) guidelines…

Course Analyzes Ship Structure Fatigue and Fracture

Jun 09, 2014

A three-day course hosted by ABS in partnership with BMT Fleet Technology will help participants learn how design, maintenance and operational issues affect fatigue and fracture of steel and aluminum ship structures. Geared to the needs of naval architects…

Bulk Carrier Assists in Dramatic Rescue of 322

Jun 09, 2014

Bulk Carrier, “Jupiter Bay”, managed by Synergy Group, was requested late on Friday night (2230 hrs, June 6) by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Rome, to respond to a humanitarian search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean involving a large number of people in small boats…

Aegean Shipping Management Awarded Business Continuity Certification

Jun 06, 2014

Aegean Shipping Management has become the first Greek shipping company and amongst the first worldwide to be awarded the ISO 22301 Business Continuity certification by LRQA.During a ceremony held at both Lloyd's Register’s and Aegean’s stand yesterday…

Container Weighing a Task for Shippers Not Terminals: ESPO

Jun 06, 2014

European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) says it welcomes the recent decision of IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) that containers must be weighed before being stowed on board ship; however it  stresses that the weighing of containers should not burden port handling activities…

Public Meeting to Address NPREP Guidelines

Jun 04, 2014

Maritime industry leaders will convene in Washington, D.C. on June 19 with representatives of the relevant government agencies to have a dialogue addressing concerns with, and ways to improve, the recently published draft National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (NPREP) guidelines…

Research on the Passing Effects on Ships (ROPES): Results

Jun 04, 2014

Bechtel says it announced the results of its research at the PIANC World Congress in San Francisco, confirming that in restricted waters, the wash from passing ships can exert large forces on moored vessels, mooring lines and fender loads, creating dangerous conditions…

Dryad Maritime Plots Company Expansion

Jun 02, 2014

Dryad Maritime has unveiled new and enhanced services and a complete rebrand as part of the company’s relaunch and repositioning within the maritime operations industry. The overhaul follows six years of exponential growth for the formerly niche Portsmouth-based intelligence company…

IMO's MSC Meeting Approves Important SOLAS Amendments

Jun 02, 2014

IMO informs that its Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has adopted important SOLAS amendments related to inert gas systems as well as amendments to a number of treaties to bring into force the mandatory IMO audit scheme. In addition it has approved…

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