International classification society Bureau Veritas has worked closely with the towing industry to develop a set of Guidelines for Design, Construction and Operation of Tugs. The Guidance Note provides safety rules for tugs in an area of marine…
‘Best’ in Paris MoU rankings reflects the breadth of LR’s drive to continually help improve safety and operational performance in shipping. The European port state control organization, the Paris MoU, yesterday confirmed that Lloyd’s Register…
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has announced that it will impose conditions of entry on vessels arriving from the Federal Republic of Nigeria (excluding vessels arriving from certain ports) with effect from June 26, GAC reported in its daily Hot Port News Report…
Tideland Signal Corporation revealed a new company logo at IALA-SPAIN 2014. Tideland said it has grown and evolved over the last six decades, and it saw IALA-SPAIN 2014 as the perfect venue to introduce a refreshed logo.Proud of its history…
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) final rule on escort requirements for certain tankers operating on the waters of Prince William Sound, Alaska, was published Friday in the Federal Register.This rule finalizes the escort requirements in Title 33…
The U.S. Coast Guard informs it has released its report of investigation of the October 2012 sinking of the tall ship 'Bounty', during which one crewmember died and another remains missing and is presumed dead, off the coast of Cape Hatteras…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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, 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…
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…
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, “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…