Several passengers in the bow pulpit of a 106-ft whale-watching vessel were injured when a large wave was struck & threw them backwards.Injuries ranged from cuts and bruises to a broken patella (knee) and jaw. Although there were many other passengers on board at the time…
UK Energy Minister John Hayes is due to speak at a new one-day event for the oil & gas decommissioning sector established to help overcome the challenges facing companies dealing with infrastructure that has come to the end of the lifecycle…
Joint industry conference to consider Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) Crane Regulation requirements.With the Cranes and Derricks in Construction standard requiring U.S. operators to be certified by November 2014, Maximum…
The American P&I Club’s latest e-learning tool module has been released to members.“There is an insistent need to create awareness of the circumstances which have too often resulted in the death or injury of crew members entering enclosed spaces on board ship…
The Coast Guard Cutter 'Mackinaw' breaks ice in Western Lake Superior in preparation for the upcoming shipping season.The Mackinaw (WLBB-30) is the only U.S. heavy ice breaking resource assigned to the Great Lakes and in addition to heavy…
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) confirms Moncrief in the post held on an interim basis since October 2011.The government as sole owner of the UKHO, ran an open, external and national competition for the Chief Executive role.…
Rescuers have retrieved 11 bodies and are searching for two missing crew members after a container ship sank off east China.The Beihai Rescue Bureau of the Ministry of Transport dispatched two rescue vessels and a helicopter to the seawater area 40 nautical miles northeast of Longkou…
Canada acts to upgrade its safety system for shipping oil & liquefied natural gas safely through Canada’s waterways before any major new energy export facilities become operational. The Government introduce eight measures to strengthen Canada's…
The Paris MoU Port State Control Committee's Harmonized Verification Programme (HAVEP) on passenger ship operational safety controls will last throughout 2013.Steamship Mutual advises its members to prepare for Port State Control Inspections…
The Swedish Club Academy focuses on China during a five-day Maritime Resource Management road show at the end of March. MRM training aims at establishing safe operational cultures where teamwork and effective communication are key components…
The world’s largest message-in-a-bottle will be released shortly, 200 nautical miles off the coast of Tenerife, Canary Islands.The bottle constructed by the owner of Norwegian company Koeningsegg is registered as a boat, and will be tweeting…
U.K. maritime intelligence provider Dryad Maritime are to release a specialist report, ‘Special Advisory Southeast Asia: Disorganized theft to organized crime,’ which will focus on the rise of targeted hijackings in Southeast Asia.The advisory to be released on March 18…
FRC International is running the first program of ‘Back To Back’ Whole Boat Vibration (WBV) courses in Canada this April.The lead for these courses is Canadian Coast Guard and Canadian Navy. These courses are part of improving sea safety and are open to all interested parties…
One of Nordic American's Suezmax tankers had to stay in a US port about 10 days longer than planned following a detention in December 2012.In the press release of December 6, 2012, Nordic American Tankers (NAT) announced that it was working…
The Port State Control Officer observed personnel had accessed ballast water tanks without following proper preceedures.On the 19th June 2012, a Port State Control Inspector from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) boarded the Panama registered vessel Terry Siete at Portland…