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Australia, Indonesia join forces on maritime security

Apr 27, 2018

A coordinated patrol between the Australian Defense Force (ADF) and Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) to improve security along the shared maritime border has concluded this week in Bali, Indonesia. Coordinated maritime patrol AUSINDO CORPAT 2018…

Wicker Highlights Ports' Role in National Security

Apr 25, 2018

U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., yesterday attending a hearing of the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security to consider U.S. maritime policy, asked Mark H. Buzby, the current administrator of the Maritime Administration…

Maersk to Trial AI-powered Situational Awareness Technology

Apr 25, 2018

Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk will be the first in the world to trial artificial intelligence (AI) powered perception and situational awareness technology on a containership.Under a deal signed with Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics…

Tanker Rescues Castaway in South China Sea

Apr 23, 2018

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that on April 14, 2018, the MOL-operated/managed crude oil tanker Altair Trader rescued a castaway in the South China Sea.At 19:10 local time on April 14, while underway in the South China Sea toward the port of Kawasaki…

U.S. Coast Guard Honors Foss Exec Johnson

Apr 20, 2018

The U.S. Coast Guard awarded Grant Johnson, Foss Maritime's Vice President for Health, Safety, Quality and Environment (HSQE), with a Meritorious Public Service Award in recognition of his achievements as a member and Vice Chair of the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee…

Singapore Sets Out to Curb Ship Collisions

Apr 18, 2018

Singapore is set to get new technology to help in preventing ship collisions.The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said it has engaged the services of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research's Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC)…

Authorities team up for S&R Exercise off Perth

Apr 16, 2018

A major search and rescue training exercise has taken place off Rottnest Island in Western Australia yesterdayinvolving both state and federal authorities. Search and rescue crews from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), Western…

Pirate Attacks Worsen in Gulf of Guinea - IMB

Apr 10, 2018

A surge in armed attacks against ships around West Africa is pushing up global levels of piracy and armed robbery at sea, warns the International Chamber of Commerce's International Maritime Bureau (IMB). IMB's Piracy Reporting Center recorded 66 incidents in the first quarter of 2018…

KR Releases KR-CON V16

Apr 09, 2018

Classification society Korean Register (KR) announced that it has released the 16th version of its KR-CON software. First launched in 1997, the software program set out to help surveyors, shipbuilders and PSC officers to search for IMO instruments more accurately…

Six rescued from waters near Conch Reef

Apr 09, 2018

The U.S. Coast Guard and a good Samaritan rescued six people from the water near Conch Reef, Fla., Saturday. A good Samaritan aboard the 25-foot center console, Quality Time, notified Coast Guard Sector Key West watchstanders at approximately 1:46 p…

US Program Helps Ports Assess Cybersecurity

Apr 04, 2018

HudsonAnalytix, Inc. and its subsidiary HudsonCyber have completed a U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) Cargo Handling Cooperative Program (CHCP) grant to perform cybersecurity capability assessment workshops at three U.S. ports. HudsonAnalytix’s…

FLIR Helps Keep One of Canada’s Largest Ports Safe

Apr 03, 2018

As Canada’s second largest container port and North America’s fastest growing port for transpacific trade, the Port of Prince Rupert in British Columbia is committed to providing mariners with safe, efficient and productive port operations. To ensure the port operates safely and securely…

USCG Medevacs Elderly Cruise Ship Passenger

Apr 03, 2018

The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced an 81-year-old man from the cruise ship, Norwegian Getaway, Monday approximately 44 miles southeast of Marathon, Fla.The crew of the Norwegian Getaway notified Coast Guard 7th District watchstanders at approximately 11:50 p…

8 rescued from water 14 mi off North Miami Beach

Mar 31, 2018

Coast Guard and partner agencies rescued eight people Friday after their 65-foot motor vessel, Siempre Sonando, was taking on water approximately 14 miles east of North Miami Beach.Coast Guard watchstanders received an emergency position indicating…

Ingalls to Build NSC 10 for USCG

Mar 30, 2018

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division received a $94 million fixed-price contract from the U.S. Coast Guard today to purchase long-lead materials for a 10th National Security Cutter (NSC). “National Security Cutters…

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