Maritime Safety News


Two New Patrol Boats for Pakistan Customs

Mar 16, 2018

Pakistan Customs has taken delivery of two Damen Stan Patrol 1605 FRP patrol boats. The handover ceremony took place on March 10 at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works Ltd (KS&EW). The celebrationwas attended by distinguished guests including Dr Miftah Ismail…

BMT Upgrades Critical Monitoring Systems for Termap

Mar 15, 2018

BMT has completed an upgrade of Single Point Mooring (SPM) Telemetry and Control Systems (SPM-TCS) for Terminales Marítimas Patagónicas S.A. (Termap).  The systems play an integral role in providing real time operational and environmental data…

Tokyo MOU: Concentrated Inspection Campaign On Safety Of Navigation

Mar 13, 2018

The concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) on safety of navigation was carried out in the Tokyo MoU region from 1 September 2017 to 30 November 2017. Within the campaign, Tokyo MOU member Authorities verified vital points of compliance in accordance with SOLAS Ch…

Migrant Influx Puts Greek Port on Edge

Mar 13, 2018

The migrants bolted across a street and clambered over a fence into the Greek port at Patras, scouting around for trucks to stow away in. Dozens at a time scaled a 2-km stretch of fence one afternoon last week, playing cat-and-mouse with…

Responders Tracking Containers Lost off North Carolina

Mar 12, 2018

Responders Tracking Containers Lost off North Carolina The U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA and Environmental Protection Agency are monitoring the tracking and assessment of more than six dozen stray cargo containers lost due to high winds and heavy seas about 17 miles off Oregon Inlet…

Remains of Three Crew Found on Maersk Honam

Mar 12, 2018

Maersk said the remains of three of four missing crew members have been found aboard the Maersk Honam after a fire broke out in one of the vessel’s cargo holds last week.The search for the fourth crew member continues on board, though the search at sea has been suspended…

VADM Schultz Nominated as 26th Coast Guard Commandant

Mar 08, 2018

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen announced the nomination by  President Donald Trump of Vice Adm. Karl L. Schultz to be the 26th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday. Vice Adm. Schultz, the commander of the Coast Guard's Atlantic Area…

Frank Coles Delivers Keynote at the Transas Global Conference

Mar 08, 2018

Transas CEO Frank Coles' Keynote speech in Vancouver: Enterprise Change You know if Elon Musk was to attend a plenary session of the IMO, he could be forgiven if he thought he was watching a reenactment of the Charles Dickens book Hard Times…

Shipwrecked Seafarers’ Plight Ends

Mar 07, 2018

Seafarers’ charity Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) provided a safe haven for a group of seafarers who were left stranded when their ship ran aground in Qawra Point, Malta. The seven crew members from the bunkering tanker Hephaestus, were left…

Maersk Ship Ablaze in Arabian Sea, 4 Crew Missing

Mar 07, 2018

Maersk has reported an active fire in a cargo hold on its liner vessel Maersk Honam en route from Singapore toward Suez around 900 nautical miles southeast of Salalah, Oman.After firefighting efforts were unsuccessful, the crew sent out…

Ardent and Singapore Salvage Engineers Join Forces for Emergency Response

Mar 06, 2018

Maritime services provider Ardent and Singapore Salvage Engineers (SSE) have joined forces for future operations within Singapore and adjacent waters. The two companies signed a cooperation agreement on the 19th of January 2018 to closely…

IMO/MARPOL Amendments Enter Into Force

Mar 05, 2018

Requirements for ships to collect data on their fuel oil consumption entered into force on 1 March.  Other important amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) have also entered into force…

Natural Catastrophes Dominate 2018 Marine Risk Landscape

Mar 01, 2018

Business interruption (BI) and cyber incidents interlink as the major threat for companies globally in 2018, according to the insight of 1,911 risk experts from 80 countries in the Allianz Risk Barometer 2018. However, for marine and shipping companies…

Palau Keeps an Eye Out with Polestar

Feb 27, 2018

Palau International Ship Registry (PISR) has expanded its technology offering by linking with Pole Star to offer a comprehensive sanctions compliance and risk management service for its fleet vessels.Pole Star’s Purple TRAC is a comprehensive…

Six rescued from Sinking Vessel off Bahamas

Feb 27, 2018

A good Samaritan sailing vessel rescued six people from a sinking sailing vessel early Monday 14 miles west north west of Hog Cay, Bahamas.  Watchstanders with the Coast Guard 7th District Command Center received a 406 megahertz personal…

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