Maritime Safety News


CMR Group Makes Two Senior Appointments

Nov 17, 2016

CMR Group, the control instrumentation and electrical engineering specialist, has announced two senior appointments as it continues to develop and expand its global operations.Jean-François Michel has joined as vice-president in charge of production…

MOL ‘Tabletop Drill’ for Serious Marine Incident

Nov 17, 2016

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that the company conducted a tabletop drill based on a scenario in which an iron ore carrier, managed by its group ship management company, collided with a breakwater, leaving it stranded in the Port of Kashima…

USCG Approves Subchapter M Internal Auditor Course

Nov 16, 2016

SafeMARINER, LLC and the ACTion group’s Marine Internal Lead Auditor (MILA) course has been audited by a third-party registrar and is now recognized as the first internal lead auditor course developed specifically for the inland industry and subchapter M…

Large Earthquake Damages New Zealand Ports and Infrastructure

Nov 14, 2016

New Zealand’s largest earthquake in 150 years has led to a number of port and infrastructure issues, advises Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS). The ports of Wellington and Picton suffered damages after the 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck…

MPT's Amy Beavers Passes Away

Nov 08, 2016

Amy Beavers, USCG Licensed Master, Academic Principal and VP of Regulatory Compliance at Maritime Professional Training has passed away on November 5. Services will be held on Saturday, November 12, at 11:30 a.m. at Rio Vista Community Church…

North P&I Club: Be Cyber Aware at Sea

Nov 04, 2016

North P&I Club is continuing its drive to highlight the range of cyber threats facing shipowners through active support of the new international ‘Be Cyber Aware At Sea’ campaign. The campaign is a global maritime and offshore industry initiative…

S. Africa Becoming Preferred Destination for Ship Arrests

Nov 03, 2016

At the recent annual Maritime Law Conference (MLA) held at Arabella in the Western Cape, various prominent government and international speakers took to the floor to debate and discuss national global maritime phenomena including inter alia…

India Backs Ship Recycling Training Program

Nov 02, 2016

As part of its Coastal Community Development Program under Sagarmala, the Ministry of Shipping has sanctioned Rupees 10 Crore ($1.5 mln) as part of the first instalment to the Gujarat Maritime Board for capacity building and safety training of 20…

Hepatitis B: The Silent Epidemic for Seafarers

Nov 02, 2016

Dr. A.H. Balaji of Balaji Medical Center, a medical service provider for the shipping industry which is part of the UK P&I PEME program, comments on the dangers of hepatitis B, the silent epidemic.Hepatitis B is easily preventable by vaccination and safe health practice…

Tanker Crewman Medevaced off Galveston

Oct 31, 2016

A tanker crewman was medevaced Monday afternoon, after reports of suffering from a hernia about 15 miles off Galveston, Texas in the Fairway Anchorage. The master of the 600-foot, Marshall Islands flagged tanker Agena contacted U.S. Coast…

Ships' Enclosed Spaces Continue to Pose Dangers

Oct 31, 2016

Chris Roberts, Senior Risk Assessor at UK P&I Club, comments on seafarers not correctly implementing enclosed space entry permitsAmendments to the SOLAS convention on enclosed space entry came into force on July 1,  2016, requiring all ships…

Shoreham Port Prioritises Training Staff in First Aid

Oct 29, 2016

Ports can be dangerous places to work in and this is why Shoreham Port is dedicated to taking its first aid responsibilities seriously. In such a fast paced working environment it is important to have trained staff available across the Port to ensure help is never too far away…

LR Joins Collision Avoidance Research for Autonomous Ships

Oct 27, 2016

LR is participating in the MAXCMAS project, a £1.27million collaborative research project that aims to investigate, develop and implement real-time collision avoidance algorithms for autonomous maritime vessels. The MAXCMAS (Machine executable…

Nakilat Holds 20th Qatar Project Shipping Forum

Oct 26, 2016

Nakilat, a shipping arm of Qatar’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector, held Qatar Project Shipping Forum (QPSF) in London over a span of two days. QPSF is as an important platform, established and organized by Nakilat in 2006, to address…

OSC Holds Mumbai Seafarers’ Conference

Oct 24, 2016

Oman Ship Management Company (OSC) hosted a high-level conference in Mumbai for senior officers following a rapid rise in crew numbers. The ‘Seafarers’ Safety Conference’ was a platform for Oman Shipping Company’s subsidiary Oman Ship Management…

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