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NWSA Unveils Orca Protection Plan

Oct 08, 2019

The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), the cargo operating partnership of the ports of Tacoma and Seattle, has teamed up with Washington State Ferries, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Puget Sound Partnership to identify ways to protect the endangered orca population…

Video: Cargo Ship Crewman Medevaced

Oct 08, 2019

A crewmember from the cargo vessel BBC Campana was airlifted approximately 10 miles offshore of Galveston, Texas, Monday after he was reportedly found unresponsive by the crew, the U.S. Coast Guard said.The Coast Guard said its Houston-Galveston…

Oil Tankers Fire Injures 10 in S.Korea

Sep 30, 2019

A fire that spread across two oil tankers in a South Korean port injured 10 people on Saturday, coastguard and fire officials said, adding the blaze had largely been put out.An explosion occurred on the Stolt Groenland, a 25,000-tonne, Cayman Island-flagged oil tanker…

Containership Strikes Tanker in Greece

Sep 27, 2019

Japanese carrier Ocean Network Express (ONE) confirmed reports that its chartered containership ONE Blue Jay came into contact with a chemical tanker near Port of Perama, Piraeus, Greece, at around 2 p.m. local time on Thursday.'There are no reports of pollution from ONE Blue Jay…

Sture Terminal Situation Normalised

Sep 15, 2019

The fire in the engine room of the crude oil tanker Dubai Harmony moored at Equinor’s Sture terminal in Øygarden municipality on the west coast of Norway near Bergen has now been extinguished.At 1102 this morning, Equinor's alarm center received…

CBP Finds Destructive Moth Eggs in Ships

Sep 12, 2019

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists intercepted 146 destructive Asian Gypsy Moth egg masses on four ships recently in the port of Baltimore.Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM) is one of the most destructive insect pests in the world…

Video: RoRo Vessel Overturns Off US East Coast

Sep 08, 2019

Four crew members are missing from a roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel that is disabled, overturned and has caught fire near Brunswick, Georgia, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Sunday.Twenty people have been safely removed from the ship, and the Coast…

Survitec, MRT Collaborate on Constant Wear Lifejacket

Aug 22, 2019

Two safety equipment specialists - Survitec and Marine Rescue Technologies (MRT) - have created a lifejacket that accommodates and complements a range of MRT personal locator beacons (PLB) and takes advantage of the two companies’ knowledge in their respective fields…

VIKING Wins Breakthrough Order for HydroPen

Jul 17, 2019

The globally exclusive HydroPen distributor and leading safety solutions expert, VIKING Life-Saving Equipment, has announced the signing of a fleetwide contract with a major global container shipping operator to integrate the HydroPen System for container firefighting…

No Navigation Risk from Sunk Ship: MPA

Jun 07, 2019

The wreck of the Dominica-flagged supply vessel, OCEAN COOPER 2 that sank near Pedra Branca does not pose a risk to the safety of navigation in the area, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).According to MPA, capsized and sank…

VIKING Sees Growth After Norsafe Acquisition

Mar 14, 2019

After two years of slightly declining revenue, VIKING Life-Saving Equipment A/S is seeing growth once more, said the global market leader in maritime and offshore safety.In 2018, VIKING acquired the Norwegian manufacturer of lifeboats Norsafe AS…

European Marine Insurance Firms Join Forces

Feb 14, 2019

Italian worldwide leading broker for marine insurance Cambiaso Risso Group has signed a strategic partnership agreement with French insurance broker Siaci Saint Honore to foster a strong positioning in their markets.The deal will be subject…

Safe Mooring Rule Getting Ready

Feb 04, 2019

International Maritime Organization (IMO) work to preventing accidents when ships are being moored at their berth in a port continues this week.According to the UN body,  a draft SOLAS regulation aimed at better protecting seafarers and shore…

ITIC E-learning Vid Highlights Dangers of Switch Bills of Lading

Jan 30, 2019

International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) produced an e-learning video for ship agents on the use of ‘switch bills of lading,’ a second sets of bills used as a substitute for the original bills of lading issued at time of shipment.ITIC legal advisor Mark Brattman said…

JFD Wins DSRV Contract from Republic of Korea Navy

Jan 25, 2019

The subsea operations and manufacturing company JFD, a part of James Fisher and Sons, has received a multi-million dollar contract for the design and build of an advanced Deep Search and Rescue Vehicle (DSRV).The DSRV will be delivered as a…

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