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Trawlercat Introduces Anti-Piracy (PEV) Design

Jan 12, 2012

Trawlercat Marine Designs of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada is seeking joint venture partners to join them in building their purpose-designed anti-piracy personal escort vessels (PEV).Trawlercat Marine’s president, Captain Graham…

Fendercare in STS Operation off Belfast

Jan 12, 2012

Fendercare Marine provide first ship to ship transfer operation off Ireland. Norfolk based Fendercare Marine completed the first ship to ship (STS) transfer off the coast of Belfast last week. The operation was unusually requested by the…

MSG MarineServe GmbH Obtains German Flag State Approval of ECDIS Courses

Jan 10, 2012

MSG MarineServe GmbH obtains German Flag State approval of its ECDIS Training Courses.MSG MarineServe GmbH has received, as one of the first German training providers, approval from the BSH (Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency), the German Flag State…

ICS Publishes New Flag State Table

Jan 10, 2012

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has published its latest annual Shipping Industry Flag State Performance Table - see www.ics-shipping.org/flag-performance.htm . The Table collates various data available in the public domain.…

Coast Guard, BSEE: Repsol Rig Review Complete

Jan 09, 2012

Personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement completed a review of the mobile offshore drilling unit Scarabeo 9, Monday, off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago. The…

DHS: HOGANSAC Members Needed

Jan 09, 2012

Coast Guard seeking Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee applicants to fill vacancies.AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.ACTION: Request for applications. SUMMARY: The Coast Guard seeks applications for membership on the…

The Center(s) of Expertise

Jan 09, 2012

U.S. Coast Guard's Safety Strategy Incorporates Tightly Focused Training at Carefully Chosen Venues. The U.S. Coast Guard opened seven National Centers of Expertise in 2009, locating three alone on the busy Gulf Coast, The concept of national…

IMCA: Audits Improve Business Practices

Jan 09, 2012

Audits are fundamental to safe and efficient projects, whether they are audits (or assessments, appraisals, desk-top verifications, examinations, inspections, reviews, spot checks or surveys) of equipment, procedures, or the behaviour of individuals…

Ince Welcomes FAC Piracy Report

Jan 09, 2012

The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Report on “Piracy off the coast of Somalia”, published today, sets out the findings of the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) enquiry into the efforts of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and…

Shipping's "Tin Ear"

Jan 09, 2012

Clay Maitland chastises industry as appearing to be uncaring in the face of the latest shipping casualty. In two months, the great, the good and the not-so-great-or-good will gather at the annual three-day Jamboree of the Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA)…

Danish Navy Awards Konsberg with Simulator Contract

Jan 09, 2012

Substantial simulator delivery with significant expansion options included.The Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO), acting on behalf of three naval training centres in Denmark, has chosen Kongsberg Maritime to supply sophisticated new bridge simulation facilities…

IMCA Publishes Gas Cylinder Testing Guidance

Jan 09, 2012

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published an information note on non-destructive evaluation (NDE) testing of gas cylinders.Advancements in NDE testing techniques for gas cylinders have been the subject of extensive…

LR Safety Alert: Working Over Water

Jan 06, 2012

Safety alert: Working over water – Lloyd’s Register’s Golden Rules and Instructions for health and safety. Applicabilty: Owners, operators, shipyard managers and site controllers. The Lloyd’s Register Group has published a set of Health…

SaveOurSeafarers Issues Statement on Somalian Piracy

Jan 05, 2012

Statement from the shipping industry’s SOS SaveOurSeafarers campaign with reference to the U.K. House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee’s Report “Piracy off the coast of Somalia”. The shipping industry’s SOS SaveOurSeafarers campaign welcomes the U…

Affordable Acoustic Range for Harbour Surveillance

Jan 05, 2012

The Universal Acoustic Range and Processor (UARP) was developed to address the need for a reliable low cost method to provide harbor surveillance of surface and subsurface vessels.  This turn-key system employs an ultra thin line array and passive…

Logistics News

Seafarers Stranded Off Yemen After US-Houthi Ceasefire Deal

Seafarers Stranded Off Yemen After US-Houthi Ceasefire Deal

Maersk Warns Global Container Volumes Could Drop Due to Trade War

Maersk Warns Global Container Volumes Could Drop Due to Trade War

Near-Record US Container Imports in April Expected to Snap in May Due to Tariffs

Near-Record US Container Imports in April Expected to Snap in May Due to Tariffs

New IMO Designation for the Mediterranean Sea Helps Bring More Doba Crude to Europe

New IMO Designation for the Mediterranean Sea Helps Bring More Doba Crude to Europe

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