Passenger Vessel Association Marks 10th Anniversary of Maritime Security Law; Calls for Reevaluation of TWIC.On the tenth anniversary of the enactment of the landmark Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA) (Public Law 107-295)…
The International Shipping Federation (ISF), which represents maritime employers globally, says that the low level of implementation of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 185, concerning the facilitation of shore leave and crew transits…
InterManager, the international trade association for the shipmanagement and crewmanagement industry, is supporting a survey which aims to identify how much of a burden red tape places on seafarers.The Association is urging its members to encourage their staff to take part in the online survey…
The CPE Certified Port Ececutive Program welcomed ten new graduates at the completion of their program in Vancouver, October 19th 2012. The CPE Certified Port Executive Program creates a new learning pathway for professionals in the port world…
Piracy off the Somali Coast falls to lowest levels in years as result of tough measures on land & at sea.As Kenyan Defense Forces continue to weaken Al-Shabaab on the ground in Somalia, new reports indicates Somali pirates off the coast have similarly been weakened this year…
War risk insurance specialist, DNK, is pleased to announce the appointment of Göran Skuncke as Insurance Director.Skuncke will be responsible for the Association’s insurance activities, with a particular responsibility for membership service…
The Supreme Court of the Seychelles recently found 15 Somalis guilty of piracy and jailed them for up to 18 years.Judge Mohan Burhan rejected their defence that they were fishing and having fun as they fired rockets at a tanker in the Arabian…
European Union Naval Force Commander reminds yacht & leisure craft owners piracy still a danger in Gulf of Aden & Indian Ocean.Rear Admiral Potts who is the operation commander of the European Union’s counter piracy mission (EU NAVFOR) off…
Global pirate activity jumped 52% compared to September, driven by increased attacks in the Gulf of Guinea, & off Indonesia. Somali piracy remained low, with three attacks reported. Notably, a pirate group opened fire on naval warship. Attacks…
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have established a new naval base in the vital oil tankship transit Strait of Hormuz.According to Iran's Fars news agency, as reported by Ria Novosti, the base, the fifth in the region, is located…
GAC Protective Solutions has published a new position paper calling for ship owners and operators to adopt a more systematic approach to sea defense that is based upon a multi-layered model of non-lethal risk mitigation measures, rather than…
The American P&I Club warns again that stowaways continue to hide in the ship's rudder stock recess.The P&I Club advise its members that stowaways wait in port areas until after dark and then swim to the rudder stock, climbing it and hiding inside the recess…
Skye Maritime, a provider of counter-piracy embarked security guards, appoints Ben Smith to its management team.Ben served for 15 years in the British Army as a Special Operations reservist; he was also an attorney in the UK, appearing in the UK equivalent of District…
With the ending of this year's monsoon season the British Navy reinforces their warning to seafarers to beware pirates.Attacks by ‘pirate action groups’ trying to hijack merchant shipping off the Horn of Africa are expected to increase,…
DSIT Solutions Ltd gets order for its PointShield™ Portable Diver Detection Sonar (PDDS) system. The PointShield™ PDDS is specifically designed to provide underwater protection for navy ships, private yachts and commercial vessels. (The…
