SOLAS amendments aimed to prevent accidents during lifeboat launching entered into force on 1 January 2013.IMO informs that the amendments, adopted in May 2011, add a new paragraph 5 to SOLAS regulation III/1, to require lifeboat on-load…
Deputy Minister of Transport Victor Olerskyz informed that the Northern Sea Route will be administrated from Moscow.The new headquarters for the Northern Sea Route (NSR) will open in Moscow on January 28 2013. A representative office may be opened in Arkhangelsk later…
The mobile drilling unit 'Kulluk', Shell Oil’s 266-foot-long floating drill rig, remains aground on the southeast shore of Sitkalidak Island, Alaska,Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, commander, Coast Guard 17th District and commander of Coast Guard forces in Alaska…
IMO inform that regulations to improve the energy efficiency of international shipping entered into force 1, January 2013.The EEDI is a non-prescriptive, performance-based mechanism that leaves the choice of technologies to use in a specific ship design to the industry…
Shelll's drill rig 'Kulluk' broke towlines again in the storm & finally washed up on Sitkalidak Island, near Kodiak, on New Year's Eve.Salvage crews are on stand-by until the weather moderates (the National Weather Service reports seas in the area of being up to 30 feet high…
A Macau to Hong Kong jetfoil hit a marker beacon in poor visibility while exiting the Macau Outer Harbour entrance channel.The ferry with 177 passengers and 8 crew on board at the time of the incident was towed back to the terminal with reportedly minor structural damage…
Europeans better protected legally when travelling by water from now onwards.As from 31 December 2012, passengers travelling by sea will have the right to claim compensation for loss or damage in the event of accidents.Passengers travelling by sea and inland waterways in the EU…
The tankship 'Aegean Horizon', held by Nigerian port authorities since 13, November 2012, permitted to depart.The vesel had been held during a regional naval exercise in connection with the alleged theft of some thousands of tons of crude oil…
Boats removed from specified location for repair elsewhere may create a lapse in insurance coverage.Maritime Program Group, which is a program administrator for North American Specialty's recreational marine program, agreed to provide an…
Tugboat 'Aiviq' experienced total engine failure, casting it & the Shell drilling rig 'Kulluk' adrift in stong winds & heavy seas, S. of Kodiak Island.The US Coast Guard cutter Alex Haley was sent to assist, establishing a tandem tow of both Aivig and Kulluk…
Statement by FMCS Director George H. Cohen On United States Maritime Alliance And International Longshoremen's Association Labor Negotiations:'I am extremely pleased to announce that the parties have reached the agreements set forth below…
Investigation report of accident involving the ro-ro ferry 'Norcape' in the Firth of Clyde released by Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) .On 26 November 2011, the port windlass of the UK registered Ro-Ro vessel Norcape suffered…
Terminal de Contêineres de Paranaguá (TCP) first port in the region approved to allow unrestricted access of vessels of new Panama Canal’s maximum dimensions.Only weeks after having received permission to lift all restrictions to navigate at night…
NATO Shipping Centre identifies a new area of piracy concern within the Gulf of Oman.All 22 hostages from the MV Iceberg 1 have now been released from pirate captivity. They had been held since the Iceberg 1 was pirated on 29 March 2010…
Seven Malaysian crewmen were rescued after tthe MV 'Ramai Dua' partially sank in shallow waters between Labuan & Sabah’s western Menumbok.The seven crew members were rescued by a Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) patrol boat…
