FEBRUARY 11, 2013 — Yale University Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program and Future Care, Inc. have reported the initial results of a pilot study on the health of seafarers internationally.
Future Care's services include managed care services for the marine industry and the study makes use of an exten ...
Safety and Security
FEBRUARY 11, 2013 — Yale University Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program and Future Care, Inc. have reported the initial results of a pilot study on the health of seafarers internationally.
Future Care's services include managed care services for the marine industry and the study makes use of an exten ...
JANUARY 22, 2013 — The U.K.'s Marine and Coastguard Agency reports that the Chief Officer of a vessel that grounded July 2, 2012, has been fined after admitting that after he left the bridge to take a bathroom break he has no recollection of events until after the grounding.
The Antigua and Barbuda registered cargo shi ...
JANUARY 4, 2013 – BIMCO has published Reflections 2013, which it calls "a concise, condensed and thought-provoking analysis of the challenges facing the shipping industry today and during the coming year."
It cautions that while there is some optimism that the worst of the global downturn is now behind us, a perceptive economi ...
NOVEMBER 13, 2012 — U.K.-based maritime security specialist Ambrey Risk has become one of the first maritime security companies to be granted official accreditation by the Panama Maritime Authority allowing it to provide armed and unarmed escort guards on Panamanian-flagged vessels transiting piracy high risk areas.
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OCTOBER 25, 2012 — A dhow being used as a Somali pirate mother ship ended up in flames in an incident that saw the Royal Netherlands Navy LPD Hr. Ms. Rotterdam come under fire from a fishing vessel and from the shore as well as from the dhow.
The fire was answered in self defense. ...
OCTOBER 23, 2012—The Jules Garnier II, the world’s first specialized vessel for the carriage of nickel ore, was recently delivered by Japan' Naikai Zosen Corporation, according to ClassNK.
Built for Japanese shipping major JX Shipping Co. Ltd. and classed by ClassNk, the Jules Garnier II is the ...
OCTOBER 22, 2012 — The number of ships reporting attacks by Somali pirates has fallen this year to its lowest since 2009, says a report from the International Chamber of Commerce's International Maritime Bureau (IMB). The drop in Somali piracy has brought global figures for piracy and armed robbery at sea down to 233 incidents t ...
OCTOBER 18, 2012—Pirates off the coast of Nigeria in the Gulf of Guinea kidnapped seven crew members, including six Russians and one Estonian, when they boarded the Anchor Handling Tug Suppy (AHTS) vessel Bourbon Liberty 249 on October 15.
Vessel owner Bourbon Offshore confirms that nine other crew members were still onboard t ...
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