The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended March 20 that 30 owners of 68 bridges across 19 states conduct a vulnerability assessment to determine the risk of bridge collapse from a vessel
By Luis Llamas and Thomas “Buddy” Bardenwerper, Jones Walker LLP Maritime Practice Group The bilge alarm is sounding. Smoke is billowing. Oil is spreading. A lot needs to happen in these critical,
Gladstone Magistrates Court in Queensland, Australia, has fined Universal Shipping Alliance AUD 63,000 for failing to comply with an Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) written direction. The company was also ordered to
Since March 15, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has been carrying out a series of strikes against the Iran backed Houthis that, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says, will be unrelenting. “Freedom of navigation
Salvage experts with SMIT Salvage are continuing onboard assessments of Stena Immaculate, say statements from the vessel operator Crowley and owner Stena Bulk. Yesterday, Sunday, March 16, the third-party salvage team confirmed
UPDATE: In a statement released yesterday, Crowley said that third-party salvage experts with SMIT Salvage have boarded the Stena Immaculate for assessment. “The salvage process is ongoing and will take time to
ABS has issued Hanwha Systems a type approval for IACS UR E27 cyber resilience requirements for its cybersecurity solution, SecuAider. The SecuAider software solution offers protection to a vessel’s data and networks
As the response to the incident involving the strike on the U.S.-flag tanker Stena Immaculate by the containership Solong continued today, it looked that the worst fears of pollution from the two
UPDATE TO EARLIER STORY:The Humberside Police has arrested the master of the Solong, the containership that struck the U.S.-flag TSP-program tanker Stena Immaculate yesterday. One member of the Solong crew is missing,
If drugs are found on a ship in certain ports, the crew risk extreme prison sentences, says BIMCO. Limited understanding of merchant ship operations can lead judges to believe that hiding drugs