European Council

European Council adopts major maritime legislative package

The European Council has now adopted four important new pieces of legislation —and, as ever, the devil is in the details in terms of things that vessel owners and operators should start

man-overboard recovery system

U.K. pilot boat trials Zelim man-overboard recovery conveyor

The U.K.’s Milford Haven Port Authority (MHPA) has retrofitted its 19-meter pilot boat Picton with Zelim’s SWIFT man-overboard recovery conveyor as part of a three-month trial to assess the system’s capability in

False Claims Act case

Dark fleet suspect arrested in Miami

Taskin Torlak, a 37-year old Turkish national, was arrested in Miami, Nov. 2, and is currently being held in the Miami Federal Detention Center. He has been charged with conspiring to violate

Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after Dali strike

Dali owner and operator will pay $102M to settle U.S. claim

The U.S. Department of Justice Department has announced that Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited, the Singaporean corporations that owned and operated the containership Dali, have agreed to pay

OFAC sanctions on al-Jamal network

OFAC targets more companies, ships and captains with links to al-Jamal network

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) yesreday sanctioned eighteen companies, individuals, and vessels for their ties to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF)-backed Houthi financial official Sa’id

The Voluntary Observing Ships scheme (VOS).

Op-Ed: Extreme Maritime Weather Symposium— unprecedented

By Roberta Weisbrod, Executive Director of the Worldwide Ferry Safety Association “Unprecedented” was the word most frequently used at the Extreme Maritime Weather Symposium held in London September 22-26.  Unprecedented was used

maritime cyber threat report

Marlink: Maritime cyber threats up sharply in 2024

Maritime information and communications technology specialist Marlink has released the latest global maritime cyber threat report produced by its Security Operations Center (SOC). The report, based on data gathered during the first

NTSB reports deckhand was asleep at helm

Deckhand fell asleep. Damage totaled $6 million

A deckhand at the helm of a towing vessel had fallen asleep before the tow struck a dock near Clatskanie, Oregon last year, the National Transportation Safety Board says. The result was

autonomos techno;ogies for ammonia-fueled ships award

New autonomous technologies for ammonia-fueled ships gain ABS AiP

Classification society ABS has awarded its approval in principle for two new autonomous technologies for ammonia-fueled ships from HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).

Bulker Sirocco prior to breakaway

NTSB releases report on $5M bulker Sirocco breakaway

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on the March 27, 2023, incident in which the 751-foot long bulk carrier Sirocco broke free from its moorings at the Convent Marine

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