JUNE 26, 2017 — The Passenger Vessel Association (PVA) reports that on June 12, 2017, the Coast Guard’s national Director of Inspections and Compliance formally recognized PVA’s Flagship Safety Management System (SMS)
JUNE 23, 2017 — The Association of Bulk Terminal Operators is calling for a complete overhaul of the cargo sampling and liquefaction testing protocols for ships transporting raw ores and less common
JUNE 21, 2017 – Melville, NY-headquartered Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. reports that 43 Bouchard-operated vessels have been awarded the Jones F. Devlin Award, recognizing their safety achievements in 2016, by the Chamber
JUNE 21, 2017 — The Committee of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) has adopted new performance lists for flags and Recognized Organizations that will take effect
JULY 19, 2017 — Oslo, Norway, headquartered salvage technology specialist Miko Marine AS has delivered an improved and upgraded version of its ShipArrestor system to the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA). The system
JUNE 16, 2017 — Speaking in Edinburgh, Scotland, yesterday, Dr. Grahaeme Henderson, President of the U.K. Chamber of Shipping, called for a step change in shipping safety. “Our shipping industry has a
JUNE 15, 2017 – Five year old mooring lines on the 2010-built LNG tanker Zarga were “not fit for purpose,” says the U.K. Marine Accident Investigaton Branch in its report on a
JUNE 15, 2017 — The Port of Charleston’s Wando Terminal has reopened following a dirty bomb scare that had seen the terminal evacuated and a safety zone imposed around it. The U.S.
JUNE 14, 2017 — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) issued three recommendations to improve passenger vessel safety resulting from its investigation (M15P0347) into the fatal October 2015 capsizing of the
JUNE 14, 2017 — A new crane hook, specially developed for launching inflated liferafts, has been introduced by Henriksen Hooks of Norway to meet a demand in the survival craft industry. The