A U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Alert (02-2) released last month notes the increasing failure rate of fixed and portable emergency dewatering equipment in the inspected towing vessel fleet. The alert reiterates
In this edition of Marine Log’s Listen Up! podcast, Alfonso Castillero, chief operating officer of the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry, the U.S.-based manager of the Liberian Registry, gives us some
Lloyd’s Register North America, Inc. (LR) has signed an agreement for a joint development project (JDP) with Northeast Technical Services Co., Inc. (NETSCo) to design and develop a Jones Act compliant wind
While sanctions-busting countries continue to find new way to cloak their maritime activities, the shipping industry faces increasing sanctions compliance requirements from agencies such as the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
BP Shipping is using a solution developed by Tel Aviv headquartered Windward, a specialist in maritime trade analytics and insights, to digitize its business trade practices relating to sanctions compliance, The move
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) reports that, in the first quarter of 2020, most ships calling at the Port of Singapore have complied with the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO)
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Towing Vessel National Center of Expertise (TVNCOE) posted on its website August 5, 2019, that the Coast Guard has approved Inland Towing Operators Working Together (ITOW) of Robards,
ABS Advanced Solutions has launched a first-of-its-kind cyber security solution to aid regulated maritime facilities in complying with U.S. Coast Guard guidance. The suite of services provides a turnkey solution for port