VIDEO: Giant box ship remains grounded
FEBRUARY 5, 2016—The 19,000 TEU containership CSCL Indian Ocean this morning remained grounded in the Elbe River off the island of Lühesand on the approach to Hamburg. The 399.6 m x 58.6
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ABS issues guidance note on cyber security
FEBRUARY 4, 2016 – Classification society ABS has published Guidance Notes on the Application of Cybersecurity Principles to Marine and Offshore Operations. The guidance note is the first volume in the ABS
TSB Canada reports on foundering of self propelled barge
FEBRUARY 3, 2016 — Here’s another of those marine accident investigationts where the summary does not portray the full horrors in the actual report itself. Released February 1 by the Transportation Safety
Outrage grows over Prestige master prison sentence
FEBRUARY 1, 2016 —The Spanish Supreme Court’s decision to sentence Captain Mangouras to two years imprisonment over the 2002 Prestige oil spill is meeting with growing industry condemnation. ITF seafarers section chair
VIDEO: Smit team gets tow line aboard Modern Express
FEBRUARY 1, 2016 — France appears to have avoided what could have been an environmental disaster. A Smit Salvage team has succeeded in getting a line aboard the drifting car carrier Modern
Prestige Master sentenced to two years in prison
JANUARY 30, 2016—In one of the most highly politically charged international oil spill cases, the international association for ship managers has condemned the recent sentencing of the Master of the Prestige to
VIDEO: Crew lifted from listing car carrier in Bay of Biscay
JANUARY 27, 2016 — Spanish rescue agency Salvamento Maritimo has released dramatic video of the rescue yesterday of 22 crew members from the car carrier Modern Express, which was listing heavily after
Damen’s in-port BWTS goes to sea
JANUARY 20, 2016 — Although Damen’s InvaSave ballast water treatment system is designed for use in port, a unit is currently at sea in an 800 TEU container vessel for shipboard testing
IMO: Still short on BWM convention tonnage tally
JANUARY 19, 2016 — Back in November, it looked like IMO’s Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention looked like it had finally achieved the necessary ratifications to enter into force. Turns out it
USCG issues safety alert on GPS disruptions
JANUARY 19, 2016 — In an incident last summer, vessels outbound from a non-U.S. port suddenly lost GPS reception, affecting their surface search radar, gyro units and ECDIS systems. Today the U.S.