Banning the Marshall Islands -flagged containership Big Lilly from Australian waters for 90 days for serious safety and maintenance issues, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) was today sharply critical of its
It now appears that Ukrainian Special Operations Forces were unduly overoptimistic in their assessment that Admiral Viktor Sokolov, the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, was among those killed in a
As a trickle of merchant ships starts to use the Ukrainian-designated “safe corridor” to its ports, the Ukrainian Navy and special forces continue to degrade Russia’s naval capabilities. The most recent example
Excessive speed during a bow-to-bow harbor-assist maneuver led to the grounding of the ASD tugboat CC Portland in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel last year, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
Marine insurance premiums across all categories rose to $35.8 billion in 2022 — and the general trend is upwards. Those were two of the facts that emerged today when the International Union
The Coast Guard has issued an interim rule as the first step toward implementing statutorily mandated requirements for duck boats — DUKW amphibious passenger vessels. This statutory mandate was enacted after the
In its latest report involving a crane barge accident, the NTSB says that an owner’s lack of inspection and maintenance led to the capsizing and sinking of a crane barge last year
The Port of New Orleans (NOLA) was awarded $947,280 in recently announced Port Security Grant funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support the expansion and enhancement of emergency services
Car carrier fires continue to make the headlines, raising questions about the risks raised by electrical vehicles (EVs). In response, the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has researched these claims and
A captain’s decision to navigate close to shore in an area with uncharted rocks led to a fishing vessel grounding and capsizing in Alaska last year, the National Transportation Safety Board says