Fat Leonard gets 15 year prison term

Another exam scam defendant receives prison term

In the latest development in the long-running exam scam case involving a test score-fixing scheme at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Regional Exam Center (REC) New Orleans in Mandeville, La., former Coast Guard

Cybersecurity MOU signing

Singapore Shipping Association and ClassNK ink cybersecurity MOU

As a global maritime hub connecting regional and global markets, Singapore is ideally positioned to conduct research on on ways to increase the cyber resilience of the global supply chain. Now those

Navy lab confirms that drone that struck Eastern Pacific tanker was Iranian

Central Command has now released details and imagery substantiating its findings that an Iranian drone was the “projectile” that struck a product tanker managed by Idan Ofer’s Eastern Pacific Shipping on November

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Anglo-Eastern uses Inmarsat Fleet Hotspot to boost crew welfare

Leading ship manager Anglo-Eastern Ship Management has chosen Inmarsat to connect its crew.To meet the fast-evolving requirements of modern shipping, the company uses Fleet Xpress services from Inmarsat and, in 2019, became

Biden to issue oil and natural gas leasing ban

White House: Iran implicated in drone attack on Eastern Pacific tanker

Both the White House and U.S. Central Command today released statements implicating Iran in what it now seems was a drone attack on a products tanker managed by Idan Ofer’s Eastern Pacific

Gas Ares

NTSB reports on $1 million LPG tanker strike on tugs and loading dock

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report on a November 25, 2021 incident involving a 754-foot-long, 106-foot-wide LPG carrier, the Gas Ares, that led to more than $1 million in

Putin talks about return to Black Sea grain deal

Poten: Increased Russian oil moves by Dark Fleet pose safety threat

In his latest weekly Tanker Opinion, Erik Broekhuizen, head of tanker research at New York headquartered Poten & Partners, says that, while Russian oil exports have thus far only been impacted by

lithium-iron battery paper

Insurers release white paper on lithium-ion battery transportation risks

A number of recent ship fires have underscored the continuing safety threat created by the transportation of lithium-ion batteries. Now insurance providers TT Club and UK P&I Club (both Thomas Miller managed

USCG is to crack down on small passenger vessel fire safety

USCG: Don’t over estimate DPS systems capabilities

A recent incident involving a DP3 drillship that suffered a complete blackout and subsequent loss of position has prompted the Coast Guard to issue a marine safety alert reminding mariners that dynamic

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PODCAST: Jones Walker talks port and terminal cybersecurity

In this edition of Marine Log’s Listen Up! podcast, we talk with Andrew Lee and Ford Wogan of law firm Jones Walker to gain insights into ways in which cybersecurity training is

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