Herndon, Va., headquartered HawkEye 360 Inc. has boosted its vessel monitoring capabilities, making it harder for vessels engaged in dubious activities to go dark by turning off AIS transmissions. HawkEye 360 Inc.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today took action against the captains of the five ships that U.S.-sanctioned Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and
The Panama Canal Authority is investigating an incident yesterday in which the 37,332 dwt bulker Bluebill slammed into a span of the Chagres river railway bridge. The 2004-built Cyprus-flagged vessel, which is
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
Finland’s Viking Line has become the first shipping company in the world to have its COVID-19 risk management measures verified under a new DNV GL methodology called My Care. DNV GL says
Genoa, Italy, headquartered classsification society RINA has successfully carried out what it reports are the world’s first statutory and associated class intermediate surveys using remote streaming technologies. The surveys were carried out
The death of the third officer of a RO/RO during unloading operations in Brocklebank Docks, Liverpool, last May underscores the very real dangers of mobile phone distraction while working on board ship,
New York City headquartered dry bulk specialist Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE:GNK) reports that its 180,032 dwt Genco Liberty has completed the first full crew change to be carried out under
Eight Jacksonville, Fla., firefighters were injured last night when an explosion occurred as they were battling a fire on board the Höegh Autoliners car carrier Höegh Xiamen at the Port of Jacksoville’s
The Panama Maritime Authority has issued a Merchant Marine Notice warning that Panamanian flag ships that deliberately deactivate their Long Range Identification and Tracking Equipment (LRIT) or Automatic Identification System (AIS) will