Safety bulletin highlights dangers of CO2 leakages
OCTOBER 12, 2018 — The U.K. Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has issued a safety bulletin following two serious and potentially near fatal accidental CO2 releases on U.K. ships in the last
OCTOBER 12, 2018 — The U.K. Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has issued a safety bulletin following two serious and potentially near fatal accidental CO2 releases on U.K. ships in the last
OCTOBER 10, 2018 — October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and, in a posting on the U.S. Coast Guard’s Maritime Commons blog, Charles Blackmore, cyber program specialist, Office of Port & Facility
OCTOBER 9, 2018 – The U.S. Coast Guard and firefighters and rescue paramedics from the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) Special Operations Command yesterday conducted a joint safety
OCTOBER 8, 2018 — Wärtsilä is to provide a full scope of marine simulators for a new training facility at Solent University’s Warsash School of Maritime Science and Engineering, located in Southampton,
OCTOBER 3, 2018 — A New Zealand court has imposed fines on French cruise line Compagnie du Ponant and the master of its 264 passenger expedition cruise ship L’Austral following the January
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 — Following the tragic fire aboard the containership Maersk Honam in March this year, in which five crew members lost their lives (see earlier story), Maersk took measures and
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 — The National Transportation Safety Board has released a Marine Accident Brief on the September 5, 2017 partial sinking of the Savage Inland Marine towing vessel Savage Ingenuity. The
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 —The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a 15 minute video that summarizes its investigation of the October 1, 2015, sinking of the U.S.-flag merchant ship El Faro
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 – North P&I Club has recently been awarded the U.K. government-backed Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation. The Cyber Essentials scheme is designed to improve the resilience of U.K. businesses to
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 — Esbjerg, Denmark, headquartered maritime safety equipment manufacturer and service provider Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S has acquired Arendal, Norway, based lifeboat builder Norsafe AS. The parties have agreed not