Australia bans bulker whose over-contract crew walked off
In a case that illustrates the ongoing impacts of the crew change crisis, the Hong Kong registered bulker Unison Jasper has now been banned from Australian waters ports for six months.. The
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Two dead, two missing in Mauritius tugboat sinking
A Mauritius Port Authority (MPA) tug, the Sir Gaetan, sank yesterday in the course of assisting the continuing clean-up efforts following the grounding of the capesize bulker Wakashio. This morning, Mauritius media
Japan to trial world’s first ship-based CO2 capture system
The idea of using on-board carbon capture to reduce CO2 emissions from ships is starting to move beyond the realms of theoretical speculation. A project backed by the Maritime Bureau of Japan’s
Floating Crew Facilitation Center part of new Singapore crew change procedures
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is taking enhanced measures to further secure safe port operations and facilitate crew change. Among the added precautionary measures for ships calling at Singapore
DNV GL says remote in-water surveys using ROV are a world first
Classification society DNV GL reports that it has carried out the world’s first in-water remote ship surveys, using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). In-water bottom surveys using ROVs have now been carried
More vessel types will have to meet California at-berth emission regs
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has approved a new regulation designed to further reduce pollution from ocean-going vessels while docked at California’s busiest ports. Among other things, it adds auto carriers
Mauritius will establish Court of Investigation into Wakashio grounding
While the captain and chief officer of the ill-fated bulker Wakashio continue to be held in police custody, the Government of Mauritius is finalizing plans to hold a Court of Investigation to
Law firm HFW acts on the sale of near half Swiss commercial fleet
Eight separate vessel sales by Geneva-headquartered Massoel Shipping SA represented almost 40% of all Swiss-flagged commercial maritime vessels, according to London-headquartered law firm HFW (Holman Fenwick Willan LLP), which advised Massoel on
Wakashio officers “could face 60 years prison”
Yesterday, after being moved to a sea area designated by the Mauritius authorities, the forepart of the ill-fated Panamanian-flag bulker Wakashio was scuttled, almost exactly one month after its July 25 grounding
More on the Somali pirate hijacking that wasn’t
There’s now further confirmation that an incident that at first indicated that the Panama-flagged chemical vessel Aegean II (IMO: 9016911) had been hijacked off the Horn of Africa was something different. EU