JANUARY 2, 2018 — South Korea has detained another Chinese-owned vessel suspected of supplying oil to North Korea in breach of UN sanctions. Korean media report that the Panamanian-flagged products tanker Koti
DECEMBER 27, 2017 — The U.K. Coastguard has been assisting the Russian flagged vessel Mekhanik Yartsev. At around 1 a.m. December 26, the vessel reported the loss of 30 pieces of cargo
DECEMBER 26, 2017—In its latest Member Alert, The American Club is reminding ship operators that ships operating in China’s three Emission Control Areas (ECAs) will be required to burn low sulfur fuel
DECEMBER 18, 2017 — Buckingham, U.K., headquartered Pen Test Partners LLP says that hackers could sink a bulk carrier by manipulating the loading data of its hull stress monitoring systems (HSMS) to
DECEMBER 15, 2017 — BIMCO and CIRM (Comité International Radio-Maritime) have sent the marine industry’s first proposal for an industry-wide standard for software maintenance for consideration at the February 2018 meeting of
DECEMBER 13, 2017 — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that the probable cause of the sinking of El Faro and the subsequent loss of life was the captain’s insufficient
DECEMBER 11, 2017 — Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) and University Maritime Advisory Services (UMAS) have released a new study that aims to demonstrate the viability of zero emission vessels (ZEVs). Called
DECEMBER 8, 2017 — The U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch has published the report of its investigation into a January 13, 2017 incident in which the Antigua & Barbuda registered dry cargo
DECEMBER 7, 2017 — The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has issued a safety alert following a fatality that occurred December 2 onboard the Petrobras 10,000 drillship, owned by Transocean
DECEMBER 6, 2017 — Resolve Marine Group has appointed Lindsay Malen-Habib as Manager of Client Services and Dimos Iliopoulos as its Representative in Greece. has 15 years’ experience in maritime emergency