OCTOBER 22, 2018 — The Somali pirate threat remains real and embarked armed security teams remain an effective means of responding to it. That was demonstrated once again last week, when the
OCTOBER 19, 2018 — The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority has issued its report on a September 2017 grounding of a 1980-built, 3,041 dwt aggregates carrier that occurred when the master was asleep
OCTOBER 17, 2018 — Israel-based maritime cyber security specialist Naval Dome has successfully installed its Endpoint maritime cyber defense system on a 57,692GT Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) operated by Piraeus-based
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