JUNE 16, 2017 — Speaking in Edinburgh, Scotland, yesterday, Dr. Grahaeme Henderson, President of the U.K. Chamber of Shipping, called for a step change in shipping safety. “Our shipping industry has a
JUNE 15, 2017 – Five year old mooring lines on the 2010-built LNG tanker Zarga were “not fit for purpose,” says the U.K. Marine Accident Investigaton Branch in its report on a
JUNE 15, 2017 — The Port of Charleston’s Wando Terminal has reopened following a dirty bomb scare that had seen the terminal evacuated and a safety zone imposed around it. The U.S.
JUNE 14, 2017 — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) issued three recommendations to improve passenger vessel safety resulting from its investigation (M15P0347) into the fatal October 2015 capsizing of the
JUNE 14, 2017 — A new crane hook, specially developed for launching inflated liferafts, has been introduced by Henriksen Hooks of Norway to meet a demand in the survival craft industry. The
JUNE 13, 2017 — Large shipping losses have declined by 50% over the past decade, mostly driven by the development of a more robust safety environment by shipowners, according to insurer Allianz
JUNE 8, 2017 — A port state control inspection campaign on compliance with the Maritime Labor Convention (MLC) 2006 has produced a satisfactory overall result, according to Richard Schiferli, Secretary General of
JUNE 7, 2017 — The U.S. Coast Guard Inspections and Compliance Directorate has issued a safety alert addressing yet another fuel spray fire onboard a commercial vessel, noting that these types of
JUNE 6, 2017 — Anatomy of an Accident, a new publication from The Swedish Club, provides a unique insight into the huge coordinated exercise that surrounds a serious vessel casualty. Illustrating just
JUNE 6, 2017 — The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the 1999-built, Papua New Guinea-flagged, 6,225 dwt cargo ship Kiunga Chief from entering or using Australian ports for three months