[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]US Congress representatives introduced the Cruise Passenger Protection Act (CPPA) to strengthen passenger safety on cruise ships. The CPPA would build on the passenger safety measures signed into law in the 2010 Cruise Vessel Security [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After a long break, Baltic Dry Index, which tracks global shipping rates, has once again started to move. It had corrected almost 95 percent from the levels of 12,000 in May 2008. Till the middle [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Maritime Autonomous Systems (MAS) technology in the marine and oil and gas sector has advanced rapidly in the last 20 years. Indeed a report prepared by the energy consultants, Douglas-Westwood1, suggests the demand for autonomous [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Teekay is currently converting the 1995-built, 124,502 dwt VLCC Randgrid into an FSO (Floating Storage and Offloading) vessel at Singapore's Sembawang shipyard with work that includes installation of an internal turret mooring system. When the [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Banks have agreed on a refund guarantee (RG) for future orders received by the troubled Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. that puts a policy lender up front and has commercial banks provide the secondary [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Global ship agency company WaterFront Maritime Services (WaterFront), has expanded by adding five new network partners across North and South America as well as the United Kingdom. The move provides the ship agency company with [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Monday, April 3rd, the U.S. Coast Guard announced that is urging mariners to ensure their vessels are properly secured to docks, piers and moorings, to help prevent boats from accidentally breaking away. “In the [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) issued a Marine Safety Advisory, in order to urge operators for compliance with revised VHF (Very High Frequency) and GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress and Safety System) HF NBDP (Narrow-band [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The MPA Academy – the training arm of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) – in partnership with the Singapore Management University (SMU) and Human Capital Leadership Institute, officially launched its 2nd Advanced [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]India is fast-tracking its plans to complete two new terminals at Iran’s Chabahar port with the tendering process already underway, India’s transport minister said. Under a memorandum signed by India and Iran last May, India [...]
