[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency has issued guidance note to highlight issues that need to be taken into consideration when assessing the impact on navigational safety and emergency response (search and rescue, salvage and [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Black Sea MoU issued the preliminary results of the Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Crew Familiarization for Enclosed Space Entry which carried out between 1st September 2015 and 30th November 2015. Information gathered about the [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Republic of the Marshall Islands has issued a document to provide guidance on preventing stowaways on board and to address the potential risks. Despite the implementation of the ISPS Code, preventing stowaway access and [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In order to serve at sea, seafarers must hold a valid medical certificate issued in accordance with the provisions of the STCW Convention, Regulation 1/9 and the STCW Code, Section A-I/9. The West of England [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]DMCC and DMCA has launched Dubai Maritime Club which facilitates the improvement of the marine industry. The Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA), the government authority charged with regulating, coordinating and supervising all aspects of Dubai’s [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]All emerging technologies target two main aspects of shipping. One, the savings in bunker fuel and the other is the reduction in emissions. Several companies come out with new innovative concepts to achieve these two [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore will implement new guidelines for mass flow meter bunker deliveries for fuel oil grades from June 1, MPA’s assistant chief executive of operations M Segar said. The new [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A final meeting of ISO TC 104 Working group for standard amendments took place on 8 – 9 February 2016 in Copenhagen at DANISH STANDARDS Headquarters (national standardization organization in Denmark). This group was established [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a first of its kind deal, UAE's national oil company Adnoc has agreed to store crude oil in India's maiden strategic storage and give two-third of the oil to it for free. India, which [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]New Zealand’s maritime authority has shared that a review of coastal navigation safety found that there is a “sound framework in place” to manage the movement of ships around the country’s coastline. The review, which [...]
