Safety News
Ships warned of tougher rules to combat pollution
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SHIPS and vessels arriving at Shanghai ports will be subject to tighter checks and face tougher fines if they break a revised national regulation on the prevention and control of marine pollution. Shanghai maritime supervisors will also be given more powers over marine pollution when the regulation comes into force by March.
They will be authorized [...]
Dales Marine expands facilities
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Aberdeen-based ship repair and maintenance specialist, Dales Marine Services, has expanded its operations on Scotland’s east coast with the lease of a dry dock at the Port of Leith and a workshop at Montrose, in order to service growing demand in the sector.
Taking on the operation of the Imperial dry dock at Leith on an [...]
New method of measuring ocean CO2 uptake could lead to climate change ‘early warning system’
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An international team of scientists led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has developed a new method of measuring the absorption of CO2 by the oceans and mapped for the first time CO2 uptake for the entire North Atlantic. Published tomorrow in the journal Science, the peer-reviewed study will greatly improve our understanding of [...]
Curbs to ship pollution would stoke global warming, study says
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Shipping is slowing climate change by spewing out sunlight-dimming pollution but a clean-up needed to safeguard human health will stoke global warming, experts said. “So far shipping has caused a cooling effect that has slowed down global warming,” Jan Fuglestvedt, of the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research Oslo (CICERO), told Reuters.
“After some decades [...]
Maritime industry may need new mode of payment security
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AUS rule used by shipowners to enforce payments by errant customers has ended after an appeals court ordered on 16 October that electronic fund transfers (EFTs) passing through banks in New York cannot be attached. An EFT is an instruction to transfer funds from one bank account to another.
The landmark ruling was given on a [...]
MOL SAFETY CAMPAIGN TARGETS SWINE FLU
Stopping swine flu spreading among its seafarers and shore-based staff is one of the objectives of a new safety campaign Mitsui OSK Lines which covers all its operated vessels from today
The major Japanese shipping group says: “During the campaign, the company will concentrate on exchange of opinions between onshore and seagoing personnel regarding MOL’s approaches [...]
MOL Starts Safety Campaign
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TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. yesterday announced the start of the Safety Campaign for all its operated vessels effective October 1, 2009. During the campaign, the company will concentrate on exchange of opinions between onshore and seagoing personnel regarding MOL’s approaches to safe operation, and measures to prevent the spread of the new influenza epidemic. This [...]
EU strategy to improve maritime governance in the Mediterranean Sea
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The European Commission presented today a strategy aimed at countering the various maritime challenges in the Mediterranean Sea basin. The improved governance of maritime affairs would be an important driver for more sustainable growth in the region, while at the same addressing common issues of concern. Competition for marine space, threats to maritime safety, environmental [...]
Viking launches new fixed price safety concept for shipowners
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New fixed price safety agreements from leading marine safety equipment manufacturer VIKING Life-Saving Equipment are making life easier for shipowners looking to optimise global servicing expenses, streamline servicing management and more accurately predict future costs.
Fluctuating world trade volumes, an excess of shipping capacity, sliding freight rates, piracy, and increasingly complex international and flag state regulations [...]
MARPOL amendments to prevent pollution during ship-to-ship oil transfer operations adopted
Amendments to the MARPOL Convention to prevent pollution during ship-to-ship oil transfer operations were adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) when it met for its 59th session from 13 to 17 July 2009, at the IMO Headquarters in London.
In a packed agenda, the MEPC also agreed to [...]
