IMO publishes new IMDG Code (2008 Edition)
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A new edition of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code, the standard guide to all aspects of handling dangerous goods and marine pollutants in sea transport, has been published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in hard copy, as a download and [...]
Legal Hurdles in West Slow Pursuit of Pirates
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Somali pirates firing automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades hijacked yet another ship in the Gulf of Aden on Friday, this time seizing a chemical tanker. A German military helicopter from a nearby warship arrived in time to pull three security guards out of the water, but not soon enough to prevent the hijacking of the [...]
Training Ship SPIRIT OF MOL Holds Anti-Piracy/Terrorism Drill
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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. yesterday announced that MOL, along with the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) and other organizations involved, conducted an anti-piracy/terrorism drill aboard the training ship SPIRIT OF MOL in the South China Sea on November 17. During the drill, the JCG patrol ship Shikishima hurried to site, and marine safety officers boarded the [...]
UAE to step up measures to protect marine environment
UAE to step up measures to protect marine environment
The UAE’s Ministry of Environment will step up measures aimed at protecting marine environment and conservation of natural resources as part of the government’s strategy to achieve sustainable development.
The ministry will work out a number of policies and streamline existing regulations to prevent the extinction of marine [...]
Shipping insurance cost soars with piracy surge off Somalia
A dramatic increase in piracy off the coast of Somalia and a ten-fold increase in insurance premiums has sent the cost of sending ships through one of the world’s busiest transport routes, soaring, shipping experts said yesterday.
The warning came as pirates hijacked the latest cargo ship off the Horn of Africa yesterday. The South Korean [...]
Permission to foreign seafarers to be employed on Indian flag vessels.
Background:
1. Shipping industry is one of the most globalized industries operating in a highly competitive business environment that is far more liberalized than most of the other industries and is, thus, intricately [...]
ATSB Final Report-The cargo hold fire on board the Chinese registered bulk carrier Jin Hui on 25 January 2008.
Fire in the ship’s number three cargo hold
At 1230 on 9 February 2008, the Chinese registered bulk carrier Jin Hui berthed in Geelong, Australia. The ship’s master had previously informed Australian authorities that there had been a fire in the ship’s number three cargo hold. As a result, the emergency services were on standby when [...]
ATSB final report on Depressurisation, 140 NM south of Alice Springs, NT, 6 February 2007, VH-MLG
On 6 February 2007, at approximately 1130 Central Summer Time, while operating a passenger charter flight from Melbourne, Vic. to Alice Springs, NT, the pilot of a Beech Aircraft Corporation 300 aircraft, registered VH-MLG, reported feeling his ears ‘pop’ while at flight level 280 and the aircraft rapidly depressurised. There were eight persons on board [...]
Stern tube leakage leading to flooding of Engine room
OBJECTIVES:
To share and disseminate valuable information with ship-owners, ship managers, Masters and crew of a ship regarding the significance of observing good engineering practices during the [...]
