Melting polar ice cuts pollution in Straits of Malacca
KUALA LUMPUR: The polar icecap in the Arctic is melting away. Bad news for many scientists, but welcomed by shippers who see the fabled Northwest and Northeast Passages finally opening up.
And that could lead to fewer ships using the Straits of Malacca, causing less pollution and erosion of Malaysia’s coastline.
Maritime experts, though, believe Malaysia’s ports [...]
Shipping industry held hostage by high seas piracy
Piracy is becoming a costly business for the world’s shipping companies, particularly off the coast of Somalia.
Pirates there have hijacked around 30 ships this year and the ransom demands have skyrocketed.
When pirates hijacked a freighter off the coast of Somalia last week, they hit the jackpot. The Ukrainian ship was laden with weaponry, ammunition and [...]
Report warns Somali piracy threat to world trade
NAIROBI: World trade faces major disruption if Somali piracy is unchecked and allowed to be co-opted by extremists and maritime routes could be gradually diverted, a report released on Thursday said.
London-based think tank Chatham House warned in a briefing paper that the international community needed to take swift action as pirates were rapidly improving [...]
Reporting alleged inadequacy of ports reception facilities.
This circular is to advise ship-owners/managers operators of the format for reporting (MEPC/Circ.469 Rev. I 13th July, 2007 copy enclosed) inadequate waste reception facilities in ports with reference to ship generated oily waste, [...]
Somali pirates threaten use of Suez Canal: analysis
There is growing concern that the free passage of the Suez Canal, one of the great breakthroughs in international trade, is under threat from the spread of piracy off the coast of Somalia.
The flow of millions of pounds, derived from ransom payments, into groups linked to fundamentalist Islamic movements in Somalia has triggered warnings that [...]
Lloyd’s Register issues new Ballast Water Treatment Technology guide
The latest Lloyd’s Register guide to Ballast Water Treatment Technology is now available. This follows the success of last year’s guide, the first of its kind. This updated version provides further independent and impartial descriptions and appraisals of commercially available and developing technologies for ballast water treatment. The publication, which will be available at this [...]
Making the transition to Maritime Labour Convention compliance
DNV is helping ship owners and operators to make a smooth transition to compliance with the new standards for the living and working conditions of seafarers, which are expected to enter into force as early as in 2011.
The International Labour Organisation has today released new guidelines for inspections of compliance with the requirements in the [...]
Single-hull oil tankers not welcome in UAE after 2010
Single-hull tankers will not be allowed to trade in the UAE after 2010 despite indications by some Asian countries that they will welcome the tankers beyond the international phase-out deadline.
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the United Nations agency responsible for improving maritime safety and preventing pollution from ships, says all vessels more than 20 years [...]
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 [...]
Training Record Book for NCV Trainee Marine Engineer
Further to MS Notice 14 of 2007 and clarification issued vide MS Notice 14 of 2008; this notice is issued to Ship Owners, Managers, Masters, Officers and Trainee Marine Engineers for the vessels engaged [...]
