Vietnamese news outlets report that one person is confirmed dead while two others have gone missing after a fishing vessel and a locally-registered cargo ship collided with each other off Quang Ngai province in central Vietnam on Friday, February 23. An initial investigation stated that the fishing...
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Alaska-based naval architecture firm to be under new ownership
The Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) of Seattle, Washington, has entered into a strategic partnership with Anchorage, Alaska-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Coastwise Corporation wherein the latter will become a new division under EBDG. Coastwise Corporation has been rebranded as Coastwise Engineering. This division will continue to provide superior naval architecture services to […]
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EU heeds calls for more efficient accident investigations in maritime transport
To ensure safer maritime journeys in Europe, the European Council presidency and the European Parliament’s negotiators have reached a provisional agreement to revise the 2009 directive on the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector. The new legislation forms part of the so-called “maritime safety” legislative package. The revised directive aims to simplify and […]
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OPINION | Why all the hysteria about sharks?
The world of the environment is dominated by dramas and driven by hysterias. Inspired by our political and institutional (UN) masters, and guided by our proverbial generosity, we have fallen into the traps set by those interested in anything else but conserving wild species. In the mid-90s, we were...
Two killed in tanker fire in Batangas, Philippines
Two people were killed after an oil tanker caught fire in the waters off Batangas province, Philippines, on Sunday, October 22. The incident occurred shortly after 09:00 local time on Sunday when a blaze ignited on the oil tanker Sea Horse while it was anchored one nautical mile from the Port of...
Three dead following vessel collision off Pangasinan, Philippines
Three fishermen were killed after their boat capsized as a result of a collision with another vessel off Pangasinan province in the northern Philippines on Monday, October 2. Investigators from the Philippine Coast Guard said the locally-registered fishing vessel Dearyn was some 180 nautical miles...
Fishing Vessel News Roundup | September 26 – Norwegian hybrid wellboat, Russian crabber/shrimper and more
Deliveries include an ice-capable crab boat for Russia, a Finnish-built net fishing vessel, and a hybrid wellboat for a Norwegian owner. An Australian fishing company has meanwhile placed an order for a longliner designed to catch toothfish in the Southern Ocean. Finnish builder delivers net...
EU fishing industry calls for highest priority to be given to all-party mackerel sharing arrangement
With sharing arrangement consultations on the Northeast Atlantic pelagic stocks being resumed this month, the EU fishing industry calls on all coastal states to give top priority to discussions on an all-party sharing arrangement for mackerel and to engage in these talks in earnest and in good...
Inadequate lookout led to deadly 2022 collision involving US Coast Guard cutter off Puerto Rico
The fatal collision between a US Coast Guard cutter and a small boat off the coast of Puerto Rico last year resulted from the failure of either vessel to maintain a prope ..
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OPINION | Something fishy about China’s anger over the Quad’s open ocean plans
Some international issues should be non-sensitive and uncontroversial. One of these is the regulation of fishing fleets to prevent overfishing and ensure the sustainable ..
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