London, UK, 05 April 2022. The Board of Directors of Comité International Radio-Maritime (CIRM) has appointed Richard Doherty as Secretary-General, succeeding Frances Baskerville.
Richard Doherty previously served as Chief Technical Officer and Deputy Secretary-General for eight years and will retain responsibility for the technical output of CIRM, whilst taking on general managerial and administrative duties as company secretary.
Frances Baskerville stepped down at CIRM’s 75th...
Sanctions and resultant ripples throughout the Maritime Industry
I never thought I would write about the effects of recently imposed sanctions affecting trading for the CIRM member companies and the wider maritime world, but the issue became rather important on Wednesday last week when our company Bank rang up to say that unless we took positive action we would lose the account!
We had to confirm to them “as from today no longer intend to trade with...
Vital Statistics for the 2021 100 Top Women in Shipping
By Anny Zade
We have not experienced anything like this and never witnessed or heard anything to be as closely followed as the international mega-spread talk, gossip and social media communication, as the aftermath of our third international 100 Top Women in Shipping. It was more than touching to see how women reacted in uploading the results and making presentations individually or in groups in many regions all over Planet Ocean....
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/07/vital-statistics-for-the-2021-100-top-women-in-shipping/
Hands off Seafarers
Hands off Seaferers
By John Faraclas
Given what takes place currently in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, we demand here and now from the combatants to avoid harming Seafarers and or use them as pawns or even as human shields not just in this region, but beyond!
Ships have been hit, seafarers have been killed, others have been injured and others’ lives is at danger. Think of their families. We ask all of you to joins us today in a noble campaign all over Planet Ocean...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/04/hands-off-seafarers/
Digitization, Technology, Collaboration
Surendra and his team are part of Volteo Maritime where they are building Wayship, a vessel operating system that transforms the way seafarers get their job done on ships. Volteo helps ship owners and managers achieve compliance and collaboration on ships. Here, Founder and CEO Surendra Lingareddy looks into vessel operating systems and digital workspace for collaborative vessel operations
Early last...
Augmented reality for future automation
CIRM Director Kazuma Waimatsu is a Senior Executive Officer at Furuno Electric Co. Ltd. He is charge of Marine Electronic Products and Director of the Marine Electronic Products Division; Here he writes about Augmented reality for future automation.
The number of ships crossing the world’s oceans is increasing every day...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/01/augmented-reality-for-future-automation/
A clear way forward
OneOcean 2021 makes voyage planning and management easier and more efficient than ever
This article is taken from our regularly published in-house magazine, ‘Spotlight. Here, member company OneOcean talk about the importance of voyage planning, optimization, navigation and environmental compliance. OneOcean has recently obtained Lloyd’s Register classification for its digital logbook solution on top of other recent collaborations with bigger players in our maritime world. ...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/06/15/a-clear-way-forward/
James Collett elected President of CIRM
Sperry Marine Managing Director will promote CIRM’s work in standards and regulation that support application of innovative technologies
Sperry Marine Managing Director James Collett has been elected President of the Comité International RadioMaritime (CIRM), the organisation dedicated to developing and sharing global standards for marine electronics, digital ship operations, software supporting marine navigation and communication applications,...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/05/04/james-collett-elected-president-of-cirm/
Maritime Cyber Risk Management*
MSC.428(98) – Maritime Cyber Risk Management in Safety Management Systems
In 2017, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted resolution MSC.428(98) on Maritime Cyber Risk Management in Safety Management Systems (SMS). This resolution requires the SMS to consider cyber risk management in accordance with the objectives and functional requirements of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code. In particular, the IMO Resolution...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/05/04/maritime-cyber-risk-management/
Reimagining vessel operations in the Elon Musk era
Have you seen the video of Falcon 9 landing on a droneship? If you haven’t, you must. Falcon 9 rocket landed on a droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean after successfully deploying 60 Starlink satellites. There are two significant events for us in the maritime industry. First, the landing pad is a drone ship, fully autonomous. And the second, Starlink, OneWeb and its peers offer us a promise of an...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/04/28/reimagining-vessel-operations-in-the-elon-musk-era/