“Bypassing Safety Controls” remains a top reason for Safety Incidents or Events reported to IMCA
2020 saw the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) publish 34 Safety Flashes featuring 148 incidents or events, selected to ensure that ‘lessons learned’ are clear to all. During the year under review IMCA, made an important change to the template for submission of safety flashes, having aligned safety reporting to IOGP’s Life-Saving Rules.
This...
Life raft for missing fishing vessel Nicola Faith recovered
The life raft for fishing vessel Nicola Faith, which went missing off the coast of Colwyn Bay on 27th January, has been recovered. The raft was found off the coast of Kirkcudbrightshire by HM Coastguard and has been positively identified by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) as being from the Nicola Faith. The raft will be transported to the MAIB in Southampton for further...
House detention cancelled. The Palermo Court frees the Italian shipowner Raffaele Brullo
The Palermo Court decided to revoke the house arrest order thus freeing the Italian shipowner Raffaele Brullo with immediate effect.
Within the context of the investigations concerning the suspected collision between the tanker vessel Vulcanello M (owned by the Italian company Augusta Due) and a fishing boat on 12th May 2020 not far from San Vito Lo Capo, the “Tribunale del riesame” decided to overturn the...
Anna Kaparaki
Anna is a dual-qualified Solicitor specialising in marine and shipping law matters with particular focus on shipboard and offshore casualty claims, Hull and Machinery (H&M) marine insurance claims, charterparty disputes and fleet purchase transactions.
She is a member of the Law Society of Scotland and a Notary Public in Scotland. She was called to the Athens Bar Association in 2005 and she was admitted to practice law before all Greek Courts of the First Instance, all...
Ida Stier
They say that great things are born from small ideas that end up becoming important projects.
This is precisely what Ida Stier has done with her company and it is why she is recognized today as
a renowned businesswoman in the maritime sector. Ida created what we now know as the ”Stier
Group” from scratch, facing all the setbacks and adversities that this entails, fighting for years with
perseverance to open a niche in the maritime industry – not an easy sector, even less so being a
woman.
Ida...
Dr Aleka Mandaraka-Sheppard* on Legal Shipping Challenges: an interview with John Faraclas
I was more than privileged twenty years ago to receive a copy of her Modern Admiralty Law in her UCL office, an unforgettable day – it happened to be her birthday! – when I got to learn more about this formidable sea-maiden dealing with the Laws of the Waves. Lady Luck was all the way with me as I have been able to follow closely her distinguished career in founding the London Shipping Law Centre of which...
RMT raises serious safety concerns over commercial pressures on seafarers and ferry services
FERRIES UNION RMT today responded to the publication of the Maritime Accident Investigation Branch’s report into the fire on the Lithuanian registered Finlandia Seaways in April 2018 which resulted in the withdrawal of the vessel from the Rosyth-Zeebrugge route by the owners, DFDS, despite support from the Scottish taxpayer.
RMT General Secretary, Mick Cash said;
“There is no getting away from the...
Anna Kaparaki / GIWA award in Shipping
The 2nd GIWA Awards is on; we have received the following from Steven Jones, and we immy bring same to all our viewers’ attention:
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Anna Kaparaki / GIWA award in Shipping
Dear Mr. Faraclas,
Good morning and hope all is well given the Covid...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/02/04/anna-kaparaki-giwa-award-in-shipping/
Pirates are kidnapping more seafarers off West Africa, IMB reports
London and Kuala Lumpur – 14 October 2020
ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) figures show a rise in piracy and armed robbery on the world’s seas in the first nine months of 2020, with a 40% increase in the number of kidnappings reported in the Gulf of Guinea, compared with the same period in 2019. Pirates armed with guns and knives are abducting bigger groups of seafarers at further distances off
the West African coast.
IMB’s...