A frantic rescue operation was launched early on Friday morning to save 26 fishermen after their fishing vessel caught on fire in the waters south of Cape Town, South Africa….
https://gcaptain.com/salvage-operation-begins-to-recover-stricken-fishing-vessel-south-of-cape-town/
The U.S. Coast Guard, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Tacoma Fire Department responded to a fire that broke out on the fishing vessel, Kodiak Enterprise, while moored at Trident Seafoods…
https://gcaptain.com/trident-seafoods-fishing-trawler-catches-fire-in-tacoma/
A 60-foot fishing vessel carrying roughly 1,000 gallons of diesel ran aground on Santa Cruz Island of the coast of Southern California on Thursday morning, spilling some of the fuel…
https://gcaptain.com/fishing-vessel-grounds-on-southern-californias-santa-cruz-island/
The operator of a Washington State-based tuna fishing vessel who was found to have used a “paper captain” in violation Jones Act manning requirements is facing a heftier fine after…
https://gcaptain.com/paper-captain-operator-faces-stiffer-penalty-for-repeat-offenses/
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is reiterating calls for a personal locator beacon requirement following its investigation into the 2020 sinking of the F/V Emmy Rose that claimed the…
A hydraulic hose failure led to an engine room fire aboard the fishing vessel Nobska off the coast of Massachusetts in 2021, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. The…
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim urges States to take action to achieve entry into force of Cape Town fishing vessel safety agreement. States are being urged to take action to bring into force the Cape Town Agreement of 2012, a key international treaty which will establish an international regime for fishing vessel safety.
This will help make fishing safe, sustainable and legal – and make a significant contribution to the protection of fishers, an unacceptable high number of whom lose their...
Kenya has shown its support for the safety of fishing vessels and their crews by depositing its instrument of ratification to the 2012 Cape Town Agreement and the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F) on 17 March, 2022.
The 2012 Cape Town Agreement (CTA) will bring in mandatory safety requirements for fishing vessels when it enters into force. The STCW-F, which is already in force, sets out mandatory standards...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/17/kenya-ratifies-fishing-vessel-safety-treaties/
A Virginia man has plead guilty to murdering a fellow crew member on board aboard a commercial scalloping vessel off the coast of Massachusetts. The vicious attack took place in…
https://gcaptain.com/man-pleads-guilty-scallop-fishing-murder/
Port Townsend, Wash., based ACI Boats reports that it has been awarded a $3 million dollar contract by American Samoa’s Departmentnt of Commerce for four “Super Alia” commercial fishing vessels.
All four boats will be 38 foot x 14 foot semi-displacement catamarans, designed by ACI Boats and Nordland, Wash., based Coastwise Marine Design.
Constructed with 5086 aluminum hull skins, and 5052 aluminum interior transverse frames, each fishing vessel is identical in design and will be built to...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/aci-boats-wins-order-to-build-4-fishing-vessels-for-american-samoa/