Rahul Sapra, Senior Surveyor at Standard Club managers Charles Taylor, and Yves Vandenborn, Director of Loss Prevention, have reported that the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore has relaxed its rules for changes of crew on cargo ships. Following the tightening of border control...
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Boxship loses more than 40 containers off New South Wales
Containership APL England (IMO 9218650) lost 40 containers off the coast of New South Wales, Australia, in rough weather on Sunday May 24th while en route from China to Melbourne. A further 74 containers were damaged. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said that the 5,780 teu vessel...
Assn of Average Adjusters names new chairman
The Association of Average Adjusters has named Michiel Starmans, director of the legal department at Amsterdam-based Spliethoff Group, as its new chairman. The appointment will run for 12 months from May 2020. Burkhard Fischer of Albatross Adjusters, Limassol has agreed to continue as...
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Syndicate Results 2019 #30, Syndicate 4141, HCC Underwriting Ltd
Active Underwriter S A Button The Lloyd’s syndicates have now published their results and, in some cases, added detail and an outlook for 2020. As in the past two years, IMN is summarizing the results from all syndicates that have a marine interest which have provided some information on the marine...
Kidnapping of three crew east of Bonny
Three crew members were kidnapped from a tanker at Opobo river mouth, some 27 nautical miles off east of Bonny, Nigeria, on May 20th. At the time of the attack, the Nigeria-flagged Preyor-1 (IMO 7732119) was carrying automotive gas oil (AGO) from Lagos State to Calabar, sailing very close to shore,...
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China extends BWMC to Hong Kong
China has extended the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) to Hong Kong. It now covers more than 90% of world merchant shipping tonnage. China notified the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on May 13th about the extension of BWMC to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,...
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Range of actions taken after death of Master on hopper dredger in Fife
The master of a dredge hopper died as a result of several safety failings, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has found. Actions have been taken by several organizations to minimize the possibility of a repetition/ On February 28th 2019 Brian Smith, 72, the master of Cherry Sand (IMO...
Marine accident round-up : 26th May 2020
The San Francisco Fire Department saved the famous WWII-era Liberty Ship Jeremiah O’Brien from a four-alarm fire that broke out on Pier 45 in a crab processing plant during the morning of Saturday May 23rd. The flames and smoke could be seen for miles around the Bay Area. SFFD Fireboat 3 arrived on...
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ICS says contravention of work & rest requirements continues to fall
Although the Covid-19 pandemic had created significant challenges for ship operators and seafarers, research from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has found that, for users of its ISF Watchkeeper software, incidents of non-conformities had dropped over the past year. The ICS software...
Abu Sayyaf terrorists reported to be planning kidnappings
ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC) has received information from the Philippine Coast Guard that a group of about five armed Abu Sayyaf Group members was planning to conduct kidnapping activities in undisclosed areas in Sabah, Malaysia. They were reported to be targeting wealthy businessmen or...