Portugal-based European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), together with Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), is conducting a large-scale emissions monitoring campaign using remotely…
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/emsa-drones-to-measure-ships-sulphur-content-in-the-baltic-sea/
South Korean shipping major HMM opened its land-based Fleet Control Centre located at the HMM R&D facilities in Busan. The post HMM unveils new centre to monitor, control operation of…
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On Tuesday, March 24, ABS performed the first ever remote Failure Mode Effect Analysis (DP/FMEA) as part of completing the special survey of machinery utilizing Edison Chouest Offshore’s state-of-the-art Remote Monitoring Center and platform supply vessel, Cat Island.
The Remote Monitoring Center (RMC) is located in Edison Chouest Offshore’s Cut Off, La., headquarters. Edison Chouest Offshore photo
Chouest has a PSV fleet capable of providing remote troubleshooting and inspections, which reduces...
https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/abs-edison-chouest-conduct-first-ever-remote-dp-fmea/
As explained, ABS also issued the first ever New Technologies Qualification for the Operational Performance Management (OPM) functions, which addresses the route...
https://safety4sea.com/abs-issues-the-first-product-design-assessment-for-hhis-system/
During a world leaders meeting in Oslo, Panama revealed its vessel tracking data through the Global Fishing Watch (GFW), highlighting the importance of vessel monitoring in the fishing sector, boosting transparency on enhancing fisheries management.
Specifically, during the sixth-annual ‘Our Ocean’ Conference in Oslo, Panama made its distant fishing fleet available to the public, presenting GFW’s map in real time.
Panama urged countries to participate in the efforts of making the fishing sector...
https://safety4sea.com/panama-publishes-its-fishing-vessels-tracking-data/
Blockchain-based logistics ShipChain and GTX Corp, a provider of GPS and NFC tracking location-based services, announced a new partnership for a new global NFC blockchain shipment tracking solution, using energy-efficient NFC smart tags.
According to the agreement, ShipChain will use GTX’s temperature enabled NFC smart tags to monitor temperature-sensitive shipments. The tag requires no scanners, or wires, and records temperatures based on customer-defined intervals and durations. Additionally,...
https://safety4sea.com/new-blockchain-solution-to-track-temperature-sensitive-shipments/
The Container Owners Association published a ‘Guide to Container Tracking and Telematics Technology’, providing container operators, leasing companies and other interested stakeholders with an overview of the technology issues that they might experience, and the choices that are available to them.
The Guidelines provide a background of the way that the industry has developed over the last 10 years. The evolution from ‘wired’ to ‘wireless’ has provided great opportunities, but it also led to...
https://safety4sea.com/guidance-published-to-facilitate-container-tracking/
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) launched its Smart Ship Solution, which received approval in principle from Lloyd’s Register. The application is a fleet monitoring smart ECDIS and surveillance system.
Specifically, the system has been granted the descriptive note ‘Digital AL3 SAFE SECURITY’, confirming compliance with LR’s digital ships requirements.
Moreover, the security descriptive note represents the systems with digitally-enabled functions that have adequate resilience...
https://safety4sea.com/dsme-presents-smart-solution-for-ship-monitoring/
Hapag-Lloyd presented its new real-time container monitoring program ‘Hapag-Lloyd LIVE’. The program offers real-time GPS location, temperature information, and power-off alerts, among other services.
In an initial effort, the company is retrofitting its entire reefer fleet of some 100,000 containers. The program is designed to fit customers’ needs, and Hapag-Lloyd aims to develop commercial products in close collaboration with its customers in order to promote the solution.
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https://safety4sea.com/hapag-lloyd-introduces-real-time-container-monitoring-program/
Maritime Crew Resource Management (MCRM) training is of outmost importance for the shipping industry; it focuses on Bridge Resource Management and Engine Room Resource Management including performance monitoring, drills and exercises with simulators or videos and feedback procedures.
This type of training was firstly introduced in aviation, as an action to prevent further human failures that may cause fatal accidents, like the one occurred at the Tenerife airport in 1977, when two aircrafts...
https://safety4sea.com/cm-safety-management-evaluating-a-crew-resource-management-training/