Unified Command releases update on Baltimore bridge collapse response

As the Unified Command set up in response to the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge continued its efforts, news came that the bodies of two workers killed in the incident had been recovered.

Maryland State Police Col. Ronald Butler Jr. said the focus now shifts to a “salvage operation,” as the bridge’s superstructure is blocking diver access to the remaining victims.

“We have exhausted all search efforts and the areas around this wreckage, and based on the sonar scans, we firmly...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ports-terminals/unified-command-releases-update-on-baltimore-bridge-collapse-response/

ICS Highlights Shortcomings In Seafarer Wellbeing Amid Red Sea Crisis

As the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) explains in their Leadership Insights newsletter story, shipping charities and unions have aired concerns that seafarer safety and well-being are being overlooked as they get caught in the crosshairs of geopolitical conflict in the Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, and Bab el-Mandeb Strait.  

Worst Fears

According to ICS, the missile attack on True Confidence on 6th March, which resulted in the tragic loss of three crew, realized the worst fears of many in the...

https://mfame.guru/ics-highlights-shortcomings-in-seafarer-wellbeing-amid-red-sea-crisis/

VIDEO: White House briefing on Baltimore bridge response

”It’s my intention that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge and I expect the Congress to support my effort,” President Biden pledged yeserday as he delivered remarks on the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Today House Press Secretary Karine Jeanne-Pierre was joined by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Vice Admiral Peter W. Gautier, U.S. Coast Guard Deputy Commandant for Operations, for a press briefing on thr efforts to reopen the...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ports-terminals/video-white-house-briefing-on-baltimore-bridge-response/

BREAKING: Rescue underway following Baltimore bridge collapse after ship strike

There are more questions than answers this morning as Americans wake up to the news of a 948-foot Singapore-flagged containership, chartered by Maersk, having smashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Md., after leaving the Port of Baltimore.

The Baltimore Fire Department reported that two people were rescued from the water and taken to a local hospital in critical condition. It’s unclear how many additional casualties rescuers are trying to locate.

The Port of Baltimore announced

https://www.marinelog.com/news/breaking-rescue-underway-following-baltimore-bridge-collapse-after-containership-strike/

Houthi missile hits Chinese owned tanker Huang Pu

Casting more doubts on reports that the Houthis have done sort of a deal to not target Chinese (or Russian) ships, the Iranian-backed terrorist group on March 23 launched four anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) into the Red Sea in the vicinity of M/V Huang Pu, a Panamanian-flagged, Chinese-owned, Chinese-operated 115,449 dwt tanker.

According to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), at 4:25 p.m. (Sanaa time), a fifth ballistic missile was detected as fired toward M/V Huang Pu. The ship issued a...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/houthi-missile-hits-chinese-owned-tanker-huang-pu/

Maersk sees Red Sea routings as still too risky

Maersk is to continue to avoid Red Sea routings of it its ships. In an update today, it said that it would continue to send ships via the Cape of Good Hope and around the Africa rather than through the Houthi-threatened Red Sea and Bab el Mandeb Strait. It noted that while it welcomed the EU ASPIDES security operation as a “very positive development to increase the safety in the region,” its internal analysis, as well as insight received from external sources, “still indicates that the risk...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/maersk-sees-red-sea-routings-as-still-too-risky/

U.S. sanctions Houthi-linked vessel Lady Sofia

Continuing to try to stem the flow of Iranian funding to the Houthis, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action March 15 against a Mumbai-headquartered, Marshall Islands-registered, shipping company Vishnu Inc., saying that its vessel, the Lady Sofia, has been involved in illicit shipments to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in support of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) and Houthi financial facilitator Sa’id...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/u-s-sanctions-houthi-linked-vessel-lady-sofia/

Maneuverability Issues Causes Detentions In China

The Republic of the Marshall Islands Maritime Administrator has issued a Marine Safety Advisory to urge operators to exercise extreme caution when calling China as it continues to receive reports of ships unable to maneuver in high-density traffic or narrow waters in the country.

Reasons Given For The Incident 

The incidents occur for various reasons as highlighted below.

  1. Loss of propulsion

Incidents have occurred immediately after a ship leaves the shipyard following repairs. Frequently, the...

https://mfame.guru/maneuverability-issues-causes-detentions-in-china/

Houthis target Vietnamese-owned tanker, threaten attacks in Indian Ocean

The situation in the Red Sea gets no calmer. Today brought a report from UKMTO of a Houthi attack on a merchant vessel 76 nautical miles west of Al Hudayah. While UKMTO initially reported the master as saying that the vessel had been struck and had sustained some damage, in a subsequent update, the master reported that, upon a daylight inspection, it was found that the vessel had sustained no damage and was proceeding on its voyage.

UKMTO WARNING

INCIDENT 052 – ATTACK – UPDATE 002https://t.co/...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/houthis-target-vietnamese-owned-tanker-threaten-attacks-in-indian-ocean/

Vessel Traffic Management, Electronic Nautical Publications, And Safety Information

Vessel traffic management, electronic nautical publications and safety information for owners, operators of ships, yachts, fishing vessels, reports GOV.UK.

Vessel traffic management

Vessel traffic management can involve Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) or Local Port Services (LPS).

Vessel traffic services

VTS is an important tool in contributing to:

  • safety of life at sea,
  • safety of navigation
  • protection of the marine environment

Local Port Service

A local port service is applicable to those ports where...

https://mfame.guru/vessel-traffic-management-electronic-nautical-publications-and-safety-information/

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