SEA GUARDIAN Threat & Risk Assessment 14 Feb – 21 Feb 2025

Vice Admiral (ret.) H.N. John (Ioannis) Pavlopoulos, Honorary Commander in Chief of the Hellenic Fleet,  Former Military Representative of Greece  to the NATO and EU 

Brief Update No 25/05 Date: 21 Feb 2025

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This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G. Ltd / Operations Department. The provided Intel and information derive from open sources, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) and United Kingdom Maritime Trade...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/02/21/sea-guardian-threat-risk-assessment-14-feb-21-feb-2025/

SEA GUARDIAN Threat & Risk Assessment 05 Feb – 13 Feb 2025

Brief Update No 25/05 Date: 13 Feb 2025

​​ STATEMENT

This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G. Ltd / Operations Department. The provided Intel and information derive from open sources, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) and United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) respective WebPages and products. All rights reserved. No part of this Risk Assessment may be reproduced in any form: electronic, mechanical, or...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/02/14/sea-guardian-threat-risk-assessment-05-feb-13-feb-2025/

DNV’s Maritime Academy course: Salvage and Wreck Removal – Live Virtual Classroom

Dr. Marina Papaioannou

SALVAGE AND WRECK REMOVAL– LIVE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM

DNV’s Maritime Academy Hellas is offering on 12 and 13 May 2022, a course on the latest updates on the salvage and wreck removal market and correct use of salvage and wreck contracts.

Emergency procedures are of an unpredictable nature. The new environmental requirements and the direct involvement of the state authorities in an incident, requires companies to be well prepared to respond in such events.

During the course the...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/18/dnvs-maritime-academy-course-salvage-and-wreck-removal-live-virtual-classroom/

Experts expound practical aspects of collision claims to underwriters and average adjusters

Michiel Starmans of Spliethoff (chairman of the Association of Average Adjusters); Alistair Johnston, partner at CJC Law; and Chris Zavos, partner at Kennedys.

London, Monday 28th March 2022:   A raft of consequences faces shipowners, insurers, and adjusters in dealing with the aftermath of ship collisions, speakers at the latest joint seminar in London of the Association of Average Adjusters and the International Underwriting Association made clear.

Casualties harbour potential cost implications...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/28/experts-expound-practical-aspects-of-collision-claims-to-underwriters-and-average-adjusters/

Reminder Invitation to LSLC-YMP’s Breakfast Webinar- Collisions, Wreck Removal and Salvage in English and Singaporean Law – 9th March

Reminder Invitation to LSLC-YMP’s Breakfast Webinar- Collisions, Wreck Removal and Salvage in English and Singaporean Law – 9th March

To LSLC Members,

We are pleased to invite you to the first event in the LSLC-YMP’s 2022 Global Webinar Series.

The webinar is free to attend, however for those who wish to have breakfast/coffee break alongside, Penningtons Manches Cooper will provide a free breakfast/coffee break basket to the first 15 people to sign up in London and first 15 people to sign up in...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/07/reminder-invitation-to-lslc-ymps-breakfast-webinar-collisions-wreck-removal-and-salvage-in-english-and-singaporean-law-9th-march/

Vital Statistics for the 2021 100 Top Women in Shipping

Vital Statistics for the 2021 100 Top Women in Shipping

Anny Zade

By Anny Zade

We have not experienced anything like this and never witnessed or heard anything to be as closely followed as the international mega-spread talk, gossip and social media communication, as the aftermath of our third international 100 Top Women in Shipping. It was more than touching to see how women reacted in uploading the results and making presentations individually or in groups in many regions all over Planet Ocean....

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/07/vital-statistics-for-the-2021-100-top-women-in-shipping/

35th anniversary of the Herald of Free Enterprise

FERRIES’ Union RMT today issued a statement on the 35th anniversary of the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster which took the lives of 193 crew and passengers in waters off Zeebrugge on 6th March 1987

RMT General Secretary, Mick Lynch

RMT General Secretary, Mick Lynch said: 

“We pay tribute to the memory of the crew and passengers who died in the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster and extend our condolences to the community in Dover who were so badly affected by this avoidable tragedy. 

“This...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/06/35th-anniversary-of-the-herald-of-free-enterprise/

The BDI falls, Dirties unexpected rise; despicable mess and hype by all on Ukraine whilst …Covid still around..

The BDI falls, Dirties unexpected rise; despicable mess and hype by all on Ukraine whilst …Covid still around..

John Faraclas

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost 57 points as well as the 2,200 threshold and now stands at 2,187.Unexpected rise in Dirties with the BDTI up 179 points at 904. Hype and theatre of the absurd in Ukraine with Russian Forces smashing local defences in all fronts; a big surprise or a copy of the Afghan Army’s collapse? Something more than dubious happened. The Covid-19...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/02/24/the-bdi-falls-dirties-unexpected-rise-despicable-mess-and-hype-by-all-on-ukraine-whilst-covid-still-around/

Damen Shipyards signs contract with Tidewater for the supply of two Damen Stan Tugs 2309

Damen Shipyards signs contract with Tidewater for the supply of two Damen Stan Tugs 2309

Damen has signed a contract with Tidewater for the supply of two Damen Stan Tugs 2309. The tugs will be built at Albwardy Damen Sharjah and, on delivery in the first quarter of 2023,  will both go on charter to a long-standing customer.

The 23-metre Stan Tug 2309 is a compact and versatile harbour and coastal tug which in its standard format is equipped for towing, mooring and fire-fighting, with a bollard...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/02/22/damen-shipyards-signs-contract-with-tidewater-for-the-supply-of-two-damen-stan-tugs-2309/

Euroferry Olympia

Euroferry Olympia

IMO Secretary-General concern over Euroferry Olympia 

IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim said: “I express my deep concern regarding the incident involving the fire onboard the ro-ro Euroferry Olympia, on 18 February, near the Island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea, while en route from Igoumenitsa, Greece, to Brindisi, Italy. 

I wholeheartedly appreciate the efforts of the search and rescue authorities of Greece, as well as near-by merchant ships, for the rescue of more than 275 people...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/02/22/euroferry-olympia/