Global Campaign Ensures Fire Safety At Sea

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In a united effort to bolster maritime safety, global authorities are launching an intensive inspection campaign focusing on fire safety for ships, impacting shipowners, operators, managers, and masters worldwide. The Ir.org source.

  • International Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on fire safety, led by Paris and Tokyo MOUs, prioritizes ship safety and compliance.
  • Simultaneous CICs by Black Sea MoU and Acuerdo Vina Del Mar 1992 enhance global maritime safety efforts.
  • Ships...

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River Pilots: Navigating Ship Safety

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As Scott Aldridge approaches the sea buoy, located seven miles off Oak Island, he is thankful for the early morning sunshine, which hasn’t yet brought the usual unbearable July levels of heat and humidity. The weather seems promising with clear skies and calm seas, as published on Star News Online.

Ship guiding 

The passage describes the experience of Aldridge, a Wilmington Cape Fear River Pilot, as he boards the San Americo, a cargo ship, to guide it to the Port...

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Explainer: port calls in Australia, safety, and AMSA’s Marine Order 32

Pictured: tugs pushing a box ship into berth at a container port. Photo credit: William William via Unsplash.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority uses “marine orders” to explain and implement the legal requirements for the maritime industry.

Today we will look at “Marine Order 32 – Cargo handling equipment“.

MO 32 sets out the requirements and responsibilities for loading and unloading operations; inspection, testing and maintenance of machinery and equipment used for loading and unloading a...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/explainer-port-calls-in-australia-safety-and-amsas-marine-order-32/

Bulk Carrier Safety: Be Cognizant Of Vessel Structural Limits

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Not long ago, a member’s vessel was detained at the load port because the density of the solid bulk cargo being loaded exceeded the maximum allowable cargo density for that particular vessel. Recently, we were also approached by another member because the master of a capsize bulk carrier had refused the charterer’s request for alternative hold loading due to serious concerns about the ship’s safety.

The above instances appear to have come about due to a lack of...

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Off-Specs And Bunker Licensing Discussed At IMO

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At the 106th session of the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee, which took place from November 2 to 11, IBIA expressed support for licencing bunker providers but caution regarding how to interpret “off-specs.”

Endangering ship safety

Two papers on fuels that can endanger ship safety were brought to the meeting. The authors of the materials claimed that the Correspondence Group on the Development of Additional Measures to Enhance Ship Safety with Regard to the Use of Fuel...

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Electronic Lookout Function for Increased Ship Safety

Riviera Maritime Media, assess the performance of an electronic lookout function from the available sensory input data and associated fundamental limitations of the visual lookout performed by a  human, says an article recently published on their website.

About the assessments

When assessing the possibilities of defining a machine-based visual lookout for use in ships in international commercial traffic, it quickly becomes apparent that the current legal system needs some adjustment.

Design and...

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NYK Expands IoS-OP Linked Fleet To 200 Vessels

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Ship Data Center Co., Ltd. (ShipDC) have agreed to use the latter’s IoS-OP to share data received from all NYK-operated vessels equipped with SIMS, expanding the total to about 200 NYK vessels, reads a NYK press release.

Data sharing for ship safety

Up until now, NYK had used ShipDC’s IoS-OP to share shipping data from some vessels equipped with SIMS, but the new agreement expands the data-sharing to all SIMS-equipped vessels within the NYK fleet.

This...

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Container Industry Shows Vulnerability In Cyber Security

  • Improsec has looked into  outwards facing indicators in 2014 and 2017 and found that the container shipping industry appeared to be quite vulnerable.
  • There was only limited improvements in the security details between 2017 and 2020.
  • 25% of carriers have be reportedly using a less secure web.
  • 50% have basic email security controls.

Cyber attacks orchestrated by criminals have a tendency to be opportunistic in nature. They target companies which appear to have access to sufficient funds to pay a...

https://mfame.guru/container-industry-shows-vulnerability-in-cyber-security/

Ship Safety With a Game Changing Low-power, IoT Microsensor System

Nor-Shipping 2019 will be the platform where the technology ScanReach has created with the potential to usher in a new age of maritime safety, connectivity and smart shipping will be revealed, says an article published on their website.

Here’s an excerpt from it.

A team working for industry’s transformation

Tucked away in a quiet industrial area in Bergen, Norway, a small team is working on a breakthrough capable of transforming the entire shipping industry.

The ScanReach office is busy, yet quiet,...

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