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Ensuring excellence at sea at all times

During the first SAFETY4SEA Forum in Manila, Vadm Eduardo Ma R. Santos, President, Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific, provided insight into efficient ways to attract the younger generation in the industry and key challenges that we need to address for the development of competent graduates who shall possess the character, knowledge, and skills necessary for the successful pursuit of a maritime career.

When you start teaching and developing safety, the way forward is to get the young...

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Pirates release one crew of “Happy Lady”, seven remain hostages

Following the pirate’s attack on 31 December 2019 in the Greek-flagged “Happy Lady” tanker, from Limboh port in Cameroon, one of the kidnapped crewmembers officially announced to be returned back in his country, Greece. During the piracy invasion, the 35-year old engineer of the vessel ended up injured by bullet deflection.

Specifically, the engineer arrived on 7 January early in the morning at “Eleftherios Venizelos” Athens Airport, where he thanked the tanker’s company and his family for their...

https://safety4sea.com/pirates-release-one-crew-of-happy-lady-seven-remain-hostages/

MARAD warns US ships to be aware of Iranian attacks

After the death of the Iranian commander, Qassem Soleimani by a US drone, the US Maritime Administration (MARAD) officially published an advisory in order to warn the US ships located across the Middle East waterways of the possible Iranian maritime threats.

The Iranian response to this action, if any, is unknown, but there remains the possibility of Iranian action against U.S. maritime interests in the region.

…as MARAD noted in a statement.

As the department further advised, the US commercial...

https://safety4sea.com/marad-warns-us-ships-to-be-aware-of-iranian-attacks/

Three kidnapped and four killed due to piracy attack

On 2 January 2020, a Nigeria-flagged hopper dredger vessel experienced a piracy attack. Specifically, the vessel was sailing in the Gulf of Guinea when three persons reported to be kidnapped and four announced to be killed after the pirate’s invasion.

According to the maritime security consultancy company Dryad Global, the 2,153 GT oil dredger “Ambika” had been invaded when operating three nautical miles from the mouth of Ramos River and nine nautical miles east of the Forcados Terminal in...

https://safety4sea.com/three-kidnapped-and-four-killed-due-to-piracy-attack/

Containership experiences fire in its cargo hold containers

On 4 January 2020, the containership knows as “Cosco Pacific” reported unexpectedly fire in its cargo hold containers. Specifically, the vessel was en route from Port Klang Malaysia to Ngava Sheva western India when the fire started and had to reroute.

Following recent alerts by IUMI concerning the frequency of fires onboard containerships and their impact on the shipping industry, the “Cosco Pacific” interrupted its scheduled voyage and turn its destination to Colombo in order to be inspected.

Wi...

https://safety4sea.com/containership-experiences-fire-in-its-cargo-hold-containers/

Investigation report World Bora – Raba: Masters’ lack of watchkeeping results to collision

On February 19, 2019, the Cypriot-flagged cargo ship Raba, sailing from Copenhagen to Szczecin, collided with the Danish-flagged ‘World Bora’, which was sailing towards “Viking” wind farm in the Exclusive Economic Zone. Therefore, the Danish Marine Accident Investigation Board issued an investigation report to determine the factors that caused the collision.
 Details of the Accident

Accident type: Collision between two vessels

Vessel(s) involved: Cypriot-flagged cargo “Raba” / Danish-flagged...

https://safety4sea.com/investigation-report-world-bora-raba-masters-lack-of-watchkeeping-results-to-collision/

Fishing vessel sinks in Gulf of Alaska, five go missing

The U.S. Coast Guard launched a search for five fishermen after their boat, Scandies Rose, sank near Sutwik Island in Alaska, during the late hours of Tuesday, December 31.

In fact, when the 130-foot crab fishing vessel, homeported in Dutch Harbor, sank at roughly 2200 on Tuesday had seven crew members aboard. The USCG managed to rescue two survivors while the other five are still missing.

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The vessel’s last known position was 170 miles southwest of Air...

https://safety4sea.com/fishing-vessel-sinks-in-gulf-of-alaska-five-go-missing/

SAMSA on historical step towards women in shipping

South Africa’s shipping sector took another step towards gender diversity in the industry, supporting women involvement, as the country dispatched an all-women cadet and training officers’ team on a three-month journey to Antarctica, playing a crucial role in women’s training and education.

The team consists of 22 women – 2 officers and 20 young female cadets – who began their journey from the port of Cape town towards Mauritius, where they will be joined by Indian scientists for three months...

https://safety4sea.com/samsa-on-historical-step-towards-women-in-shipping/

Watch: Boat crashes into a jetty in Port Everglades

A boat with four people onboard slammed into a jetty near Port Everglades on Tuesday, and were immediately taken to the hospital for precautionary reasons, with reports stating that they had difficulty in navigating the vessel in the dark.

Specifically, the boat landed on the rocks. Local sources inform that the two women and two men onboard the vessel were transmitted to the hospital.

When the respondents arrived at the scene of the accident, they found a woman having been ejected from the boat...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-boat-crashes-into-a-jetty-in-port-everglades/

Year in Review: Shipping’s 2019 highlights

Year 2019 was full of events, from discussions on accelerating efforts to protect the environment, the importance of seafarers’ wellness, to gender equality and the women’s role in the shipping sector. Thus, the timeline below, presents how the shipping sector involved this year.

#1 In late January, 30 companies from the plastics and consumer goods value chain launched The Alliance to End Plastic Waste, committing $1 billion to advance solutions for eliminating plastic waste, mostly in the...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-year-in-review-shippings-2019-highlights/

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