Gibson, Louisiana-based Shore Offshore Services (SOS) has completed its acquisition of the derrick barge Swing Thompson from Turnkey Offshore Project Services. The vessel will be renamed Hulk and will continue to operate under the flag of Vanuatu while following ABS guidelines and working towards...
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Search suspended for two missing sailship crew off Bahamas
The US Coast Guard has suspended its search for two mariners who went missing after a foreign-flagged cargo sailship sank approximately 20 miles (32 kilometres) north of Great Inagua in the Bahamas early last week. Rescue crews searched by air and sea for two of the crewmembers of the...
OPINION | US and Chinese military hospital ships: a growing competition across Pacific islands?
China recently announced a mission to send its military hospital ship, Peace Ark, to the Pacific Islands. This is not surprising, given regional head-to-head competition ..
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OPINION | The cost of crime and corruption on Pacific fisheries
The Pacific Ocean is the most abundant fishing region, however an uptick in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing around the islands means that might not alw ..
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Turkish-owned cargo ships damaged in missile attack on Ukraine’s Kherson Port
Turkish media reports that a Turkish-owned cargo vessel suffered damage as a result of a missile attack on the Port of Kherson in Ukraine on Tuesday, January 24. Fires ig ..
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New Guardian-class patrol boat handed over to Vanuatu Police
Austal Australia delivered a new Guardian-class patrol boat to the Australia Department of Defence (DOD) on Thursday, July 30. RVS Takuare was then formally handed over t ..
Covid-infected LPG carrier leaves Vanuatu
Vanuatu authorities have released BW Epic Kosan-owned LPG carrier Inge Kosan with 11 of the 14 crewmembers reported positive for Covid-19. The UK-flagged 3,800 dwt ship had been detained in Vanuatu after a body of a Filipino crewmember was found on a beach near Port Vila and later tested Covid-19...
https://splash247.com/covid-infected-lpg-carrier-leaves-vanuatu/
Dead crewmember with Covid washes up on Vanuatu shores, sparks lockdown
BW Epic Kosan-owned LPG carrier Inge Kosan has been detained in Vanuatu after a body of its crewmember was reportedly found on a beach near Port Vila and later tested positive for Covid-19. The UK-flagged 3,800 dwt ship found one crewmen was not aboard as it sailed out of Port Vila earlier in April...
https://splash247.com/dead-crewmember-with-covid-washes-up-on-vanuatu-shores-sparks-lockdown/
EU to join North Pacific Fisheries Commission
The European Union will become the newest member of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission, the European Commission said in a recent statement. Membership in the NPFC ..
COLUMN | False economy: remote-controlled autonomous ships? [Offshore Accounts]
The news that the bulk carrier Wakashio grounded off Mauritius and broke in two in August last year because the crew were navigating dangerously close to the shore in ..