MLC 2006: The Detentions That Come From Paperwork, Not Conditions
When port State control ran a targeted campaign on crew wages and employment agreements, deficiency rates jumped roughly fourfold against the preceding three years. The ships had not changed. What changed was that someone read the contracts…
A fixed firefighting system released into a space that is still being ventilated is fighting a fire that is still being fed. Dampers and closures are…
Fire hoses have a maximum length as well as a minimum, nozzles must do two jobs, and every ship above 500 tons carries a brass flange that may never b…
A lifebuoy is a ring that floats. The complication is that SOLAS does not treat them as interchangeable: it specifies which buoys carry lights, which…
VLCC Newbuild Order Surge Set to Stall as Yards Max Out
The VLCC orderbook stands at 38% of the current fleet but further growth will be stymied by a lack of shipyard capacity according to Veson Nautical
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VIDEO | US Coast Guard Medevacs Ill Mariner East of Sint Maarten
The US Coast Guard has medevaced a 46-year-old mariner from a commercial motor vessel about 100 nautical miles east of St.
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NGOs Urge EU to Keep South Asian Yards Off Authorized Ship Recycling List
As the European Union gears to announce its updated list of approved ship recycling facilities, pressure is mounting for the bloc not to include two Indian yards over allegations that they rely…
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Saudi Crude Flows Partially Recover as Gulf Loadings Increase
Saudi Aramco loaded about 14 million barrels of crude oil on seven VLCCs inside the Persian Gulf on Sunday, data from TankerTrackers.com showed, as the kingdom increased loadings from gulf export terminals…
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Hormuz Crisis Puts QatarEnergy’s LNG Expansion Timeline in Jeopardy
QatarEnergy expects the first train of its North Field East (NFE) liquefied natural gas expansion project to start production in the first half of 2027, but additional trains will depend on the…
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