Integrated Solutions for Malaysia’s Maritime and Offshore Sector
Fire Detection on Offshore Platforms: Smoke, Heat, Flame, and Gas
Firefighting Systems On an offshore platform, detection has to work before there is a fire. The system is watching for gas, not flame, because by the time something is burning the useful window has already closed. That inverts how detection…
Workforce & TrainingFinding and Verifying Offshore TechniciansWorkforce & Training The hard part of staffing an offshore scope is rarely finding people who can do the work. It is finding people whose certific…
Trading & MarketsWhy Bunker Prices Differ From Port to PortTrading & Markets Two ships bunkering the same grade on the same day, in ports a few hundred miles apart, can pay materially different prices. Cru…
HSE & ComplianceIMO Compliance Advisory: Four Streams, Three AuthoritiesHSE & Compliance "IMO compliance" is sold as a single service, which is misleading. It covers at least four distinct regulatory streams with diffe…
MARAD Calls Up Training Ship Empire State for Federal Service
In a surprise announcement released to the maritime and academic community, the State University of New York’s Maritime College (SUNY Maritime) reported on Friday afternoon that the training ship Empire State has…
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Tasmanian Ferry Fiasco Nears End With New Vessel’s Arrival in Devonport
The Tasmanian government is finally hoping to put the fiasco that has characterized its ferry replacement program behind it following the arrival of the Spirit of Tasmania IV ferry to its home…
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Port of Drammen Has Joined the Portchain Connect Network
[By: Portchain Connect] Greenport Services implements Portchain Connect in Port of Drammen to simplify the berth alignment process with shipping lines.
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Klaipeda Port Largest-Ever Expansion Project Moves Into Construction Phase
[By: Port of Klaipeda] The Port of Klaipeda is moving into a new phase of the largest expansion project in its history, with the first works now getting underway.
Read more →Iran War at Six Months – 6,000 Seafarers Still Stranded in the Gulf
The IMO calls for practical solutions to resolve the situation in the Strait of Hormuz
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