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Pyrotechnics and Distress Signals: The Expiry Nobody Tracks
Life-Saving Appliances Distress signals are the only safety equipment aboard that expires on a fixed date whatever their condition, cannot lawfully be thrown away, and are checked on every inspection because the date is printed on the side.…
HSE & ComplianceEnclosed Space Entry: The Accident That Repeats ItselfHSE & Compliance Enclosed space entry kills experienced seafarers every year, and it kills the people who go in after them. The procedures that pr…
Firefighting SystemsFire Detection on Offshore Platforms: Smoke, Heat, Flame, and GasFirefighting 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…
Life-Saving AppliancesLifejacket Compliance Beyond the Buoyancy RatingLife-Saving Appliances A lifejacket that floats is not a compliant lifejacket. Inspectors write findings against lights, whistles, sizing, servicing r…
ROV Inspection Confirms Wreck Site of Lost Turkish Freighter
Turkey's navy has found the wreck of th Tugberk Imamoglu, a coastal freighter that sank last week after a collision with a product tanker in the Sea of Marmara.
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ZPMC Launches First SOV Built for French Shipping Group LD Armateurs
The Wind of Ocean, the first service operation vessel (SOV) built by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (ZPMC) for French shipping group LD Armateurs (LDA), was successfully launched recently.
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U.S. Forces Destroy One Iranian Tanker and Damage Two More
On Saturday, U.S. Central Command reported that Iranian forces attempted to hit a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier with ballistic missiles, prompting a severe American counterstrike that disabled two Iranian tankers and destroyed…
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Everllence Introduces ESAL to Increase Vessel Efficiency by up to 6%
[By: Everllence] Everllence has announced a new technology called Engine Supported Air Lubrication (ESAL). To coincide with the announcement, the company has released an industry white paper entitled, “A leap in vessel energy…
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Ill Wind or Tailwind? AI Is Sweeping the Maritime World
(Article originally published in July/Aug 2026 edition.) The winds of the digital age and artificial intelligence seem like a tempest for the marine industry.
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