Building and Keeping an Inventory of Hazardous Materials
An Inventory of Hazardous Materials is not a certificate you obtain and file. Part I is a living record of what is physically in the ship, and it has to survive twenty years of repairs, retrofits and equipment swaps before anyone reaches a…
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…
A ship carries more portable extinguishers than any other item of safety equipment, and each one runs on three separate clocks at once. The annual ser…
U.S. Coast Guard Sets Up Long-Range Medevac for Critically-Ill Seafarer
Over the weekend, the U.S. Coast Guard arranged a long-range rescue for a boxship crewmember who was suffering from a serious, growing infection. Last week, the 1996-built boxship Kotka (ex names Maersk Kotka, Knud…
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Chattogram Port Workers Plan Protests Over Privatization Deal
Chattogram port workers have planned a fresh wave of protests as disagreement with the government over leasing of a container terminal mounts.
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Running Out of Options: Conflict Restricts Saudi Oil Exports
Saudi Arabia has traditionally been the beacon of stability within OPEC. It is the Middle East's largest producer, reliably supplying markets in Asia and Europe through long-term contracts.
Read more →Tankers Go Dark in Strait of Hormuz, Visible Traffic Falls by More Than Half
A total of 17 commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on the weekend, down from 37 a week earlier, shipping data showed on Monday, as tension in the Persian Gulf persisted…
Read more →OPINION | Are Costly Hormuz Shuttle Voyages and STS Transfers Here to Stay?
A new shuttling system is reshaping the Middle East oil market, as producers seek to keep exports flowing despite the escalating regional conflict.
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