What an Accommodation Inspection Actually Looks At
Contractors prepare for an accommodation inspection by cleaning. Inspectors arrive with a tape measure and a headcount, because the requirements are dimensional and they scale with how many people are actually living there. By MarineCraft J…
An employer who books beds with an uncertified provider has not transferred the problem. The Act places duties on the employer and on the accommodatio…
When a coating fails early, the paint gets the blame. Most of the time the cause was settled before the first coat went on, in a blast that met one of…
Both terms get used as though they meant the same thing, usually by people commissioning one and receiving the other. They sit on different standards,…
Calm Seas Favor Salvage Operations at “Shadow Fleet” Tanker Wreck Off Oman
By The Maritime Executive 2026-10-08 15:07:37 Although there have not been any formal updates covering progress, it appears that the salvage activity on the wrecked Aframax tanker Caroline Bezengi (IMO 9224439) is…
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USS Abraham Lincoln Pulls Into San Diego, Closing 321-Day Deployment
By The Maritime Executive 2026-10-08 16:45:35 The US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln returned to her home port of San Diego, California, on October 8, concluding what became the second-longest deployment in…
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Large Bulker Abandoned After Attack Drifts Hundreds of Miles in Black Sea
By The Maritime Executive 2026-10-08 15:17:10 Bulgaria’s military reports it is monitoring the movements of an abandoned bulker that is drifting in the Black Sea.
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Following a series of attacks against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz a tanker has been hit in the Arabian Gulf
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Tanker News Roundup | October 9 – Focus on Asian Yards: Deliveries to Malaysia, China and Qatar Plus Orders From Greece and Turkey
Newly delivered vessels include two South Korean-built gas carriers for operators in Malaysia and Qatar. Owners in Greece and Turkey have meanwhile placed orders for product tankers to be built in China.Top…
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