Cargo Liquefaction and the IMSBC Code
A cargo that looked dry and granular at the loading berth can behave as a liquid a few days into the voyage. When it does, the ship can capsize before anyone reaches a lifeboat, and the loading ports where it happens most are on Malaysia's…
A buyer who has learned to spot a fraudulent cargo offer still needs to know what a genuine one looks like when it is properly protected. The answer i…
Cyber risk stopped being an IT question in January 2021. It became an ISM Code question, which means it is audited by the same people, on the same cyc…
When port State control ran a targeted campaign on crew wages and employment agreements, deficiency rates jumped roughly fourfold against the precedin…
Launch of TSHD 1000 for Port Otago and Napier Port
[By: Damen Shipyards Group] At Damen partner yard 189 Shipyard in Vietnam, a Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) 1000 for Port Otago and Napier Port has been successfully launched.
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Corridor Sovereignty: Cooperation Without Surrendering Control
Consider a vessel arriving late at a port. Its revised arrival time is useful to the cargo owner only if the terminal, inland carrier and receiver can act on it.
Read more →Indian Coast Guard Helps Stabilise Flooded Tanker Off Paradip
The Indian Coast Guard helped stop flooding aboard a disabled foreign-flagged commercial vessel off the coast of Paradip in eastern India on Sunday, September 27.The Belize-registered, 11,131DWT chemical tanker Sea Gull 9…
Read more →Attention-seeking Environmental Activists Occupy Research Vessel Following Mineral Survey Off New Zealand
Five protesters from environmental activist group Greenpeace boarded and occupied the New Zealand Government-owned research ship Tangaroa in Wellington Harbour without authorisation after she returned from a Pacific seabed mineral survey on…
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Four Rescued From Sinking Yacht Following Collision With Whale Off Norfolk Island
The crew of a container vessel rescued four sailors north of the Australian external territory of Norfolk Island after a yacht struck a whale on Sunday, September 27.The Australian-flagged yacht Tai Tam…
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