Integrated Solutions for Malaysia’s Maritime and Offshore Sector
Lifeboat Davits and Winches: The Half Nobody Tests
Life-Saving Appliances The lifeboat gets the attention. The davit and winch that lower it get far less, right up to the moment a brake slips during a drill. Launching appliances carry their own testing regime, their own authorised-servicing…
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…
Firefighting SystemsWhy Firefighting Equipment Audits Fail on Paperwork, Not HardwareFirefighting Systems Ships rarely fail firefighting audits because the equipment is broken. They fail because nobody can prove it was maintained. The…
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…
Private Capital Is Returning to the Maritime Industrial Base
[By Brown Gibbons Lang & Company] The United States is entering a multi-decade maritime industrial super cycle in which enduring strategic advantage will be determined not only by the sophistication of individual…
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Icebreaker to Extract Macquarie Island Researchers Due to Bird Flu Fear
The Australian Antarctic Division (ADD) is preparing to dispatch its research vessel Nuyina to evacuate all the personnel at the Macquarie Island research station over the risk of a bird flu outbreak.
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Turkish Commandos Retake Cargo Ship Killing 14 Somali Pirates
Turkish commandos working from a frigate off the coast of Somalia retook the cargo ship Lutuf, which had been seized nearly two weeks ago by Somali pirates.
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Enabling the Next Wave of Marine Electrification
Across the maritime industry, operators are under growing pressure to reduce carbon emissions without compromising vessel performance, uptime or cost.
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La Spezia Container Terminal’s Development Plan Continues
[By Contship Italia S.P.A] Contracts have been signed for the supply of 4 ship-to-shore cranes and 18 yard cranes, representing a total investment of 90 million euros Ahead of the start of construction…
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