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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…
IMO Condemns Attacks on Merchant Vessels in the Sea of Azov & Black Sea
IMO Secretary-General calls for an end to all unwarranted attacks on international shipping arising from geopolitical conflicts. IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez issued the following statement: "As the IMO Council considers the continued…
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Regent’s Prototype Seaglider Completes First Human-Crewed Flight
Regent Craft reports its Seaglider vessel prototype, Viceroy, completed its first human-crewed flight, making it the largest-ever all-electric wing-in-ground effect (WIG) craft to fly with people on board.
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Ukraine Strikes Russia’s Ust-Luga Oil Terminal as Attacks Intensify
Ukraine Strikes Russia’s Ust-Luga Oil Terminal as Attacks Intensify Ukraine and Russia are again intensifying their attacks. Reports indicate Ukraine launched one of its largest attacks of the war, targeting areas across…
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Reading the Trump Administration’s Maritime Action Plan (MAP)
(Article originally published in July/Aug 2026 edition.) The Trump Administration's much-anticipated Maritime Action Plan (MAP) was released in February and immediately received the endorsement of just about everyone in maritime – and…
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New Inmarsat Maritime Safety Data Hub Provides Insight Into Maritime Risk
[By Inmarsat] Industry-first analysis combines three years of GMDSS distress call data with almost 107,000 maritime safety broadcasts, revealing how extreme weather, operational pressures and geopolitical disruption shape risk at sea.
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