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 cycle, with the same consequences as a fire drill record. Most companies still answer it as though it were about software. By MarineCraft Journal … Read more
When port State control ran a targeted campaign on crew wages and employment agreements, deficiency rates jumped roughly fourfold against the preceding three years. The ships had not changed. What changed was that someone read the contracts. By MarineCraft Journal · 22 September 2026 · 9 mins read 4xdeficiency rate during the … Read more
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 recycling yard. By MarineCraft Journal · 21 September 2026 … Read more
Holding the certificate no longer settles the question. Since D-2 became mandatory for every ship in scope, inspectors have moved from verifying documents to sampling what actually leaves the ship, and the findings that follow are rarely about the treatment plant. By MarineCraft Journal · 18 September 2026 · 8 mins read … Read more
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 carry smoke, which carry lifelines, and, crucially, which combinations are not allowed on the same buoy. By MarineCraft Journal · 15 September 2026 · 9 mins read Halfof … Read more
A fuel can meet the sulphur limit, arrive with correct paperwork, and still wreck an engine. Since the 0.50% cap reshaped the bunker pool, the operational risk moved from compliance to compatibility, and it is managed before the hose is connected rather than after. By MarineCraft Journal · 11 September 2026 · … Read more
