NASH Maritime, a shipping, navigation and maritime risk consultancy, has assisted the Port of London Authority (PLA) in the specification of their Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) system upgrade.

A new report from Lloyd’s Register (LR) and maritime innovation consultancy Thetius advocates investment to improve the understanding of AI at all levels within maritime organisations. 

Shipowners and seafarers participated actively in the 11th Meeting of the Embarking Committee, presided over by the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) through the General Directorate of Seafarers, providing ideas and executing projects to achieve compliance with the set objectives that benefit Panamanian seafarers.

The Clean Arctic Alliance yesterday called on the IMO to radically reduce the impact of black carbon emissions from shipping on Arctic sea and glacier ice, by putting in place a compulsory requirement for ships across the whole Arctic to use cleaner fuels, by switching to distillate fuels.

According to West P&I Club, the Port Sudan situation has stabilised, which is a positive development for the city considering the ongoing clashes between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the army.

In conjunction with the International Group of P&I Clubs, TT Club and ICHCA, Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) published a report on transporting batteries inside containers titled “Lithium-Ion Batteries in Containers Guidelines”.

Seafarers, shipping companies and their agents can report incidents of corruption in Indian ports and seaside through a new, multilingual and 24/7 helpline provided by MACN in India and operated by ISWAN.

Icelandic Coast Guard has been conducting an operation since last week to salvage the cargo ship Wilson Skaw that ran aground at Ennishöfði in Húnaflói on April 18th.

As India's Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways stated this week, the county is in talks with Russia to open up Chennai-Vladivostok Maritime Corridor.

Canada has entered into a reciprocal arrangement with the Republic of the Philippines for the recognition of certificates of competency and issuance of endorsements pursuant to regulation I/10 of the STCW Convention.