Tag: Bahamas Maritime Authority

In view of the summer fishing ban lifting on 16 August, the Bahamas Maritime Authority shared recent guidelines to be issued by the China Maritime Safety Administration on the prevention of collisions between merchant ships and fishing vessels in Chinese coastal waters, including Taiwan Strait, East China Sea or Yellow Sea.

The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) announced that a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Pilot Transfer Arrangements will take place onboard all Bahamian ships from 01 July 2021 to 31 December 2021.

The Bahamas Maritime Authority conducted the Seafarer COVID-19 Welfare Survey, finding that 87% of the respodents are still to receive a first vaccine.

The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) provided instructions for the inspection, maintenance, testing and survey requirements for firefighting installations and portable fire extinguishers.

The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) outlines the requirements for refrigerated cargo ships carrying frozen fishery products to countries in the European Union (EU) in order to comply with EU regulations.

Bahamas Maritime Authority issued a Safety Alert, sharing lessons to be learned from the death of a rope access technician inside a cargo tank.

The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) is announcing a new survey, the Seafarer COVID-19 Welfare Survey, designed to capture and reflect the mental health needs of seafarers.

The UK MCA released information on the potentially long-lasting and far-reaching impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on seafarer wellbeing and provided guidance for shipowners on the stressors which have been created or exacerbated by the conditions throughout the pandemic.

The Bahamas Maritime Authority issued a Safety Alert sharing lessons learned from a grounding involving a RoRo passenger ferry after dragging anchor. The investigation highlighted that the crew had been forced to change the plan at short notice and no appraisal was conducted to select an anchorage position. 

The Bahamas Maritime Authority issued a Safety Alert to share lessons to be learned from an allision with a pier structure that occurred with a pilot onboard. Preliminary investigation findings reveal the allision occurred due to a substantial deviation from the planned passage at a critical time.