Tag: Caribbean Sea MOU

The USCG offloaded approximately 6 tons of cocaine in Port Everglades, worth an estimated $180 million, that it was seized in international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The seizure represents six separate vessel interdictions off Central and South America and Mexico between late February and mid-April.

Due to increased activities of the Kick em’ Jenny Volcano, the alert level has been raised from Yellow to Orange, advised Grenada's NaDMA through the technical support provided by the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center. With this increase in the alert level, ships are asked to observe the exclusion zone of 5 km/3.1miles.

Hamburg Süd released an announcement, informing that from April it will start a new service network between Asia and South America West Coast, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. The new services will have the names 'ASPA' and 'ASCA' will deploy 39 modern vessels with a capacity of 4,500 to 10,000 TEU.

The Colombian Navy informed that it managed to prevent the transport of drugs which were found onboard a merchant ship, sailing in the Caribbean, in which unauthorized persons and drugs were detected. The authorities discovered 185 kilos of cocaine. After that the intruders were detained.

CMA CGM and SEATRADE announced their collaboration on the creation of a new vessel sharing agreement with a view to improve the supply of transport between Australia and the United States. The new companies will offer a fast, direct and dedicated reefer service from New Zealand to the United States and Europe with stops in Peru, which will include a very short transit time to supply fruits to the United States and Europe.

After taking over the Port Everglades Auto Terminal mid-2016, the operations have grown by about 45 per cent in terms of volume throughput, the Horizon Terminal Services informed. In May and June 2017, HTS has contracted two new OEM’s for both inbound and outbound vehicle flows.

The American Association of Port Authorities announced that its entire membership in North, South and Central America and the Caribbean will celebrate Western Hemisphere Ports Day on Tuesday, April 4. On this annual celebration, the association will recognize the industry’s role in supporting job creation and propelling the economies of the nations they serve across the Americas.

Work to support women in the Caribbean maritime industry is underway with the first conference of the Women in Maritime Association Caribbean. The conference is drafting a strategic and regional agenda to support WiMAC’s mission to foster the development and participation of women in the maritime sector and contribute to the growth of the industry within the region.

Caribbean MoU announced the launch of its fourth CIC with a focus on enclosed space entry to ensure effective procedures and measures are in place. During the CIC which will be held from Sep. 1st to Nov. 30rd, 2016, PSCO will check all aspects of compliance with respect to Crew Familiarization for Enclosed Space Entry during a PSC Inspection.

Launch of CIC beginning 1 September 2015 on PSC The 17 Maritime Authorities of the Caribbean Memorandum of Understanding (CMOU) on Port State Control will launch its second Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) with the purpose of ensuring compliance with Chapter V: Safety of Navigation, of the Annex to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) as well as the requirements regarding hours of rest as per STCW 78 as amended. This inspection campaign will be held for three months, commencing from September 1st, 2015 and ending on November 30th, 2015.The CIC is designed to ensure that:There is compliance with the carriage requirement for all sizes and where required there is a valid statutory certification together with relevant record of equipment;The equipment has type approval as appropriate and is functioning effectively;The master and watch-keeping officers are familiar with the bridge equipment; andThe deck and engine room watch-keepers' hours of rest are recorded as under STCW 78 as amended by the Manila Conference.In practice, the CIC will mean that during a regular port State control inspection conducted under the targeting matrix criteria within the CMOU region will target aspects of compliance provisions of SOLAS Chapter V and STCW ...