TraPac Los Angeles recently entered “Green Marine environmental certification program” for the North American maritime industry, becoming the first terminal operator in California joining the program.
The American P&I Club announced extension of the validity of its PEME certificates to 31st August 2020, as the significant restrictions on shipowners’ ability to perform regular crew changes continue to be a challenge for the maritime community.
MPA Singapore advised holders of Singapore Certificates of Competency and Tanker Endorsement on the requirements for revalidation of Certificates of Competency and Tanker Endorsement to meet STCW Convention.
Spanish ferry operator Baleària announced it is working towards being the first shipping line in the world to obtain the Global Safe Site COVID-19 badge at the highest level (Excellence) from French class Bureau Veritas.
On 1st of May, the National Maritime Center (NMC) will launch a centralized electronic delivery process through e-mails concerning the renewal examinations. In fact, this change offers mariners the ability to request, complete, and submit renewal examinations by e-mail while help them keep the flow of seafarers’ credentials.
Incident reporting scheme CHIRP Maritime has issued advisory papers for seafarers, covering technical and psychological issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indian Ocean MoU published a table including decisions of each of its major member states regarding response to implications created by COVID-19 pandemic. In line with an earlier-released IOMOU guidance, the port State Authority should request the operator/owner/manager concerned to confirm that the flag State and/or the RO,
Wärtsilä announced that it has been awarded a DNV GL type-approval certificate and cyber security certification by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) for its Translink solution, part of the company’s connected ECDIS concept.
MPA Singapore issued a circular informing of the medical examination of seafarers and seafarer’s medical certificate, in line with the IMO and ILO guidelines which have been adopted as national requirements for medical examination of seafarers.
Due to the uncertainty that has been caused by COVID-19, AMSA informed that it is extending the duration of some certificates.
