Tag: fishing vessels

Yesterday, New Zealand became the latest country to accede to the fishing vessel safety treaty, the 2012 Cape Town Agreement, according to IMO.

On 30th May, a fishing vessel sunk after colliding with a pilot boat on the James River at the Port of Virginia.

As the Nautical Institute reports, a tanker loaded with condensate oil was underway in darkness and good visibility at about 10 knots. It was sailing in a coastal area with many fishing vessels in the vicinity.

On 24th May, the Russian Ministry of Defense released a video, in which he claims that a Russian surveillance ship had been attacked by Ukrainian drone boats in the Black Sea, about 90 miles northeast of Turkey's Bosphorus Strait.

According to International news, on Wednesday 17th May, 39 people reported missing after a Chinese fishing boat capesized in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

Sea Shepherd Global has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Tuvalu, committing to send a ship to the South Pacific island country to support law enforcement efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing through at-sea patrols.

Yesterday, Belize, Japan and Portugal became the latest countries to show their support for the safety of fishing vessels by becoming contracting parties to the fishing vessel safety treaty, the 2012 Cape Town Agreement.

The Norwegian Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the Svalbard Treaty does not grant the right to catch snow crab on the continental shelf off the coast of Svalbard.

On February 28th, vessel MV LEONIDAS (IMO: 9696474), managed by Laskaridis Shipping Co. Ltd, while proceeding to Port Veracruz, Mexico, received a mayday call from the fishing boat “Benjamin” by VHF.

Following a recent marine casualty resulting in an engine room fire onboard a commercial fishing vessel, USCG issued a Safety Alert to address the importance of installing noncombustible materials in machinery space boundaries with dry exhaust systems.