Tag: hazardous weather at sea

USCG of the Port reopened Port Allen in Kauai on October 20, Monday morning, after surveying crews deemed it safe for transit

USCG Captain of the Port reopened Nawiliwili Port Sunday evening, but Port Allen in Kauai remains closed due to the severe weather of Tropical Storm Ana.

ISS released an arcticle to advise that Sydney and Port Botany have been closed to all shipping movements since 22:00hrs, 14 October until further notice

NAVTOR has signed an agreement with AWT that will see the two companies integrating their services to offer route planning and decision making tools

Danish Maritime Accident Investigation Board (DMAIB) issued a report regarding heavy weather damage on SVENDBORG MAERSK, on 14 February 2014

Fatal accidents on board log carriers

Global Ice Center predicts NSR to remain open for six weeks The Global Ice Center at Weathernews has announced on August 22nd that the Northern Sea Route (NSR) bordering Russia is now open to commercial shipping traffic as of August 21st, 2014.The NSR opens two weeks earlier than last season when lower than average temperatures resulted in slow pace of melting in the Arctic Ocean. Last summer, the northeastern passage opened at the beginning of September.Meanwhile large areas of sea ice still remain in the northwestern passage along the Canadian coast. Based on analysis of satellite images by the Global Ice Center (GIC), ice experts at Weathernews predicts this too should melt away by early September, thus opening the other passage for vessels.Analysis results as of August 21st confirming the Northeastern passage open to vessels. (Please click for a larger view)The NSR has been in use by vessels escorted by Russian icebreakers since late June. However, enough ice has melted north of the New Siberian Islands (Novosibirsk) to allow vessels to pass through the region with minimal risk of collision from now until early October, according to Weathernews' Global Ice Center.Northeastern passage clear of sea ice north of the Novosibrisk ...

As part of a large-scale summer Arctic research expedition Kara-Summer - 2014 a meteorological station was installed

The August bulletin of ice forecasts for the second half of the navigation period contains general information about the expected ice conditions in the Russian Arctic seas in the second half of navigation of 2014

NOAA scientists and partners are launching a number of new unmanned aircraft and water vehicles to collect weather information to improve hurricane forecasts