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USCG has recently issued a Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) to provide guidance for complying with reporting requirements for Breaches of Security (BOS), Suspicious Activity (SA), Transportation Security Incidents (TSI), and Cyber Incidents. The cyber incident guidance supports the reporting requirements and explains all related cyber security terms.

“Eurika! (I have found)”... Shouted Archimedes after he sunk in his bathtub, but did you know that the discovery behind that Eurika is the reason why ships float?

10 February marks two hundred years since the birth of Samuel Plimsoll, the great maritime safety campaigner and Member of Parliament who fought for the introduction of the load line that still bears his name.

Pink, green, white, brown, turquoise, blue, and grey are all beautiful colours. But did you know that alternative fuels come in all these colours and many other forms?

You may know that every year on New Year’s Eve, people watch a shining ball dropping down a pole in the middle of Times Square, New York, at the exact time the year changes. But do you know how this tradition relates to shipping?

Animal carcasses generated during the normal operation of a ship are permitted to be discharged into the sea complying with the provisions of MARPOL Annex V and taking into account the guidelines developed by the IMO. 

In accordance with Chapter V, regulation 19, of the 2000 amendments to the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, the use of a magnetic compass is mandatory. The magnetic compass must adhere to the standards set forth by the IMO.

The EEBD have become mandatory under SOLAS amendments for all ships to which the safety equipment certificate is required.

A Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) is an area that has been provided special protection through action by the IMO because of its significance for recognized ecological, socio-economic, or scientific attributes, and which may be vulnerable to damage by international maritime activities.

India Ship Registry has issued a new Merchant Shipping Notice including clarifications on the interpretation of MARPOL Annex IV. Among others, it explains when exceptional storage of treated wastewater, or Grey Water in ballast water tanks is permitted.