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AMSA has issued a Marine Notice to outline management framework for UKCM in Torres Strait and to summarise the various responsibilities for UKCM.

UK MCA has issued Marine Guidance Note to introduce the new Hovercraft Code which has been developed for Light and Small hovercraft operating in the United Kingdom or United Kingdom Waters (both at sea and on inland waterways).

MONALISA 2.0 project has issued a newsletter which includes updates of the project’s final conference, focusing on newsworthy results but also looking at what is next – developments in the already started STM Validation Project, and how work with safer ships will continue.

What recreational boaters should ensure when buying navigation lights for their vessels The U.S. Coast Guard has issued Marine Safety Alert to warn about the sale and availability of unapproved recreational and commercial vessel navigation lights.Purchasers of such recreational and commercial vesselnavigation lighting should be aware that replacement lighting may be improper for its application due to the failure by manufacturers to meet technical certification requirements. Furthermore, technical advances in marine lighting, such as the use of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), rope lighting, underwater lighting, and other various types of decorative lighting, may violate navigation light provisions of the Nautical Rules of the Road.The requirements for all navigation lights aboard vessels are prescribed in Rules 20, 21, 22 and Annex I of the Rules of the Road, which is the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (72 COLREGS) or the Inland Navigation Rules (33 CFR Subchapter E).Specifications for lights vary depending upon the type of vessel but regardless of the light source (i.e., incandescent filament or LED):Recreational vessel and uninspected commercial vessel navigation lights must meet American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) standard A-16, in accordance with specifications within 33 CFR 183.810 and 46 CFR 25.10-3, ...

The Japan P&I Club provides information on recent navigation warnings of China Waters issued by MSA China.

RMI has recently received a report stating that because of their anti-piracy protocols some commercial vessels trading on the Benin Bight off West Africa may not be displaying navigation lights

Global Navigation Solutions (GNS) has announced the launch of ''Hang Xing Zhe'', a world-leading chart updating service with software written in Simplified Chinese, specifically designed for the Chinese market.

Picture this: A naval vessel is navigating the high seas thousands of nautical miles from land. Suddenly all navigation systems become inoperable. What happens next? What does this mean?

In anticipation of the coming ice season and to ensure the safety of vessels transiting the Great Lakes Basin, crews in the Coast Guard 9th District began their annual retrieval of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway System