Tag: Norwegian Maritime Authority

Companies should review the placement and labelling of fuel quick-closing valves and assess the operation of fire dampers, the Norwegian Maritime Authority highlights in a new safety notice, following a fire on a Norwegian vessel.

Accident reports submitted to the Norwegian Maritime Authority have revealed instances of work equipment being used for purposes other than its intended function. In two separate cases, companies had developed a practice of using a net cleaner to lift fish farming cages. This misuse resulted in injuries to crew members who were on the equipment to carry out repair work. I

Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) published an article to inform of upcoming changes to test procedures for ship security alert systems (SSAS).

Four activists from Greenpeace Nordic have taken peaceful action against a tanker carrying toxic waste from the Norwegian oil industry to be discharged in Denmark.

In order to enhance maritime's digitalization and meet the growing threat of cyber crime, Norwegian shipping industry is currently in the process of establishing an internationally cyber center.

With several passengers reported being ill onboard the cruise ship "Norwegian Joy", officials in Los Angeles acted immediately and showed their concern while the vessel had to dock in Port of LA.  

Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) and its archaeologists team recently discovered a new ship burial site, with the aid of georadar technology, that probably dates to the Viking or Merovingian period.

The Norwegian oil company, Equinor, after several exploration efforts and many depressing wells in the frontier areas of Barents Sea, announced that from now on will pay attention to some of the Norway's promising offshore productive areas, as it further goals to build a new oil province in its Arctic region.

According to Norwegian Shipowners' Association's Outlook Report for 2019, shipowners expect increased profitability and more new employees this year. Despite highly challenging markets in recent years, both the transport segments and the offshore segments expect better profitability in 2019.

The Norwegian Maritime Authority resulted to the fact that low lubricating oil pressure was most probably the cause of the engine failure aboard the 2017-built cruise ship Viking Sky. The Authority collaborated with the ship's classification society, Lloyd’s, and the company in order to identify the reasons the vessel suffered a power blackout.