China MSA: Preventing collisions between merchant and fishing ships
China MSA released a updated safety guidance for prevention of collision between merchant vessels and fishing vessels in Chinese coastal waters.
Read moreChina MSA released a updated safety guidance for prevention of collision between merchant vessels and fishing vessels in Chinese coastal waters.
Read moreIn its recently published Casebook containing safety lessons learned from maritime incidents, the Swedish Club describes a collision of two vessels, caused by inefficient lookout under COLREG 5.
Read moreIn its latest published Casebook containing safety lessons learned from maritime incidents, the Swedish Club focuses on a collision incident resulted by restricted visibility.
Read moreJTSB issued an investigation report on the collision of the container ship APL GUAM with the the container ship MARCLIFF and subsequent collision of the latter with the anchored container ship HANSA STEINBURG, off Keihin Port, in March 2019.
Read moreDutch shipbuilder, Damen Shipyard, and US-based startup, Sea Machines Robotics, signed an alliance agreement to further investigate the adoption of collision avoidance functionality onboard Damen ships. The alliance aims at speeding up the adoption of several navigating technologies to increase autonomy levels on Damen-built vessels.
Read moreFollowing the second edition of UK Maib's Safety Digest for 2020, it is presented a case where a cargo ship altered course and a ferry vessel applied astern power, in order to avoid collision.
Read moreA Hong Kong registered oil tanker collided with two fishing vessels in the waters of Japan Sea. Due to the collision, one of the fishing vessels capsized with a total of 13 lives lost aboard.
Read moreAMSA has issued an updated Marine Notice that serves as a reminder to operators on the importance of adhering to the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (known as the Collision Regulations or COLREGs ) to reduce the risk of collision at sea.
Read moreThe Maritime Police Agency of South Korea announced that it will establish a 'Ship Traffic Control Technology Development Team' to prevent drunk traffic accidents in the sea by using big data and artificial intelligence technology.
Read moreThe Merchant Shipping Notice 11 of 2020, establishing a routeing system for the southwest Indian waters, enters into effect on 1st August 2020. The system comes in response to a number of collisions of fishing vessels in the busy sea route in the area.
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