Tag: safe navigation

ICS published the new edition of the Bridge Procedures Guide reflecting the rapid technological advances taking place in the shipping industry.

The verdict is now out and the sentence issued in the Wakashio incident. The events do not make for comfortable reading; “closing the coast to get a Wi-Fi signal”, “lookout released to attend a birthday party”, master admits to drinking “moderately” , another pristine island’s coastline damaged by pollution and the total loss of a ship. An incident that has cast shame on our industry, writes Capt. Mark Bull, FNI, Principal, Trafalgar Navigation Limited.

On January 2, 2020, some models of FRUNO GPS or GMDSS devices with built-in FRUNO GPS experienced the ROLLOVER phenomenon, which caused a lot of trouble for many ships, reports Capt.Zhaoqingwei, Marine Safety Manager at DASIN SHIPPING PTE LTD.

MV Wakashio’s captain, who was imprisoned in Mauritius for 16 months, after the ship ran aground causing an oil spill, has returned to India after his release.

Nowadays, with the increasingly strict requirements for environmental protection in the shipping industry, PSC inspections have started to focus on the environmental protection related content in the passage plan, argues Capt. Zhao Qingwei, Marine Safety Manager of Dasin shipping.

In an article published in Swedish Club’s Triton, the Club and Orca AI, discuss the challenges that today’s digital tools present for seafarers, and explain how can AI be used in order to address these problems and ensure a safe navigation. 

What are the important issues to consider in the event of an accident? What are the dos and don’ts when communicating a major accident? This was among the key topics of discussion during the 2021 SAFETY4SEA Virtual Forum in late October.

In Mauritius a court sentenced the captain and first mate of the MW Wakashio, whose grounding in 2020 caused the worst oil spill on the coast of Mauritius, to 20 months in prison.

The captain and first officer of a ship that hit a coral reef and spilled toxic fuel off Mauritius last year pleaded guilty to endangering safe navigation.

MOL and JRCS announced joint research on the use of AI-based object recognition technology by leveraging each company’s knowledge and technologies.