Tag: safe navigation

Metro Vancouver often has to deal with a thick fog in this season, which can be proven as one of the most dangerous conditions for marine navigation due to low visibility. The 'old technology' of loud foghorns seems still a necessary maritime safety measure in the port, to demonstrate safety is not for granted. 

Using a drone to connect the towline to an assisted vessel will drastically improve the safety margin of tug operations, as this will avoid the need for manoeuvring in the so-called danger zone, the company explains.

A fisherman with over 40 years experience has been sentenced to four months in prison, suspended for two years after pleading guilty to offences under the UK Merchant Shipping Act, for running aground his fishing vessel at Mountbatten Breakwater. District Judge said that alcohol affect the fisherman’s actions.

A new Sea Traffic Management project received EU funding from the Interreg Central Baltic Programme. EfficientFlow will contribute to more efficient traffic flow in the ports of Gävle and Rauma, as well as in the ScanMed corridor between Stockholm and Turku by implementation of STM and its integration into the full logistic chain.

From December 2017, MOL and MOL Information Systems are starting multi-dimensional analysis of the causes for incidents and problems on company- operated vessels, in a bid to develop more effective measures to prevent incidents and verify the effects by analyzing correlations and causal relationship of data from multiple sources.

Autonomous Shipping is a Joint Industry Project bringing together a Dutch consortium of maritime businesses, knowledge & educational institutions, service providers, and governments in a two-year applied research programme, that will look at ways to deploy existing technical solutions in autonomous shipping applications.

On 27 November 2016, the Maltese registered cargo vessel 'Sider Capri' and the Italian flagged ro-ro vessel 'Grande Anversa' collided in the Çanakkale Strait’s Traffic Separation Scheme, both sustaining structural damages. The safety investigation by MSIU found that a close quarter situation developed to a point that a collision became inevitable.

On 22 November 2016, the Maltese registered bulk carrier Robusto ran aground and remained stranded in the entrance of El Dekheila Channel, Egypt. Transport Malta's MSIU issued an investigation report, revealing that the course recommended by the pilot was different from the one prepared in the passage planning.

European shipowners and the European Transport Workers’ Federation highlighted the need of easing the administrative burden shipping crew and companies are facing today, on the sidelines of the Digital Transport Days in Tallinn.