Tag: safe navigation

Enhanced regional cooperation on alternative fuels for ships have been a key matter in the Meeting of HELCOM Maritime Group closing last week, which has followed up various maritime commitments of the HELCOM Copenhagen Ministerial Meeting in October 2013. Other agenda items include safety of navigation; ballast water; sewage discharges and port reception facilities and the detection, investigation and prosecution of offenders of anti-pollution regulations.

The icebreaker POLAR STAR departed Seattle in support of Operation Deep Freeze for the first time since 2006 with the task of resupplying the National Science Foundation (NSF) scientific research station at McMurdo.

Ships, barges, ferries, and recreational boats in the busy New York Harbor will be able to navigate more safely thanks to an updated version of the harbor's nautical chart recently issued by NOAA that includes data gathered in the navigational response to the damage caused by Sandy in October 2012.

SMACS project's primary objective is the development of a safety and survival training programme for small-craft Arctic mariners

How is safety of navigation affected if a shipping lane is changed? What is the risk of a collision in specific waters?

WINMOS project will further develop efficient maritime transport in the Baltic Sea

The vessel traffic plying the Baltic Sea accounts for some 15% of the world's maritime transportation business, according to the European Commission (EC), but every year harsh winter conditions pose a significant hazard to safe navigation.

DLR and AWI test satellite-based methods for improving maritime navigation

China, Russia MOU on Navigational Safety - Environment Protection: Sino-Russian cooperation in maritime transport

Progress on safety of navigation in the IMO: E-navigation and standard for AIS symbols