Tag: safety equipment

FLIR Systems, Inc. announced the launch of the FLIR M500 multi-sensor maritime camera, that enables captains to detect targets more than 15 kilometres, enhancing safe navigation and collisions prevention.

As eye injuries are among those most commonly occurring to seafarers, the American Club issued its latest loss prevention poster, highlighting essential eye safety measures. The club notes that although most minor cases can be treated onboard ship, more serious incidents can have devastating consequences.

The Association of Bulk Terminal Operators has called for a complete overhaul of the cargo sampling and liquefaction testing protocols for raw ores and less common cargoes, such as nickel ore, fine wet coal and bauxite, pointing out that the current methods for danger identification are inadequate, specially in ports where conditions are inclement.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority announced that it has banned the Papua New Guinea-flagged cargo ship "Kiunga Chief" from entering or using Australian ports for three months, after the ship was detained for a third time in less than 18 months, due to the failure of its operators to safely and effectively manage the operations of the vessel.

VIKING Life-Saving Equipment will take part at this year's Nor-Shipping Conference, where it is going to introduce visitors to latest solutions aiming to boost the safety of crew and passengers, as well as reduce the time, complexity and costs of maintaining safety compliance.

The Managers of the American P&I Club conducted 106 condition surveys, during the 2016 CY. Ninety-one of the surveys resulted in deficiencies, while fifteen surveys resulted in no deficiencies noted. Forty-six per cent of the surveys were conducted on dry cargo vessels and tankers accounted for thirty-five per cent of total surveys.

Carnival Corporation announced that is expanding the Fleet Operations Centers with the opening of a new facility in Seattle, to provide real-time support for its fleet. The system captures thousands of data points and provides real-time analytics for 28 distinct parameters for navigational safety from each ship, aims to optimize efficiency and fleet performance.

VIKING will showcase its new solutions and servicing concepts in a forthcoming exhibition. The company says their products combine all the advantages of modern lifeboats, such as self-propelled maneuverability, with the flexibility, comfort and smaller footprint of liferafts. In addition, their new storage and launch unit, is expected to set new standards for innovation, functionality and aesthetics in deckside or hull-integrated evacuation systems.

When a life jacket fails to inflate properly, the results can be life threatening.The USCG has issued safety alert reminding all inflatable life jacket users of the importance of performing periodic maintenance on their equipment.

IMO has published Resolution A.1106(29) which includes the revised guidelines for onboard operational use of shipborne automatic identification systems (AIS)