Tag: safety measures

MONALISA project enhancing maritime safety

The London P&I Club has issued alert regarding distresed sugar cargoes from Santos. The Club had previoulsy reported a fire broke out at the Copersucar Sugar Terminal in Santos a few months ago

EU rules promote maritime safety and set a high standard for EU flag states Some EU Member States are struggling to meet their commitment to ratify international maritime conventions, according to a European Commission report on compliance with flag state requirements.Vice-President Siim Kallas, EU transport commissioner, said: "I am heartened that most coastal Member States are taking their obligations seriously as flag states. However, I am particularly concerned to ensure that, for our seafarers, every Member State, as a flag state, has ratified and put in place the common standards for living and working conditions on board set out in the international Maritime Labour Convention of 2006, especially as these have been agreed between the social partners at European level and recently enforced through EU law."Current EU rules promote maritime safety and set a high standard for EU flag states by requiring them to undergo a peer review of their maritime administration and develop and implement a certified quality management system for their operations. Portugal, Ireland and all landlocked flag states except Luxembourg have failed to do so.Despite good progress for many EU flag states, Bulgaria and Slovakia remain on the grey list of flag states in terms of the ...

NOAA Fisheries announced today final regulations requiring the United States Navy to implement protective measures during training and testing activities off the coasts of California and Hawaii and on the high seas of the Pacific Ocean to reduce the effects on marine mammals.

The newly published 'Guidelines for the management of peripheral survey sensors' (IMCA S 021) has been developed under the direction of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) Offshore Survey Division management committee.

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.

Australia re-elected to the IMO Council, reaffirming its commitment to maritime safety, security and pollution prevention

On 5 November, the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) of the European Parliament discussed the draft report on the revision of the Weights and Dimensions Directive.

Lloyd's Register, UK P&I Club, and Intercargo produced a pocket guide and checklist earlier this year for ships' officers and agents who arrange cargoes for loading

Over the years there have been a number of reported collisions between fishing vessels and large trading ships off the Australian coast,