Factors considered when planning vessel inspections
USCG has issued a policy letter which provides guidance that authorizes the utilization of a risk-based approach to prioritize and manage passenger vessel annual inspection activity.
Read moreUSCG has issued a policy letter which provides guidance that authorizes the utilization of a risk-based approach to prioritize and manage passenger vessel annual inspection activity.
Read moreAMSA has released its Annual Report on Port State Control for 2015. The changes to the shipping industry’s safety regulatory framework by the Navigation Act 2012 and the adoption of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006 had their second full year in effect in 2015.
Read moreClassNK has released its annual report on Port State Control. The report aims to assist ship operators and management companies in maintaining compliant operations by providing information about ships detained by PSC as well as deficiencies that were found on board from many port states in 2015.
Read moreParis MoU has published its Annual Report on Port State Controls which contains details of the main developments in the Paris MoU for the year and the outcomes of their inspections. The PSC Annual Report highlights large decrease in number of banned ships within the region during 2015.
Read moreChilean Agriculture service warns that some actions will be taken on all Chilean ports for ships coming from Ecuador, due to the appearance of the pest Thyreinteina arnobia ( Lagarta Eucalyptus) in Chilean ports. ISS Chile says that delays in vessel arriving to Chile from ports in Ecuador are expected
Read moreClassification society DNV GL announced at the Posidonia trade fair that it had recently completed the first production surveys using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone. The survey took place on the MV Apollo, a chemical tanker owned by Carl Büttner Shipmanagement GmbH, in Bremerhaven, Germany. Two DNV GL surveyors used the drone to inspect 14 tanks over a period of two and a half days.
Read moreLloyd's Register has issued a new guidance which supports industry in the safe and effective deployment of next generation drone and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) technology that can significantly improve productivity gains through reducing risk exposure, survey times and in-service inspection costs of offshore, marine and onshore infrastructure
Read moreThe first ever oil and gas inspection by drone in the Gulf of Mexico for a leading global oil and gas service and drilling company has been completed by Houston, USA and London based provider of drone inspections services, Sky-Futures company.
Read moreThe Bahamas Maritime Authority has developed a new inspection reporting system that is currently undergoing live testing. The new inspection reporting system has been developed with an aim to reduce the administrative burden of the current system and fully integrate inspection reporting with the Bahamas Online Registration and Information System (BORIS).
Read moreThe USCG announced that it has detained the container ship Lowlands Kamsar in Seattle, Monday, after a Port State Control exam detected several significant violations.
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