Tag: wreck removal

The salvage operation is making progress to lift the sunken Sewol ferry which according to the South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries is about to be recovered from the water on April 5. The lifting project is expected to last ten to fifteen days.

The Maritime Authority of Cayman Islands has issued an updated guidance in order to give notice to the owners of Cayman Islands ships, and ships visiting Cayman Islands waters, of the requirements and obligations imposed under the Convention and to give details of the process the Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands will be following for issuing the certificates required under the Convention.

Time has come for most shipowners to apply for renewal of their CLC, Bunker, Athens and Wreck Removal Certificates. Certificates must be renewed when the underlying insurance expires, reminds the Danish Maritime Authority.

Ardent has announced that it has completed removing the Troll Solution jack-up .Weighing approximately 7,000 tons, this jack up is said to be the largest wreck removal completed in 2016.

Titan Salvage has successfully completed the complex and difficult removal of the wreck of the cape-size MV Smart

 South Africa has become a State Party to the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks.Adopted in 2007, this convention provides the legal basis for States to remove, or have removed, shipwrecks that may threaten the safety of lives, goods and property at sea, as well as the marine environment. It also provides uniform international rules for the prompt and effective removal of wrecks located beyond territorial seas. H.E. Mr.Obed Thembinkosi Mlaba, High Commissioner of South Africa and Permanent Representative to IMO, deposited the instrument of accession today (4 September).Source and Image Credit: IMOIn the outbreak, I was frank with you propecia before and after has changed my existence. It has become much more fun, and now I have to run. Just as it is incredible to sit.

  The Government of India approved a proposal for the country’s accession to an international convention which ensures compensation for damage caused by ship bunker oil spills. The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, approved the Ministry of Shipping's proposal for India's accession to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 (Bunker Convention) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as well as to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 to give effect to the Bunker Convention, Nairobi Convention and Salvage Convention. The Bunker Convention ensures adequate, prompt, and effective compensation for damage caused by spills of oil, when carried as fuel in ships' bunkers. The territorial jurisdiction for damage compensation extends to territorial sea and exclusive economic zones. It applies to an Indian vessel, wherever it is situated, and to a foreign flag vessel while it is within Indian jurisdiction. The registered owner of every vessel has to maintain compulsory insurance cover which allows claim for compensation for pollution damage to be brought directly against an insurer. Every ship above one thousand gross tonnage has to carry a certificate on board to the effect that it maintains insurance or other financial ...

​ The Bahamas has become the 22nd Contracting State to the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks. High Commissioner H.E. Eldred Bethel, Permanent Representative of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas to IMO, (5 June) met IMO Secretary-General Sekimizu to deposit the instrument of accession to the Convention. The Convention, which entered into force in April this year, places strict liability on owners for locating, marking and removing wrecks deemed to be a hazard and makes State certification of insurance, or other form of financial security for such liability, compulsory for ships of 300 gross tonnage and above. The 22 Contracting States now represent 37.64% of world merchant shipping tonnage.  Source and Image Credit: IMOIn the starting, I was forthright with you propecia before and after has changed my subsistence. It has become much more fun, and now I have to run. Just as it is incredible to sit.

  The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks enters into force on Tuesday (14 April 2015). The Convention places strict liability on owners for locating, marking and removing wrecks deemed to be a hazard and makes State certification of insurance, or other form of financial security for such liability, compulsory for ships of 300 gt and above. It also provides States Parties with a right of direct action against insurers. The Convention fills a gap in the existing international legal framework by providing a set of uniform international rules for the prompt and effective removal of wrecks located in a country’s exclusive economic zone or equivalent 200 nautical miles zone. The Convention also contains a clause that enables States Parties to “opt in” to apply certain provisions to their territory, including the territorial sea. The Convention provides a legal basis for States Parties to remove, or have removed, wrecks that pose a danger or impediment to navigation or that may be expected to result in major harmful consequences to the marine environment, or damage to the coastline or related interests of one or more States. The Convention also applies to a ship that is about, or may reasonably be ...

The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks ('the Nairobi Convention') will come into force on 14 April 2015.  The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has advised the International Group (IG) that the volume of Nairobi Convention certificate applications they have received is putting strain on their capacity to process these certificates.  The MCA has issued a statement on their website advising shipowners that the MCA will process current applications by 14 April 2015, but applications received after 17 March 2015 are likely to face considerable delay. Indeed, they have stated that it is highly unlikely, and the MCA cannot guarantee, that shipowners submitting Nairobi Convention applications after this date will receive certificates by 14 April. This is with the exception of ships on the UK Ship Register which will continue to receive priority over other applications. Therefore, for those operators who haven’t yet submitted their Nairobi Convention applications, The Standard P&i Club recommend that they apply to a different contracting state who is willing to issue Convention certificates to ships registered in countries not party to the Nairobi Convention. These include: Cook Islands, Denmark, Germany, Liberia, Marshall Islands and Palau. If you have not yet submitted your application, the Club recommends you approach one of ...