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06 Feb 12 - 12:11
Weekly Newsletter 6
6 February 2012

Notice Board

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View Anti-Piracy Survey; Results and Key Findings

Safety4Sea Energy Efficiency Forum

Safety4Sea Energy Efficiency Survey : Your opinion matters!

 

Latest Analysis and Opinions

Mobile Offshore Drilling Units : Corrosion Management

A question of morality and cowardice

Costa Concordia accident: A Fine Balance

Intertanko and the EEDI : seeking a level playing field

STCW Hours of rest: Have you done the math lesson ?

IHO Data Check - Legal Implications

Costa Concordia Lessons

Maritime Labour Convention Inspectors Addressing the Human Element

Human factors in surveyor training - meeting the challenge

The need for human element competence among Classification Society Surveyors

Human element skills and knowledge required of P&I surveyors and inspectors

The distinction between 'crew negligence' and 'crew incompetence' and the consequence thereof

 

Major Issues of the Week

Fatigue under the spotlight as Project Horizon draws to a close

IMO's sub-committee on Bulk Liquid and Gases

Safety4Sea Energy Efficiency Survey : Your opinion matters!

Will a UN Law of the Sea Convention agreement address the impacts of Ocean Noise Pollution?

BP cannot hand share of clean-up costs to Halliburton

Costa Concordia: authorities end search for bodies on stricken cruise ship

IMO Secretary-General says that IMO is right body to deal with safety debate after Costa Concordia

Intercargo issues Guide for the Safe Loading of Nickel Ore

Costa Concordia will take 10 months to be removed

Videos of the week

Cruise ship safety procedures: Are they adequate?

Building the world's largest container ship

What exactly is Ocean Noise Pollution ?

$160 Million for Bohai Bay Oil Spill Settlement

National Geographic: Amazing images of ocean life!

Sweden Marine Safety

Tracking down Somali pirates

What a Tanker does when pirates attack

 

Safety issues

IMO mandatory inspection regime for tankers and bulk carriers

Clarification on new mega carrier restriction in China ports

Bahrain: GOP Hosts Regional Seminar on Safety of Maritime Navigation

UAE DMCA Increases Safety and Security of Cruise Ships

How Cruise Ship Safety Oversight Works

Idling and marine growth addressed in new clause

 

Alerts

Cargo unsafe for carriage

EU increase sanctions against Syria

Update on Carriage of Ore Cargoes

ONI issues Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) Report

ONI issues Piracy Analysis and Warning Weekly (PAWW) Report

 

Seafarers and Human Element Issues

Bodies pulled from water after Papua New Guinea ferry accident

IMO Secretary-General expresses deep sympathy for Rabaul Queen victims

Papua New Guinea ferry: Fears grow for 100 missing

Jersey officer's role in anti-piracy operations

New Research On Sleepiness is a Wake-Up Call

ITF launches fishers convention guide

DFA Provides Consular Assistance to 296 Filipino

Seafarers around the world outraged over skipper's abandonment of ship

 

Environmental Issues

Alarm cleared over sea ice off China coast

Major Steps toward Leasing for Offshore Wind Projects in Mid-Atlantic

From Antarctica to Bangladesh: The Story of Rising Seas

Maersk forms joint venture to help protect marine ecosystems

Ecofriendly ballast water treatment

Countries adopt UN-backed declaration to protect marine environment

Is the Arctic About to be Ravaged in a Search for Oil and Other Reserves?

Diana Yacht Design Develops Environmentally Friendly Superyacht

2012 ice season starts today!

North Sea oil industry in independent Scotland risks EU meddling

Observing the Ocean Just Got Easier

Europe Zeroes In on Shipping Emissions

 

Security and Anti-Piracy Issues

Update on security guard contract

More than five times 800 pirates have been captured and released

SAMI launches Accreditation Programme for security providers

Shippers focus on Nigeria risks

Nato Shipping Centre: Weekly Piracy Update

Let Western Courts Try Suspected Pirates Transfer The Convicted To Indian Ocean Prisons

India, China, Japan to coordinate in anti- piracy operations

UAE minister backs improving Somalia's justice system to fight pirates

EUNAVFOR, NATO and Russian Navies exercise together off the Horn of Africa

Pirates demand US$6 million ransom for Sri Lankan fishermen

The Indian Coast Guard Focused on Maritime Safety and Security

As Pirate Attacks Reduce The Logistics of Humanitarian Aid Gets Ever More Difficult

 

Accidents, Penalties and Incident Investigation Issues

Ferry runs aground in Italy snow storm, 260 rescued

Concordia passengers, experts dissect cruise ship disaster

Ferry sinks off Papua New Guinea with 350 aboard

After the wreck, cruise ship crew hanker for the sea

105 Somali nationals charged with hijacking vessels at sea

More Containers Removed from Rena Wreck

Mediterranean: the deadliest sea for refugees and migrants

Halliburton wins ruling vs BP over Gulf oil spill

Officers charged after Australian spill

IMO Aims To Act Fast On Concordia

Horizon Lines Reaches Resolution on Environmental Record-Keeping Incident

 

Technology Issues

Chinese yard delivers fuel efficient bulk carrier

Kongsberg Maritime Polaris bridge simulator approved to latest DNV standard

MSG MarineServe GmbH assists German Port State Control with ECDIS training

First marine AIS testing service in UK

Batteries open the door to hybrid systems

Wärtsilä's acquisition of Hamworthy becomes effective

Nissan Introduces Energy Efficient Car Carrier to Japan Shipping Route

Eco Marine Power Unveils Aquarius Eco Ship Concept

 

Shipping and General Interest Issues

Asia dry bulk rates to remain low

Braemar Asks: Is Another Demolition Spike Due?

Vale Says Large Vessels Will Moor in China When Law Allows It

Ship scrapping industry coming to historic dock

China limits ship ban to Vale's mega vessels

Treasure Hunter Says He Found $3B WWII Wreck

Malta Flag now Europe's top shipping register and endorsed as a Low Risk Flag

Maersk slow-steaming to subcontinent

Testing out LNG on Northern Sea Route

UK Department for Transport issues National Policy Statement for Ports

 

 

 

 

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