Tag: reports

According to Lloyd's Register, the China Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) has issued a notice announcing a special safety inspection period to prevent the failure of ships’ mechanical and electrical equipment.

According to Britannia Club, in order to regulate ship navigation order the coast of Nantong and to improve navigation efficiency and safety, Jiangsu and Shanghai MSA jointly issued a Notice on February 4, 2024, on the announcement of the public routes and anchorages along the coast of Nantong.

The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has raised concern on the continued acts of maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia from January to March 2024.  

The Indian Ocean MoU published its annual report for 2023, reporting a total of 5785 inspections. Out of these 5785 inspections, 3021 inspections had deficiencies and the total numbers of deficiencies were 13346.

In a recent article, DNV highlights that from 1 January 2025, the amended EU MRV regulations will extend to general cargo vessels with a gross tonnage (GT) of 400 to 5000 and offshore vessels of 400 GT and above.

The Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF) has released guidelines highlighting recommendations for developing and implementing the Safety Management System (SMS) under the International Safety Management (ISM) Code, addressing specifically, potentially more hazardous alternative fuels used on board ships.

According to GMS’ latest weekly ship-recycling report, with Q1 2024 now in the rear-view mirror, 3 weeks of the Holy month of Ramadan behind us, and Eid holidays (marking the end of the holy month) set to commence next week across much of the world, it was certainly another quiet week in terms of sales and activity across the ship recycling globe.

The ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) Regulatory News report provides the necessary guidance document introduced to enhance cybersecurity measures and reporting requirements for breaches, suspicious activity, transportation security incidents and cyber incidents. 

AD Ports Group has published its Annual Report for the year of 2023, where their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy and progress are presented. 

Issues relating to conditions of employment continue to make up most of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) complaints, AMSA highlights in its new Safety Awareness Bulletin with two case studies.