Port of Long Beach receives funding for navigational efficiency improvements
Officials announced $8 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to help to make navigational efficiency improvements to Port of Long Beach waterways.
Read moreOfficials announced $8 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to help to make navigational efficiency improvements to Port of Long Beach waterways.
Read moreIMO informed that the first steering committee of a program to support safe navigation and security in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans took place from 19-20 January.
Read moreIndian Register of Shipping (IRS) wants to enhance inland vessel safety throughout India to aid the country’s economic growth.
Read moreICS published the new edition of the Bridge Procedures Guide reflecting the rapid technological advances taking place in the shipping industry.
Read moreThe verdict is now out and the sentence issued in the Wakashio incident. The events do not make for comfortable reading; “closing the coast to get a Wi-Fi signal”, “lookout released to attend a birthday party”, master admits to drinking “moderately” , another pristine island’s coastline damaged by pollution and the total loss of a ship. An incident that has cast shame on our industry, writes Capt. Mark Bull, FNI, Principal, Trafalgar Navigation Limited.
Read moreOn January 2, 2020, some models of FRUNO GPS or GMDSS devices with built-in FRUNO GPS experienced the ROLLOVER phenomenon, which caused a lot of trouble for many ships, reports Capt.Zhaoqingwei, Marine Safety Manager at DASIN SHIPPING PTE LTD.
Read moreMV Wakashio’s captain, who was imprisoned in Mauritius for 16 months, after the ship ran aground causing an oil spill, has returned to India after his release.
Read moreNowadays, with the increasingly strict requirements for environmental protection in the shipping industry, PSC inspections have started to focus on the environmental protection related content in the passage plan, argues Capt. Zhao Qingwei, Marine Safety Manager of Dasin shipping.
Read moreIn an article published in Swedish Club’s Triton, the Club and Orca AI, discuss the challenges that today’s digital tools present for seafarers, and explain how can AI be used in order to address these problems and ensure a safe navigation.
Read moreWhat are the important issues to consider in the event of an accident? What are the dos and don’ts when communicating a major accident? This was among the key topics of discussion during the 2021 SAFETY4SEA Virtual Forum in late October.
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