The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released its investigation report on the contact of the tanker Nanny in Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut which reveals that fatigue among the crew contributed to the incident. No pollution or injuries were reported, but there was damage to the vessel’s ballast tanks, including a crack that allowed water ingress.
The issue of safe carriage of laterite nickel ore has attracted attention of international society. A latest judgment of Chinese court shows that the IMSBC Code shall be applicable to the safe carriage of the laterite nickel ore.
Dr Grahaeme Henderson has been elected as the UK Chamber of Shipping’s President for 2016-17. During his inaugural address as the chamber’s President, Dr Henderson praised significant progress made by the UK Chamber on a range of issues and highlighted key issued for focus on the agenda.
Liner schedule reliability fell to its worst level in 12 months in February when the average on-time performance slipped by 7 percentage points to 62.7%, according to Carrier Performance Insight, the online schedule reliability tool provided by Drewry Supply Chain Advisors.
In this video, the UK MAIB Chief Inspector comments the report into the listing, flooding and grounding of vehicle carrier Hoegh Osaka, on the Bramble Bank in The Solent.
The Britannia P&I Club has issued a useful guide focusing on how to stay safe onboard and face dangerous situations. There are many situations on board a ship where accidents can happen, from slipping over on deck to not realising the dangers of entering enclosed spaces.
Singapore has reaffirmed the instrumental role ReCAAP has played in anti-piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia on the occasion of the ReCAAP 10th Governing Council meeting.
DNV GL introduced a new form of reporting that revolutionizes survey reporting for fleet managers. The newly structured report defines safety barriers and trends, utilizing DNV GL’s extensive experience with barrier management in the offshore oil and gas industry.
The UK MAIB issued report on the investigation into the listing, flooding and grounding of Hoegh Osaka in Bramble Bank, The Solent, UK on 3 January 2015. Stability modelling and analysis following the accident show that Hoegh Osaka heeled heavily to starboard while turning as a result of having departed port with inadequate stability.A key finding of the MAIB investigation is that no departure stability calculation had been carried out on completion of cargo operations and before Hoegh Osaka sailed.
In February, the Special Cargo team at Maersk Line in Rotterdam loaded a tugboat weighing in at 350 metric tons – equalling the weight of 130 grown elephants! – onto Magleby Maersk headed to Singapore. This shipment broke the previous weight record of a 310 tons generator from Norfolk to Busan.
Moody’s has changed its outlook on the global shipping sector to negative as it expects supply growth to outpace demand growth in 2016 by more than 2%, suppressing freight rates, particularly in the dry bulk and containership segments. The outlook for the tanker segment remains stable as low crude oil prices will continue to boost demand for tankers.
The Government of India has relaxed cabotage restrictions for ports which transship at least 50% of the container handled by them. The cabotage relaxation will enable shipping lines to consolidate Indian EXIM and empty containers at transshipment ports in India for onward transportation to destination ports by main shipping lines.
Kongsberg Maritime has received IMO Type Approval (Wheelmark) for its state-of-the-art MGC R3 COMPASS system. The gyro compass fits well into the range of offerings from KONGSBERG for navigation and ship control systems.
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