Piracy and armed robbery against ships off the coast of Somalia, in the Gulf of Aden and the wider Indian Ocean will be high on the agenda when IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) meets at the Organization’s London Headquarters for its 90th session from 16 to 25 May 2012. A High-Level Segment will be held [...]
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Superior Energy Services of Houston, Texas, took delivery of one of the most advanced maritime training simulators ever developed, in April 2012. The next-generation simulator from Kongsberg Maritime will be used to provide integrated, real-time training for Superior’s offshore marine personnel at its new facility in Anchorage, Alaska. Under the terms of the contract, signed [...]
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Considerable effort is being expended to make the graphical symbols used within safety signs internationally recognised throughout the world. The meaning of some symbols is not always obvious and often training is required to ensure they are fully understood. Education can be achieved in a number of ways by including graphical symbols in operation manuals, [...]
A workshop in Helsinki on 15 May 2012 aims to identify the future challenges for maritime safety in the Baltic Sea Region. More and larger vessels will pass the Baltic Sea in the years to come, and therefore it is important to address the challenges for maritime safety which will follow in the wake of [...]
Always seeking new ways to enhance safety, the shipping industry is turning to Sweden and the Swedish Maritime Administration to continuously track locations of cruise and cargo vessels sailing European waters. The MONALISA project, led by The Swedish Maritime Administration, has attracted considerable international interest and the world’s largest cruise company, Carnival Corporation & plc, [...]
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The Danish Maritime Authority is still in the lead of the development of the navigation concept of the future, e-Navigation. Now, the framework is no longer called by EfficienSea, but ACCSEAS. With the conclusion of the EfficienSea project in early 2012, one could fear that the work on e-Navigation would become homeless. But fortunately that [...]
As part of Faroe Maritime Technic’s expansion plans the Company announced the appointment of Oil Conveyer Limited (OCL) as partner and distributor for the UK and Ireland. OCL will be working alongside its sister company Pumpseal, a long established and experienced supplier of pumps, motors and oil water separator products into the marine industry. Based [...]
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Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries around the world, will showcase Intertek ShipCare marine industry testing and inspection services at the Seatrade Offshore Marine Asia 2012, booth C26, Singapore pavilion. Intertek ShipCare marine services support the world’s maritime shipping industry. ShipCare Marine services cover Bunker Fuel [...]
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The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Research Council of Norway (RCN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today, to renew their bilateral agreement on maritime Research and Development (R&D), education and training for another three years. The fifth MPA-RCN MoU was signed by MPA’s Chief Executive, Mr Lam Yi Young and [...]
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After an inauspicious start, 2012 will be another difficult and uncertain year for the maritime industry faced with the aftermath of the Costa Concordia, further problems in the Euro zone, pirate attacks and increased sanctions, according to Willis Global Marine, part of Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker. The latest Willis Marine Market Review [...]
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