Current and Upcoming PSC CIC of 2015
Last quarter of year will again be similar as far as CIC by various PSC MOU is concerned. While most of the MOUs have announced the CIC and with the…
Indian Ocean MOU Announces CIC for Cargo Securing in 2016
The Indian Ocean Memorandum of Understanding on port State control (IOMOU) held its eighteenth Committee meeting in Mauritius from the 25th – 28th of August, 2015. This meeting was hosted…
Master Intoxication Leads to Vessel Detention
A container vessel was detained by USCG PSCO at Key Largo, Florida as Master was suspected in state of intoxication. The incident dates to 28th July 2015 during regular PSC…
USCG Concern Over Tianjin Explosion and Possible Contamination
The Coast Guard published a Marine Safety Information Bulletin 07/2015, advising maritime industry with respect to assessing potential contamination risks from the Tianjin explosions and the responsibility of vessel and…
Hong Kong Flag Concern on PSC Detention and Checklist
Hong Kong flag administration has analysed the detention of its flag vessel for the period from 1 Jan 2015 to 31st July 2015. total 37 vessel were detained during this…
UK MCA Launches Portal for CoC and CEC Verification
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has established a website to verify validity and authenticity of UK Certificates of Competency (CoC) and Certificates of Equivalent Competency (CEC) Shipping Company,…
Singapore MPA Issued Revised Guidance for SSAS Test and Transmission
Singapore Flag administration, MPA has issued shipping circular 15/2015 dealing with email id and other requirement for SSAS. In this circular MPA advised new email id for SSAS test and…
OCIMF: Changes to Operator Access & Functionality
OCIMF have switched over to new SIRE Operator website and is now available for full use by ship operators. All access credentials are unchanged from the previous system and the…
Caribbean MOU announces CIC on Safety of Navigation and Hours of Work/Rest
The 17 Maritime Authorities of the Caribbean Memorandum of Understanding (CMOU) on Port State Control will launch its second Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) with the purpose of ensuring compliance with…
AIS Encoding Guide by USCG
AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM is a valuable navigation safety radio communication tool. However, its usefulness is undermined by the broadcast of inaccurate, improper or outdated data. It is required that each…