AMSA Issued a marine notice reminding vessel operators and Master on the coastal pilotage requirement for Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait. This marine notice replaces 04/2014 Coastal PilotageVessel masters,…
In order to determine the ship’s attained EEDI required by MARPOL ANNEX VI, the ship speed in calm sea conditions is to be calculated based on the speed trial results.…
As part of ongoing efforts to enhance maritime domain awareness, Coust Guard continue to improve handling of essential data contained within Notices of Arrival and Departure (NOAD). On Tuesday, 26…
European Parliament and of the Council approved Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 approved dealing mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at national and Union…
Due to the ongoing issues regarding embarked security personnel in the West Africa / Gulf of Guinea region, Marshall Island issued a security advisory for clarification. Republic of the Marshall…
Recent failures in dead ship towing operations resulting in the loss of the tow have illustrated the need for additional oversight of such operations. Transport Canada published Ship Safety Bulletin…
DG Shipping issued clarification on carriage of oil as cargo in OSVs which is Corrigendum 1 to Engineering Circular No. 4 of 2013. The circular was an attempt at streamlining…
OCIMF Released Rev 1.1 to VIQ 6 on 16th March 2015 and has been put in use since then, below are some important points highlighted from the revised VIQ.1. Section…
MPA Singapore issued shipping circular 09/2015 for Singapore flag vessels calling Yemen, The security situation in Yemen has deteriorated further with increasingly widespread armed conflicts. The ground conditions remain fluid…
“With regard to the reported shooting incident on 14 May 2015 (Singapore time), involving a Singapore-registered tanker ‘Alpine Eternity’ that took place in international waters, Singapore is deeply concerned with…
