The Office of the Maritime Administrator, Vanuatu International Shipping Registry (VISR), hereby informs all stakeholders that, in order to capture and reflect the requirements introduced by the Maritime Labour Convention,…
USCG issued Safety Alert 003/26 for the immersion suit inspections & maintenance. U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) inspectors frequently find immersion suit defects caused by adhesive failures between the main zipper…
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating 21 individuals and entities and identifying one vessel that have transferred oil products, procured weapons…
The International Chamber of Shipping condemns the recent attacks on commercial shipping in the Black Sea. It is wholly unacceptable that seafarers, civilians simply doing their jobs and keeping global…
SUPERMAN provides a clear and balanced framework for agreements between shipowners and supervision service providers for vessel construction. It ensures that responsibilities, authority, and obligations are well-defined, giving clarity and…
The Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) has received a report of an accident involving personal injury during the use of a palletising machine on a factory trawler, where the removal of…
Yesterday’s sentencing* of Sealord and the skipper of one of its deep water fishing ships, Ocean Dawn, in relation to the death of a crew member was an important message…
Liberia Flag issued Marine Notice ADM-007 Rev. 01/26 which supersedes ADM-007, Rev 07/23. The purpose of this Notice is to provide guidance to shipowners, operators, Master’s, Liberian auditors and Recognized…
The Panama Maritime Authority (PMA), as the governing body of the Panama Ship Registry, informs that it is aware of the incident that affected a Panamanian-flagged vessel in Ukraine yesterday.…
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) STARRS study main objective is to provide recommendations for further industry guidance and input to the development of International Maritime Organization (IMO) relevant instruments.…
