The Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance is pleased to announce the publication of the 2024 Flag State Control Domestic Annual Report. This report highlights U.S. domestic fleet deficiencies,…
The Panama Ship Registry has become the first naval registry in the world to implement stricter controls and mandatory traceability for offshore ship-to-ship (STS) transfers of hydrocarbons. This new measure,…
On December 27, 2021, the Coast Guard published an interim final rule: Fire Safety of Small Passenger Vessels, Interim Rule, Federal Register 73160, December 27, 2021 (link). This interim final…
The Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) has taken immediate and decisive action in response to the recent inclusion of a company, a Panamanian citizen, and 17 vessels registered under the Panamanian…
MTN 01-94, Acceptance Criteria for Pressure Vessels on Reflagged Vessels, issued February 28, 1994, has been determined to be obsolete and has been canceled by the Marine Safety Center (MSC).…
The Panamanian Ship Registry has updated its policies to optimize the operational performance of its fleet, minimize the risk of detentions, and prevent the entry of vessels from the so-called…
The Latin American Agreement on Port State Control of Vessels (Vina del Mar, 1992) announced about the implementation of the 2025 Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC), focused on Ballast Water Management,…
Indian Ocean MOU issued a press relase that they will also jointly condict the CIC on BWM along with Paris & Tokyo MOU. The Press Release is as below “The…
Panama Maritime Authority issued MMC-404 which has measures adopted to enhance the performance of the Panamanian Merchant Fleet – Pre-arrival checklist for ports under the Port State Control (PSC) supervision…
DG Shipping, Maritime Administrator for India, issued annual report on STCW for the Nautical wing. For the engineering branch similar report was published earlier. The report is very comprehensive and…
