The Administration of the Vanuatu International Shipping Registry (VISR) hereby advises all stakeholders of its transition to the issuance of statutory certificates in electronic format and the mandatory implementation of…
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…
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…
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…
PMA has issued revised MMC 317 advising the applicants that, since September 01, 2025, requests are submitted through the new platform SEGUMAR 2.0. Additionally, please make sure that the Blue…
The Cook Islands Maritime Administration is pleased to announce the launch of the Cook Islands Vessel Verification Portal, an online search and verification tool designed to enhance transparency, efficiency, and…
Near the end of the regular workday on 10 March 2025, crewmembers on board the Republic of the Marshall Islandsregistered AMPHITRITE, managed by Diana Shipping Services S.A. (the “Company”), were…
USCG issued Safety Alert highlighting the critical importance of preventing water intrusion into fuel tanks. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) investigated a marine casualty that occurred in the Corpus Christi…
PMA issued revised circular MMC 194 for the certain requirements to allow extended service intervals not exceeding 30 months for novel inflatable Liferafts. Hence, a uniform and equivalent level of…
