The Indian Navy has said that it had freed a hijacked Iranian fishing vessel from nine armed pirates in the Arabian Sea on Friday, rescuing its crew unharmed. The Al-Kambar…

The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP), on behalf of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), has successfully prosecuted a ship’s master and shipping company, following a serious accident involving…

The Government of the Republic of Marshall Islands has issued Marine Notice advising on the special requirements for fire extinguishing arrangement for paint and flammable liquid lockers on Marshall Islands…

The Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance is pleased to announce the release of the U.S. Port State Control Annual Report for 2023. This marks another year of PSC…

ITOPF has published its Oil Tanker Spill Statistics for the year 2023 and it shows 10 oil spills of more than seven tonnes occurred in the year. These statistics bring…

ITOPF has recently published HNS response manual. The present Manual has been developed by Cedre, ISPRA and ITOPF in the framework of the West MOPoCo project at the request of…

IMO released erratum to Marpol consolidated edition 2022 in Dec 2023. As per this erratum Annex V, Appendix VIII has been revised. Appendix VIII is Form of International Energy Efficiency…

Krisnapatnam port has issued a trade notice dated 14th March 2024 advising the revised SOP for Safe Discharge Operation/Man Entry to Holds. All the vessel calling to Krishnapatnam Port in…

IMO issued corrigendum to FAL convention 2024 edition. This corrigendum makes editorial corrections to the FAL Convention, 1965 adopted by FAL 46. There is correction indicated in Section 1: Definitions…

The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) issued a press release assuring all the stakeholder on safe seaway bridges. The press release reads as below Quote CORNWALL (March 26, 2024)…