The Marine Incident Annual Report 2025 analyses marine incidents across domestic commercial vessels (DCVs), foreign-flagged vessels (FFVs) and regulated Australian vessels (RAVs), identifying trends across the entire fleet over the past five years.   In 2025, we received 4,174 marine incident reports, providing a whole-of-fleet view of where safety risks are emerging and how they are changing over time… Read more: Marine Incident Data Highlights Safety Risks Across Australia’s Fleet

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has appointed experienced maritime leader Greg Witherall as Executive Director Operations, effective immediately. A Master Mariner with more than 30 years’ experience across the maritime sector, Mr Witherall brings extensive operational, technical and regulatory expertise to the role. His career spans frontline seafaring, vessel command, safety regulation and executive… Read more: AMSA appoints Greg Witherall as Executive Director Operations

At a public sitting held today, the Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea formed to deal with The M/T “Heroic Idun” (No. 2) Case (Marshall Islands/Equatorial Guinea) delivered its Judgment. The Judgment was read by Judge Hoffmann, President of the Special Chamber. The dispute concerns the lawfulness of the… Read more: The M/T “Heroic Idun” Case – Special Chamber Delivers its Judgment

The U.S. Coast Guard has published the revised Commercial Vessel Compliance Work Instruction, CVC-WI-021(3), which implements the Performance-Driven Certificate of Compliance (COC) Examination Schedule, a new framework that modernizes the examination process for foreign tank vessels. This initiative transitions the annual mid-period inspection from a rigid, time-based requirement to a flexible, data-driven model that rewards vessels… Read more: USCG Announces Performance-Driven Certificate of Compliance Examination Schedule for Foreign Tank Vessels

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 2025. This marks another year of PSC activities with our annual report aimed at providing the global maritime industry key statistics and compliance trends in relation to compliance with U.S. and international regulations, such… Read more: 2025 USCG’s Port State Control Annual Report