Commercial and passenger traffic resumes following Port of Genoa accident

Port of Genova – map Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, is advising that commercial and passenger traffic has resumed at the Port of Genoa, Italy, following the tragic Jolly Nero accident which brought down the Control Tower on Tuesday night. Commercial...

May 10th, 2013 | Maritime Accidents | Read More

Port of Genoa accident

Port of Genova – map Port of Genoa accident Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) wishes to extend its sincere condolences to the families of those killed in this week’s Jelly Nero accident which brought down the Pilot Tower in Genoa, Italy. The company advises that the full port closure, which will...

May 9th, 2013 | Maritime Accidents | Read More

CREWSURE Appoints G2 Crew Services as its global correspondent

Crewsure is delighted to announce it has appointed G2 Crew Services, the recently formed partnership between Griffin Global Group Limited and Gulf Agency Company Limited to act as its global Correspondent. Crewsure provides medical and personal accident insurance directly to crew and is underwritten...

April 25th, 2013 | Health and Safety, HR, Maritime Accidents | Read More

Titanic’s legacy – safer sea lanes in the North Atlantic

The “Titanic”, a drawing from the book Liners, Tankers and merchant Ships by Robert Jackson Titanic’s legacy – safer sea lanes in the North Atlantic (source: Lloyds of London) The International Ice Patrol, established in response to the Titanic disaster, celebrates one hundred...

April 15th, 2013 | Cruise Industry, Maritime Accidents, News, Tourism | Read More

The BankServe Guide 2013

The Insurance Aspects of Shipping and Offshore Financing, by Graham Barnes and edited by Peter Mellett This 200 plus page guide is one of the very few that can greatly minimise your shipping and offshore financing risks to all intents and purposes. This is the second edition of the Bankserve Guide to...

February 23rd, 2013 | Banking, Books, Insurance and Reinsurance, Legal, Marine Insurance, Maritime Accidents, Maritime Fraud, News, Oil Platforms and Rigs, Reports, Safety and Security, Shipfinance, Shipmanagement, Stock Markets, Trade and Commerce | Read More

Classification societies: Liability must stay limited or watch out for disaster

Michael Grey, Dominic Happe, Sir David Steel, Avv Franscesco Siccardi and Luc Grellet A stern warning against imposing unlimited liability upon classification societies following marine accidents was issued during a London Shipping Law Centre seminar on Thursday, February 21st. The seminar took place...

February 22nd, 2013 | Classification Societies, Conferences, Seminars, Forums, Health and Safety, Insurance and Reinsurance, Legal, Marine Insurance, Maritime Accidents, Maritime Education and Training, Safety and Security | Read More

Intercargo Calls for Swift Casualty Investigation into the Loss of the Harita Bauxite

The International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (Intercargo) has called for an early casualty investigation following the tragic loss of the bulk carrierHarita Bauxite. The Panama-registered, 1983-built handymax ship which was reportedly carrying a cargo of nickel ore from Obi, Indonesia to China,...

February 20th, 2013 | Intercargo, Maritime Accidents, Safety and Security | Read More

ICS Board meets in London

ICS Chairman Masamichi Morooka The Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) – the principal international trade association for shipowners, representing all sectors and trades and over 80% of the world merchant fleet – met in London today (5 February). Issues considered...

February 5th, 2013 | Environment, International Chamber of Shipping, Maritime Accidents, News, Ship Demolitions | Read More

USCG Chief Sounds Alarm On U.S. Flag Ship Detentions

USCG Chief Sounds Alarm On U.S. Flag Ship Detentions by John Konrad* What do the United States, Kazakhstan, Belize and Egypt have in common? They are all on the Paris MOU’s gray list of countries with too many port state detentions. And this is not news. It’s been three years now since the US Merchant...

February 3rd, 2013 | Flags, Health and Safety, Maritime Accidents, Safety and Security, What Others Say | Read More

Major Incident Prevention at heart of IMCA safety seminar

Jane Bugler The offshore oil industry has focused its safety efforts over the past 20 to 30 years on preventing incidents and injuries to people, basically preventing slips, trips and falls – the occupational health and safety aspects. In parallel there have been efforts to prevent major incidents...

December 18th, 2012 | Associations, Energy, Health and Safety, Manning - Seafarers and Offshore, Maritime Accidents, Safety and Security | Read More

MOL Woodchip Carrier Rescues a Yacht Skipper

TOKYO—Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) today announced that its owned and operated woodchip carrier Global Explorer rescued the skipper of a yacht Makalii that wrecked near the Line Islands, 1,500km south of the Hawaii Islands. The Global Explorer was under way from Coronel,...

December 14th, 2012 | HR, Maritime Accidents, Safety and Security | Read More

John Lang’s “Titanic”: simply different!

It is not just the plethora of books and the reasons for writing about the “Titanic”, whose name only encompasses the gigantic, the immense, conversely the effort was titanic so to speak for John Lang to bring forward another side until now totally ignored and or avoided (?) and help us understand...

December 1st, 2012 | Books, Maritime Accidents, News | Read More

IMCA publishes DP station keeping incidents

Jane Bugler Fifty six accounts of incidents that took place in 2010 on 41 vessels were submitted for the annual Dynamic Positioning (DP) Station Keeping Incidents report produced by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA). These incident accounts have been analysed and included in the...

November 29th, 2012 | Maritime Accidents | Read More

Shocker for scientists: Indian quake triggers more

Surprising USGS study suggests new definition for aftershocks* By Michael F. Haverluck Controversial results from a new study by the United States Geological Survey have provided a shocker to scientists by indicating seismic waves from the 8.6 East Indian Ocean earthquake on April 11 circled the...

October 12th, 2012 | Maritime Accidents, Oceanology, Safety and Security | Read More

GL Noble Denton Launches Marine Casualty Investigation Operations in Seattle

New York, 3 October 2012: GL Noble Denton has expanded its Marine Casualty Investigation (MCI) practice in North America by launching operations in Seattle, a primary hub for marine insurance. The new base will allow the company’s team of experienced surveyors to meet the growing demand for marine...

October 3rd, 2012 | Classification Societies, Maritime Accidents, P and I Clubs | Read More

Learning the lessons, reporting DP incidents

In recent years there has been an increasing scrutiny of DP incidents, due, amongst other things, to high profile maritime incidents. Ian Giddings, Technical Adviser – Marine, at the International marine Contractors Association (IMCA) will be addressing ‘Learning the Lessons, Reporting DP Incidents’...

October 1st, 2012 | Maritime Accidents, Safety and Security | Read More

Grounding caused by sleeping watchkeeper -

Grounding caused by sleeping watchkeeper - CATEGORY: Navigation Issue date: 1st June 2012 Dry cargo: container Case number: 10/2012 Please note that this case study has been extracted from UK MAIB’s Accident Investigation Report no. 10/2012 The incident At 05.36 hrs on 3rd August 2011, the 7,852...

June 2nd, 2012 | Maritime Accidents, P and I Clubs, Safety and Security | Read More

RENA Container recovery passes 800 mark

Containers can be seen pushing up the hatch covers in the bow section - photo credit LOC The number of containers recovered from the stricken Rena on Mount Mauganui’s Astrolabe Reef has risen above the 800 mark. A total of 815 of the 1,368 containers have now been brought to port. Braemar Howells’...

May 23rd, 2012 | Environment, Maritime Accidents | Read More

MAIB’S Report 10/2012 on the accident of “Karin Schepers”

The Karin Schepers Earlier this month, on the 4th of May we published MAIB’s Safety Digest issue 1/2012; today we bring you MAIB’s 10/2012 report on the “Karin Schepers” accident, so click herebelow to read same in full: KarinSchepersReportWeb We look forward your comments.

May 19th, 2012 | Maritime Accidents, Safety and Security | Read More

GL Noble Denton Appoints John Walker to Lead Americas Marine Casualty Investigation Practice

John Walker New York, 09 May 2012: Mr John Walker has been appointed as head of GL Noble Denton’s growing Marine Casualty Investigation practice for the Americas region. Based in the New York office, John leads a team of expert marine engineers, master mariners and naval architects. His team play...

May 9th, 2012 | Classification Societies, Maritime Accidents, News | Read More

The Thirtieth Anniversary of the Atlantic Conveyor – 25 May 2012 approaches

The Atlantic Conveyor's Memorial in Pembroke - photo by Peter N. Pontikos Perhaps the most famous merchant vessel to be lost in the Falklands war was Atlantic Conveyor, a 1,200 teu containership built at Swan Hunter in 1970 and operated by Atlantic Container Line, a well known shipping firm at the...

April 5th, 2012 | Maritime Accidents, News, What Others Say | Read More

Polemis: caution and prudence in all fronts

The FT World Shipping Congress in Athens We bring you Spyros Polemis’ opening speech in its entirety and look forward your comments: Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentleman, When I last chaired a major shipping conference in Athens organised by the Financial Times, it was just a day or two after...

February 20th, 2012 | Conferences, Seminars, Forums, Manning - Seafarers and Offshore, Maritime Accidents, Piracy and Terrorism, Politics and Government, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Shipfinance | Read More

IMO Secretary-General expresses deep sympathy for Rabaul Queen victims

IMO Secretary General Koji Sekimizu has extended his sincere condolences to friends and families of all those who have been caught up in the MV Rabaul Queen sinking in Papua New Guinea. Mr. Sekimizu spoke with the Papua New Guinea High Commissioner in London, Ms Winnie Anna Kiap, to express his deep...

February 3rd, 2012 | IMO, Maritime Accidents | Read More

MOL-operated Containership Rescues 116 Shipwreck Survivors off Papua New Guinea

Tokyo, 3 February 2012—Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) today announced that the MOL-operated containership MOL Summer rescued 116 survivors from the ferry Rabaul Queen, which sank about 17 km east of Papua New Guinea. According to local reports, the Rabaul Queen with about 350...

February 3rd, 2012 | Maritime Accidents | Read More

IMO Secretary-General says that IMO is right body to deal with safety debate after “Costa Concordia”

IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu, speaking at the opening of the Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases (BLG) today (30 January 2012), stated that IMO is the right international body to deal with safety of passenger ships and, in particular, a safety review after the Costa Concordia accident. He...

January 30th, 2012 | IMO, Maritime Accidents | Read More