Empowering seafarers to keep themselves alive and their ships safe
Posted in ICC, IMB, International Chamber of Commerce, International Maritime Bureau, hostage, hostages, piracy on Apr 30th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre to ships [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 30th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Coast Guard investigates fatality at sea
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
The 39-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was repairing a suspected gas leak on the Zenith as the vessel was about 72 miles southeast of False
Shipping Industry Guidance on Rigging Pilot Ladders
Issues [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 29th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Crew of Spanish boat hijacked by Somali pirates freed
The Associated Press -
De la Vega said the government would be taking up the subject of maritime piracy at a European Commission meeting Tuesday. “We have taken steps so that
Appeals panel [...]
Posted in podcast on Apr 28th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! NEW: The Case Of The Bendy Boxer
She was big, she was fast, she could take a beating, but a whipping sent her to pieces.
The first of a two-part episode on the structural failure of the MSC Napoli
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 25th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Somali forces storm hijacked Dubai ship, arrest pirates
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Security forces in northern Somalia stormed a hijacked ship carrying food Tuesday, rescuing hostages and arresting seven pirates, officials said. The seizure was the latest in a spate of pirate attacks [...]
Posted in IMB, International Maritime Bureau, piracy on Apr 25th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre to ships [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 25th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Professor William Tetley of Canada’s McGill University’s Faculty of Law has an often tongue in cheek site (How to Become a Maritime Lawyer Without Even Trying) and insight into some major cases like the Prestige from a maritime law perspective.
If, like me, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 23rd, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Some container industry executives might have been asking “Where’s the love?” when the UK’s Maritime Accident Investigation Branch report on the structural failure of the MSC Napoli landed on their desks this week, most, however would have had an inkling that a [...]
Posted in MAIB. Maritime accident, grounding, lifeboat, maritime accidents on Apr 22nd, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! We’ll be covering the MAIB’s 56 page and two annexe MSC Napoli report in more depth anon but a footnote got our immediate attention:
“It was evident during the investigation that the master had placed a great deal of emphasis on the importance [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Engineer airlifted to burns unit from Liverpool Bay
Liverpool Daily Post - Liverpool,England,UK
Steve Armitage, of Hoylake lifeboat, said they had been told there had been an accident on board the ship leading to the engineer’s injuries.
Marine Board of Investigation into Sinking of [...]
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