Empowering seafarers to keep themselves alive and their ships safe
Posted in Uncategorized on May 30th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Pirates grab cargo ships off Somalia coast
Two cargo ships have been hijacked in the Gulf of Aden between Yemen and Somalia, a Kenyan maritime official said Thursday.
“The ill-fated vessels under captivity are MV Lehmann and MV Arean,” said Andrew Mwangura of the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 30th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! It’s almost a month away from the Piper Alpha tragedy which cost the lives of 167 men and led to major changes in the offshore industry. Jake Molly, regional organiser of the union Oil Industry Liason Committee believes the changes might not [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 30th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! “In the eyes of many experts, Safety Management Systems have actually stagnated because many DP’s have not received relevant training in management systems and safety management in particular. Often, it seems, the DP is unaware that he or she is lacking knowledge, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Two communications arrived in MAC’s inbox over the past couple of days with bad news for the families of four now-dead stowaways.
Two bodies were found in a hold aboard the bulk carrier Pascal in Ayr, Scotland. The two men apparently boarded the [...]
Posted in maritime accident casebook, maritime accidents, maritime safety news on May 29th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Eight missing in E China ship collision
Xinhua - China
NANJING, May 27 (Xinhua) — Eight passengers were missing after a yacht collided with a cargo ship in a section of the Yangtse River in the eastern Jiangsu .
Somalia sends troops to [...]
Posted in ATSB, Australia, Fire, fire safety on May 28th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Australia’s Transportation Safety Board has released its report on the fire aboard the BBC Islander last August. It isn’t a pretty sight. A fitter who couldn’t understand the ship’s SMS hot work requirements because it was in English, inadequate SMS procedures for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28th, 2008
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Malaria Guidelines: Download Malaria - You Are Part Of It! Brochure: Download Malaria Kills Poster 1: Download Fever After The Tropics - See Your Doctor!: Download Nobody Goes To Malaria Risk Areas With Protection: DownloadLike us? Bookmark this article! “too many seafarers are unaware that malaria is serious and potentially fatal; the real risk for seafarers is often miscalculated; seafarers are not familiar with the signs and symptoms of malaria; and seafarers do not protect against malaria sufficiently and do not [...]
Posted in accident reporting, maritime accidents, maritime crime on May 28th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Two bodies found in ship’s hold
The bodies of two men have been found in the hold of a ship docked at Ayr harbour, police have said. Officers were alerted to the discovery on the 90m-long cargo ship, The Pascal, at about 1440 [...]
Posted in piracy on May 28th, 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 May 27th, 2008
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Somali pirates seize cargo vessel: owner
Somali pirates have hijacked a Panama-flagged cargo freighter off Somalia as it was sailing to the Romanian port of Constanza, its owner and a Kenyan official said. ‘A ship owned by Dutch Reider Shipping was boarded off [...]
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