Tag: Safety

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has revoked the bunker craft operator licence of Seaquest Tanker Pte Ltd and the bunker supplier...

Low-Cost Remote Detection of Hazardous Gas Levels Ensuring health and safety of employees in industrial settings is always a challenge.  There are various well-established technologies...

Draft ISO 8217:2016 Standard For Fuel Quality Will Reduce Quality Control Standards And Increase Risk For Shipowners Earlier this year the International Organization for Standardization...

Mfame earlier reported the fatality of the tugboat ‘Specialist,’ which sank after it crashed into a construction barge near the Tappan Zee bridge. A video was...

Announcement of Second Draft Restriction As anticipated in Advisories to Shipping A-5-2016, A-7-2016 and A-12-2016, a second draft restriction is being hereby announced. Effective April 29,...

A 15,487-ton container ship broke apart and became stranded on a reef near Shihmen in New Taipei City, causing a massive oil slick. Accident type Shipwreck Vessel...

Draft mandatory requirements relating to maintenance, thorough examination, operational testing, overhaul and repair of lifeboats and rescue boats, launching appliances and release gear were...

Accident Fire Date 16th March 2016 Vessel type Bulk Carrier(under construction) Location CSSC Chengxi Shipyard Casualties Two dead A 64,000 DWT bulk carrier, which was under construction at CSSC Chengxi Shipyard, caught fire and...

A ship moored at Barriera Wharf was assisted by tugs and pilots after grounding. The Vessel Traffic Service Of Malta received a report yesterday at...

Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS), the International convention which ensures that ships flagged by signatory States comply with minimum safety standards in...