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MOL starts Safety Campaign

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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 12:23

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced the launch of the semiannual Safety Campaign for all MOL-operated vessels. During the campaign, the company will publicize about

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Videotel launches training video aimed at preventing accidents in powered watertight doors

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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 14:04

Videotel Marine International, the world's leading producer of maritime training videos, DVDs and computer based training programmes, has responded to industry requests to produce

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Yarmouth Coastguard alert shipping to 60 tonnes of lost cargo

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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 13:30

Yarmouth Coastguard have been warning leisure boaters and regular marine traffic to a significant amount of lost cargo from the 79 metre Norwegian registered vessel Sally

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HELCOM report shows a 22% drop in ship accidents in the Baltic

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Monday, 30 August 2010 08:29

While the Baltic continues to be one of the most heavily trafficked seas in the world, the number of ship accidents has dropped drastically, especially in such busy traffic area like

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Russian tug with 14 sailors sinks in Laptev Sea

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Friday, 27 August 2010 11:18

The Alexei Kulakovsky tugboat with 14 crewmembers on board sank in the Laptev Sea on early Friday morning some 20 nautical miles from the shore,

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IMB warns against misuse of NVOCC Bills of Lading

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Thursday, 26 August 2010 09:27

The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has identified a number of fraudulent shipments originating in India, all appearing on otherwise convincing shipping documents.

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MSC blames collision bulker

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Thursday, 12 August 2010 11:41

The company statement regarding MSC Chitra casualty says that collision took place in the approaches to Mumbai at about 0935 hours local time on 7th August 2010,

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Collision leads to oil spill off Mumbai

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Monday, 09 August 2010 13:29

The Coast Guard personnel rescued 33 crew members from two merchant vessels on Saturday morning, after they collided off the Mumbai harbour resulting in an oil spill in the vicinity of

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ABS revises Guide for vessels operating in low temperature environments

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Friday, 06 August 2010 13:56

ABS has revised its comprehensive Guide for vessels operating in the Arctic and comparable harsh environments incorporating nearly four years of operational experience since the Guide

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US divers inspect stricken MOL tanker

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Monday, 02 August 2010 09:31

US navy diving experts have begun examining a Japanese oil tanker that was damaged in mysterious circumstances last week in the Strait of Hormuz, an English daily of the United Arab

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Ocean Signal® launches SafeSea® GMDSS range

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Friday, 30 July 2010 12:36

Communications and safety at sea specialist, Ocean Signal, will launch three new products at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg. Following extensive research and development by the

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Tankers inspected for damage stability by Paris MOU

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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 12:16

The Paris Memorandum on Port State Control will start a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) to verify correct damage stability on oil tankers, chemical tankers and gas carriers. This

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Multraship rescues coaster holed by fishing vessel

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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 12:00

Multraship has successfully brought the 1,258 dwt, St Vincent & Grenadine-flag general cargo vessel Janina to safety after it was holed by a fishing vessel while at anchor at Buitenbanken,

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Safer container securing and stowage software

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Saturday, 24 July 2010 10:06

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has developed and released new container-securing rules and software to provide a robust framework for safer, more effective modern ship designs. The new rules

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First training course certified to the world's only ice navigation standard

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Thursday, 22 July 2010 13:11

The Ship Manoeuvring Simulator Centre of Trondheim, Norway is the first training centre to have its navigation course certified to DNV’s ice navigation standard. “Representing the world’s

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Four foreign ships under detention in the UK during June 2010

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Wednesday, 21 July 2010 11:45

The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that 4 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during June 2010 after failing Port State Control (PSC)

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Port State Surveys on asbestos in the Netherlands

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Wednesday, 21 July 2010 09:12

Random inspections for asbestos in structure, equipment and ambient air onboard of ships are conducted in Dutch ports. These inspections are carried out during port state controls.

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Cargo vessel caught fire while docked at North Harbor, Manila

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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 13:02

MV West Ocean-1, a cargo vessel of 1,495 Gross Tonnage/1,043 Net Tonnage with thirty (30) officers and crew members onboard, caught fire while docked and loading container vans at

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Norway's satellite - AISSat-1 has started its mission

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Monday, 19 July 2010 09:36

With a payload developed by Kongsberg Seatex AS, the AISSat-1 was successfully launched from India on July 12th. The satellite has already begun transmitting AIS messages from space

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Port State Control act against multiple ship detentions

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Thursday, 15 July 2010 12:38

Representatives of the Port State Control Committee (the governing body under the Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Asia-Pacific Region) has agreed to a series

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Wilhelmsen Ships Service secures new contract

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Thursday, 15 July 2010 08:30

The world's leading maritime service network Wilhelmsen Ships Service has won a major contract to supply its Unitor brand of around 200 life rafts to 47 vessels of the MMS fleet. The life

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