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TT Club: X-Press Pearl fire shows hazardous cargoes need to be handled better

TT Club: X-Press Pearl fire shows hazardous cargoes need to be handled better

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 7, 2021 | News, Shipping

The X-Press Pearl fire underlines the continuing problem of ship fires caused by the mishandling of dangerous goods, says TT Club. According to the insurer, all those involved in the movement of such cargoes need to step up to their responsibilities and should act...
Shortage of maritime officers to reach decade high by 2026

Shortage of maritime officers to reach decade high by 2026

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 4, 2021 | News, Shipping

Diminishing attractiveness of a career at sea, coupled with rising man-berth ratios and continued fleet growth will lead to the highest shortfall of officers to crew the world’s merchant fleet in over a decade by 2026. This follows from the latest Manning Annual...
Roll Group to monitor fleet performance with Digital Twin

Roll Group to monitor fleet performance with Digital Twin

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 4, 2021 | News, Shipping

We4Sea and Inmarsat have secured the fleet-wide uptake of We4Sea’s web-based vessel performance monitoring service with the Roll Group. The heavy-lift shipowner placed the order after having trialled the cloud-based ship performance management tool. Dutch performance...
BMA: 87 per cent of seafarers still to receive a first vaccine

BMA: 87 per cent of seafarers still to receive a first vaccine

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 3, 2021 | News, Shipping

According to the Seafarer Covid-19 Welfare Survey by the Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) 87 per cent of seafarers are still waiting for a jab. Of the respondents to date, 86 per cent would be willing to have the vaccine if offered and 65 per cent would feel safer if...

‘Captain’s orders caused container ship Ever Given to run aground’

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 1, 2021 | Maritime accidents, News, Shipping

The captain’s orders were the main cause of the Ever Given grounding in the Suez Canal on 23 March. This is what the chief investigator of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), Sajid Shaisha, has told German news agency DPA, among others. According to him, when the...
Dutch Parliament: ‘Coast Guard must be able to force ships to take a certain route’

Dutch Parliament: ‘Coast Guard must be able to force ships to take a certain route’

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 1, 2021 | Container loss, News, Shipping

Dutch Parliament has once again urged Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen to grant the Coast Guard the authority to issue mandatory traffic guidance north of the Wadden Sea. In stormy conditions, the Coast Guard could then prohibit...
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