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Paris MoU Annual Report 2023

Posted on July 3, 2024July 3, 2024 by News Hound

The Paris MoU has published its 2023 Annual Report, providing an overview of the activities and statistics of the Paris MoU in 2023.

One of the important developments during the year was that, as of 1 July 2023, the Maritime Authority of Montenegro became a member of the Paris MoU on Port State Control. This resulted in the strengthening of the safety net formed by the joint efforts of the members of the Paris MoU throughout the region and particularly in the Adriatic Sea. Continue reading “Paris MoU Annual Report 2023”

Safer Seas Digest 2023 published by the NTSB

Posted on July 1, 2024July 1, 2024 by News Hound

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its Safer Seas Digest 2023, highlighting the most important lessons learned from 31 maritime tragedies that took place last year involving capsizings, contact, collisions, fires, flooding and groundings.

Among the investigations, the most sobering investigations NTSB conducted involve the loss of human life. In 2023, they completed their investigation of the fatal collision between the Coast Guard cutter Winslow Griesser and the center-console boat Desakata, which took the life of one Desakata crewmember and seriously injured another. Continue reading “Safer Seas Digest 2023 published by the NTSB”

‘Risk of drowning’ alert for some Jeanneau Yachts issued

Posted on June 28, 2024November 13, 2024 by CEO

The MCA have alerted the IIMS about issues surrounding Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 410, 440 and 490 models, which are equipped with Sleipner-Sidepower retractable bow thruster modules.

IIMS has been contacted directly by the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) to alert us to potential issues surrounding Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 410, 440 and 490 models, which are equipped with Sleipner-Sidepower retractable bow thruster modules. These models were built in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

The advice from Jeanneau is to immediately stop sailing. The company has issued a Continue reading “‘Risk of drowning’ alert for some Jeanneau Yachts issued”

AMSA fines hire and drive operator for illegal charter

Posted on June 27, 2024April 23, 2025 by News Hound

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has fined a ‘hire and drive’ operator $3,756 for the illegal charter of a domestic commercial vessel (DCV) on Sydney Harbour.

The vessel was chartered out as a class 2 (non-passenger) vessel, with a skipper, when it only held certification as a class 4 (hire and drive) vessel.

The operator advertised the vessel ‘for hire’ through an online third-party agency, which exclusively advertises class 1 (passenger) and class 2 vessels. Continue reading “AMSA fines hire and drive operator for illegal charter”

NTSB Issues Investigative Update for Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Posted on June 27, 2024June 27, 2024 by News Hound

Exemplar terminal block identical to model removed from ship. (Source: WAGO)

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released an update for its ongoing investigation on the shipping incident that caused the Baltimore Bridge Collapse following a collision with the container ship MV Dali.

The Dali was leaving Baltimore Harbor on 26 March when it lost electrical power and propulsion and struck the southern pier supporting the central truss spans of the bridge. A portion of the bridge subsequently collapsed. Six construction crewmembers on the bridge at the time of the contact were fatally injured, one construction crewmember was seriously injured and one crewmember on the Dali was injured. Continue reading “NTSB Issues Investigative Update for Baltimore Bridge Collapse”

IIMS President meets Sailors’ Society in Goa

Posted on June 21, 2024June 21, 2024 by News Hound

Capt Manoj Joy (left) and Johan Smith (right) from Sailors' Society with Capt Ruchin Dayal in the eDOT office in Goa, India — Capt Manoj Joy (left) and Johan Smith (right) from Sailors’ Society with Capt Ruchin Dayal in the eDOT office in Goa, India

Recently I was delighted to meet with Captain Manoj Joy and Johan Smith from Sailors’ Society, my chosen charity as President of the IIMS, for the next two years, at my offices in Goa. Sailors’ Society is a vital organization that provides comprehensive support to seafarers and their families around the world. Their work encompasses a wide range of services, from emotional and practical assistance to crisis response, Chaplaincy support, and so on. Captain Manoj, their representative in India, and Johan, Head of Wellness from South Africa, presented an overview of their work, highlighting their commitment to seafarers’ well-being. Continue reading “IIMS President meets Sailors’ Society in Goa”

MERI crane collision and bridge damage in Kiel canal

Posted on June 20, 2024June 20, 2024 by News Hound

BSU has published a report on an accident involving the Finnish-flagged heavy-lift vessel MERI

The German Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU) has published a report on an accident involving the Finnish-flagged heavy-lift vessel MERI while transporting a mobile harbour crane from Rostock to Esbjerg via the Kiel Canal.

Documentation indicates the ship and cargo exhibited a permissible height to pass the bridges on the NOK safely. However, while passing beneath the first bridges, the high bridges at Holtenau, on 30 November 2022, the mobile Continue reading “MERI crane collision and bridge damage in Kiel canal”

Ensuring compliance of oil filtering equipment on ships

Posted on June 18, 2024April 23, 2025 by News Hound

AMSA has outlined detailed guidelines for the installation and testing of oil filtering equipment

In an effort to enforce strict environmental standards, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has outlined detailed guidelines for the installation and testing of oil filtering equipment, specifically oily water separators, on ships.

In particular, oil filtering equipment installed on a ship on or after 1 January 2005 must be approved to meet Resolution MEPC.107(49) to comply with MARPOL Annex I Regulation 14.

The requirements include:
– a truly representative sample of the effluent with adequate pressure and flow is supplied to the 15ppm bilge alarm; Continue reading “Ensuring compliance of oil filtering equipment on ships”

Performance lists Paris MoU

Posted on June 18, 2024June 18, 2024 by News Hound

The Paris MoU Committee approved at its 57th meeting the 2023 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flag States and Recognized Organizations. These lists will be used from 1 July 2024.

The “White, Grey and Black (WGB) List” presents the full spectrum, from quality flags to flags with a poor performance that are considered high or very high risk. It is based on the total number of inspections and detentions during a 3-year rolling period for flags with at least 30 inspections in that period. Continue reading “Performance lists Paris MoU”

IIMS AGM, Conference and Dinner 2024

Posted on June 17, 2024April 23, 2025 by News Hound

In the first week of June, attendees from around the world gathered for this year’s IIMS AGM, Conference and Dinner.

Held at the beautiful Chilworth Manor Hotel near Southampton, the dinner was a chance for professionals from the marine surveying industry to meet and network.

Incoming President of the Institute, Captain Ruchin Dayal, addressed delegates that evening and announced his chosen charity the Sailors’ Society.

He said, “They are a recognised international organisation worthy of our collective support. Continue reading “IIMS AGM, Conference and Dinner 2024”

ABS Port State Control Q1 Report 2024 published

Posted on June 4, 2024April 23, 2025 by News Hound

ABS has published its Port State Control Report which comes out quarterly, providing information to owners on deficiencies identified on ABS vessels during inspections carried out by the various PSC regimes globally during the First Quarter of 2024.

Top categories for grounds for detention

For period 1 January to 31 March 2024, the top categories for Port State Control (PSC) detentions on ABS vessels in the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Tokyo MoU and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) database are are the following:
– ISM Continue reading “ABS Port State Control Q1 Report 2024 published”

New Zealand Ship Noise Specification delayed but a Noise Label Score is required

Posted on June 3, 2024June 4, 2024 by News Hound

All container vessels visiting a New Zealand port will be required to provide a Noise Label Score according to the Environmental Ship Index (ESI), following the NEPTUNES protocol, or confirm that a reactive silencer is fitted to one of ancillary engines used while at berth. If either of these requirements is not met, then from 1 June 2024 the vessel will be refused entry to any New Zealand port.

During late May, New Zealand’s ports announced that the NZ Ship Noise Specification won’t Continue reading “New Zealand Ship Noise Specification delayed but a Noise Label Score is required”

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