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ClassNK releases amendments to class rules for the сonstruction of steel ships

Leading classification society ClassNK has announced that it released amendments to its Rules and Guidance for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships on...

SOLAS amendments entering into force 1 January 2020

​Measures aimed at preventing accidents with lifeboats enter into force on 1 January 2020. The SOLAS amendments address maintenance, thorough examination, operational testing, overhaul...

PICT became the first container terminal with ISO certification in Pakistan

Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) subsidiary at the Port of Karachi, recently became the first container terminal in...

Risk Intelligence is raising the visibility of cargo theft

Risk Intelligence A/S announces today that they have partnered with the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) to substantially enhance the visibility of cargo theft...

VIKING to supply its container firefighting system for V.Ships

Container firefighting across the V.Ships Hamburg container ship fleet has been entrusted to the HydroPenTM system, after VIKING Life-Saving Equipment secured a contract to...

Iceland announces stringent sulphur regulations

The Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources has issued a regulation tightening fuel requirements, which effectively bans the use of heavy fuel oil...

Kongsberg and NSSR join forces to develop new SAR solutions

Collaboration aims to improve access to sonar equipment for maritime emergencies faster and easier Kongsberg Maritime has signed an agreement with the Norwegian Society for...

DNV GL developed new class rules and a class notation “Gas fuelled LPG”

As the maritime industry looks to reduce emissions to air and work towards the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) greenhouse gas reduction strategy, alternative fuels...

India acceded to the IMO ship recycling convention

India, one of the world's five major ship recycling countries, has acceded to the IMO Hong Kong Convention, the treaty that will set global...

K-LINE installs alcohol detector linked to smartphone onboard its vessels

“K” LINE has started to install alcohol detector linked to smartphone, developed by the system development company “Pai-R Co., Ltd.,” to vessels under the...

NOAA ceases production of all paper nautical charts

NOAA is undertaking a five-year program to end all raster and paper nautical chart production. Ultimately, production of all NOAA paper nautical charts, raster navigational...

Saipem receives the Total Safety Award for an innovative system

Saipem has received the Total Safety Award for an innovative system that improves performances during operations in confined spaces in terms of personnel safety,...

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