Vestdavit wins contract to supply six French Navy vessels Leading marine-davit manufacturer Vestdavit has secured a contract with shipbuilder Socarenam to supply fast rescue boat davit systems for six patrouilleurs d’outre-mer (POM)…
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American P&I Club: MSCI notice on the threat to commercial vessels from Iran and its proxies: guidance generally as to shipboard vigilance
American P&I Club: MSCI notice on the threat to commercial vessels from Iran and its proxies: guidance generally as to shipboard vigilance JANUARY 08, 2020 MARITIME SECURITY COMMUNICATIONS WITH INDUSTRY…
American Club member Alert 23 July 2019
AMERICAN CLUB MEMBER ALERT (July 23, 2019) RE – ENHANCED VIGILANCE RECOMMENDED FOR VESSELS TRANSITING ARABIAN GULF (AG), STRAITS OF HORMUZ (SOH) AND GULF OF OMAN (GOO) Following incidents of…
Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project regional mapping meeting for Atlantic and Indian Oceans held in Palisades, New York
The first Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project regional mapping meeting for the Atlantic and Indian Oceans took place this month at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. The meeting…
Shipping in the Indian Ocean is still at risk
Underestimating the security risk in the Indian Ocean could put ships in great danger once again, says leading maritime security company MAST Ltd. Gerry Northwood OBE, COO of MAST, said:…
Marking 10 years since Indian Ocean tsunami, UN says world better prepared for natural disasters
26 December 2014 – It has been ten years since a massive tsunami swept across the Indian Ocean killing more than 200, 000 people and devastating coastline communities from Indonesia…
10 years after Indian Ocean tsunami, Asia-Pacific region better prepared: UN
22 December 2014 – Ten years after the Indian Ocean tsunami hit South and Southeast Asia, countries in the region are better prepared to deal with tragedies, the United Nations…
Drum Cussac and Ambrey Risk agree sale and purchase of Maritime Transits Security Business
Drum Cussac, the leading global business risk consultancy, and Ambrey Risk, the leading global maritime security risk management provider have agreed the sale and purchase of Drum Cussac’s maritime transits…
Piracy’s gone away, right? You’d be forgiven for thinking that. The predominant narrative for the Indian Ocean is that Piracy has been suppressed to an extent that ship-owners are requesting…
A happy time for Somali Pirates, by Iro J. Theophanides Strategic director of Unics Ltd. A strike to Assad’s arsenal may have a possible domino effect in the entire Middle East.…
News Joint Concentrated Inspection Campaigns launched -To verify compliance with SOLAS Chapter II-1 and with MARPOL Annex I
The Paris, Tokyo, Indian Ocean and Black Sea Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) on port state control will carry out a joint concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) to verify compliance with…