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Amendment to SOLAS regulation III/7– infant lifejackets on passenger ships
Sunday, 09.20.2009, 08:59am

A revision to Regulation III/7 of the SOLAS Convention, which concerns personal life-saving appliances, will require all passenger ships to provide lifejackets for’infants’ on board, and suitable accessories to allow adult life jackets to be used by all persons, regardless of size.

DNV releases guide to reducing air emissions from ships
Saturday, 09.05.2009, 08:16am

DNV has released a comprehensive guide to the technical and operational issues involved in reducing air emissions from ships, including details of the latest MARPOL requirements entering into force on 1 July 2010. The new brochure describes the main requirements that will come into effect under the revised MARPOL Annex VI as well as other local and international regulations concerning air emissions.

Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) for Lifeboat Launching
Monday, 08.03.2009, 09:11am

PARIS MOU& TOKYO MOU Port State Control regimes will be conducting a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) for SOLAS Chapter III– Lifesaving Appliances and Arrangements. The focus will be on Lifeboats, the launching arrangements, including the crew’s knowledge of operating the equipment, drills, inspections and maintenance.

Action need for Maritime Labour Convention
Sunday, 06.14.2009, 06:46am

DNV is encouraging ship owners, managers and crewing agents to take action now on the imminent entry into force of the Maritime Labour Convention. The convention stipulates common rights for seafarers with respect to conditions of employment, accommodation, recreational facilities, food, accident prevention, welfare and medical care.

ABS Revises Criteria For Liquefied Gas Carriers With Independent Tanks
Sunday, 05.31.2009, 09:12am

Class society ABS has revised and reissued its Guide for Building and Classing Liquefied Gas Carriers With Independent Tanks. Type-A independent tanks were used on the first generation of LNG carriers and are now used for fully refrigerated LPG containment systems for vessels with capacities of up to 90,000 m3, of which several are currently on order.

Long range identification and tracking (LRIT)
Friday, 05.29.2009, 05:20am

The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) at its 81st session in May 2006 adopted new regulations for the LRIT together with associated performance standards and functional requirements.

Revised MARPOL Annex VI&NOx Technical Code 2008 (2009 Edition)
Monday, 04.06.2009, 08:46am

A new publication is now available from IMO Publications on the revised international regulations on preventing and reducing harmful emissions from ships, such as sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter.

Ultrasonic thickness measurements of ship's structure
Sunday, 03.08.2009, 09:26am

Standards for certification, No. 2.9, Approval Programme No. 402 - DNV's requirements to service suppliers doing thickness measurements for class.

New regulations entering into force under the principal IMO Conventions
Thursday, 02.19.2009, 10:22am

A revised matrix of regulation entering into force under the principal IMO Conventions is attached. The revised matrix includes a summary of new regulation together with the details of its application according to the ship type, size and age as well as the future compliance date for the last two years including the recent regulations adopted at MSC 85 in December 2008.

Solas amendments adopted
Thursday, 02.05.2009, 10:57am

MSC 85 Update provides insight, on the new mandatory Intact Stability Code which enters into force under SOLAS and Load Line Conventions on 1 July 2010. Other SOLAS amendments which are summarized address carriage of dangerous goods in packaged form and in bulk as per the new International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code.

EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Perm
Sunday, 01.18.2009, 01:15am

The US Environmental Protection Agency has published their final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Vessel General Permit (VGP). Compliance within US waters has been extended until 06 February 2009.

LRIT Conformance Testing and Panama flagged vessels
Saturday, 12.27.2008, 10:42am

All Pole Star customers are reminded that the Panama Maritime Authority have decided not to extend the Authorised Testing ASP status of all current authorised testing organisations (see PMA Merchant Marine Circular No 195). From 1st January 2009 operators of Panama flagged vessels which do not yet comply.......

Latest Pollution Response Vessel
Saturday, 12.20.2008, 09:01am

On 4th December, Mr Perez Touriño, President of Xunta de Galicia, hosted EMSA Executive Director Willem de Ruiter, and Bernd Bluhm, Head of the pollution preparedness and response Unit, in Vigo, north-western Spain, for the contract handover of the Agency’s latest contracted stand-by oil spill response vessel.

S-VDR VDR Downloads and playback equipment for investigation Authorities.
Wednesday, 12.17.2008, 09:52am

The VDR should provide an interface for downloading the stored data and playback the information
to an external computer. The interface should be compatible with an internationally recognised format, such as Ethernet, USB, FireWire, or equivalent

Intelligent Ship-Breaking Getting ready for 2013
Sunday, 12.14.2008, 09:38am

Ship Recycling, a challenging aspect on the conscience of shipping, is finally being addressed by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC). The new convention will provide regulations for the design, construction, operation and preparation for recycling of ships so as to facilitate safe and environmentally sound recycling. How can shipowners and yards prepare for the new requirements?

IMO publishes new IMDG Code (2008 Edition)
Saturday, 12.13.2008, 07:57am

A new edition of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code, the standard guide to all aspects of handling dangerous goods and marine pollutants in sea transport, has been published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in hard copy, as a download and as an internet subscription.

New inspection regime to start on 1 January 2009
Friday, 12.05.2008, 11:30am

Seafarers’ working and living conditions are to become part of a new mandatory inspection regime which is to start on 1 January 2009. All vessels above 500 GT flying the Norwegian flag will be included in this new regime.

LRIT Reequlations
Monday, 12.01.2008, 10:59am

Long-Range Identification and Tracking regulation which came into force on January 1st, 2008 with a compliance date of 31 December 2008� read more

D-day for EPIRBs
Friday, 11.28.2008, 01:05am

As from November 1 all boats venturing two nautical miles offshore must carry a 406MHz digital EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon), the new regulation applying to yacht and sailboat owners, powerboaters, even commercial operators.

The MEPC 58 Update revisions to MARPOL Annex VI
Sunday, 11.09.2008, 09:24am

The MEPC 58 Update contains details on significant developments agreed during the 58th Session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee which concluded on 10 October 2008.

Long Range Identification and Tracking of Ships (LRIT)
Sunday, 10.12.2008, 09:15am

The SOLAS regulation V/19-1 Long Range Identification and Tracking of Ships (LRIT) is applied to ships on or after 1 January 2009. This Technical information is intended to provide requirements in respect to an implementation of LRIT shipborne equipment. 1.

Action against Maritime Terrorism
Sunday, 09.28.2008, 06:07am

INTERTANKO’s Executive Committee meeting recently has expressed its extreme disquiet over the escalating number of violent attacks against shipping in the Gulf of Aden. They are especially concerned at the apparent failure of the Coalition naval forces to protect merchant shipping and seafarers in the vicinity of Somalia and their relative ineffectiveness in intercepting the terrorist groups involved.

Latest IMO S-VDR Carriage Requirements
Tuesday, 09.23.2008, 08:28am

The International Maritime Organisation finally approved the mandatory requirement for the S-VDR system at MSC 79 in London in December 2005. The new rules stipulate that existing cargo ships on international voyages shall be fitted with an S-VDR as follows:

SOLAS AMENDMENTS ADOPTED (ABS)
Tuesday, 09.09.2008, 03:32am

Maritime Safety Committee’s 84th Session 7–16-May-2008SOLAS AMENDMENTS ADOPTED (page 2)Means of Embarkation/Disembarkation, Emergency Towing Procedures, Drainage System Protection Ships with RORO Spaces Fixed CO2 System

ABS Appoints Grove President and Chief Operating Officer for Pacific Division
Wednesday, 09.03.2008, 01:57am

ABS announces the appointment of Todd Grove to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer of the society’s Pacific Division. Previously Chief of Staff at the classification society’s Corporate headquarters in Houston, Grove is relocating to the Pacific Division’s principal office in Singapore. With more than 1,000 employees, the Pacific Division is the largest of the three operational and administrative divisions within ABS.

IMO MATERIAL ON THE WEBSITE
Sunday, 08.10.2008, 07:00pm

SeaLibrary Online. Maritime Knowledge Centre Catalogues online.
IMO News Magazine
New rules to reduce emissions from ships enter into force. Press Briefings Air pollution rules to enter into force in 2005.

“Gulfs area” and Southern South African waters Special Areas take effect
Thursday, 07.31.2008, 08:16am

Special Areas in which the discharge of wastes from ships is prohibited will take effect in the"Gulfs area"and off southern South Africa on 1 August 2008, providing extra protection from pollution from shipping in those areas under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL).

Better fire protection for cabin balconies on passenger ships
Friday, 07.18.2008, 10:35am

Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) to strengthen the fire protection arrangements on cabin balconies on passenger ships entered into force on 1 July 2008, along with other SOLAS amendments relating to the prevention of accidents involving lifeboats and protective coatings on ships.

DNV type approval for ballast water treatment system
Wednesday, 07.16.2008, 05:09am

DNV has issued its first type approval certificate for a ballast water treatment system. The system has been developed by Alfa Laval. Together with Alfa Laval and the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), DNV oversaw intensive tests to ensure that the product is ready for installation on board ships.

LONG RANGE IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING (LRIT) OF SHIPS
Friday, 07.11.2008, 12:54pm

IMO Resolution MSC. 202
1.1. This Bulletin is intended to provide an update for the implementation of
the Long Range Tracking and Identification (LRIT) of ship system.
1.2. The LRIT requirements of SOLAS 1974, as amended, Regulation V/19-
1 were adopted by the IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) at its
eightieth session. Details of this system are outlined in Appendix 2.........

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