Normec MTS (Maritime Testing Services) has devised a user-friendly and efficient method for sampling water on board: practical sample kits that allow the crew to take water samples themselves.
Owners are encountering new levels of complexity as previous ship designs are modified to integrate new clean technologies and adopt alternative fuels.
The maritime industry, which encompasses shipping, navigation, and offshore activities, has traditionally been known for its reliance on practical experience and conventional training methods.
Modern day maritime piracy is a world-wide phenomenon that poses a serious threat to international shipping. An economic approach to the control of maritime piracy is based on the general economic theory of law enforcement that views offenders (pirates) as rational decision makers who would respond to threatened punishments.
As much as it is necessary to carry out stringent checking at ports of the vessel to maintain proper sanitization to minimize the spread of the virus, it is important that the seaman in all scenario is fairly treated based on the various guidelines given by the IMO.
Eighty-seven Indian sailors were stuck and suffered hardships on five ships that were detained by Indonesia for “illegal anchoring” in February 2019.
The practice of charging masters and ships’ officers, as well as other crew members, with criminal offences have resulted in creating widespread attention in recent years, both within and beyond the shipping industry.
Criminalization of the seafarers is a term used when any crew, master or any maritime professional faces criminal charges due to an accident involving their vessel, which also caused damage to the port or territorial waters of a country or its environment or such damage to a person or property in the territorial waters…
Researchers at MARINTEK believe that in ten to twenty years time there will be 200 metre cargo ships plying the oceans without the need of a captain or crew. But before this can happen, we will be seeing the technology working on an existing vessel.
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