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The event serves notice to all vessel masters—whether on tankers, freighters, ferries, tugs—that they will quickly have the finger of blame pointed at them.
Poor maintenance and a flawed design were ruled to blame for a seafarer’s plunge to death from a cruise ship in a lifeboat accident in New Zealand in January.
The Secretary-General at the United Nations has expressed concern for the constant pirate attacks off the Somalia coast. Nations around the world step up also.
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) used mealy-mouthed language requesting that the Bahamas make firefighting safety recommendations to the IMO.
Polemis called for all countries in the Indian Ocean region to agree and assist in the embarkation and debarkation of privately contracted armed guards.
Open doors, vents and windows allowed water to flood into the hull so fast that the students and staff had only 20 minutes to abandon ship into life rafts.
The booklet provides guidance for companies, captains and crews in preparation for passage through High Risk Areas to detect, deter or delay a pirate attack.
A federal appeals court recently ruled against a company’s lawsuit against multiple defendants for property that arrived in damaged condition from Asia.
Capsized Boat In New Zealand Kills 8, Including 7-Year-Old
