Monthly archive

July 2015

Shore leave for foreign seafarers continues to be a problem at US ports (free article)

The 2015 Seamen’s Church Institute Shore Leave Survey has just come out and the results are disheartening. In the last five years the number of ships with at least one detained seafarer has risen steadily with to its highest point in the history of the survey at 27.4% up 68.8% from 2011.

USCG Provides Guidance On When and How to Report a Marine Casualty

The US Coast Guard has issued Navigation and Vessel Inspection No.

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The Outlaw Sea - Will Open Registers Come Under Additional Scrutiny

A recent series of articles in the New York Times (including 2 front page above the fold!) which criticizes the organizations for lax enforcement of the "genuine link" requirement in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). It may just irritate them enough to take another look at strengthening the requirement.

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Australia proposes to scrap the existing coastal trading regime

The Australian government has tabled a bill in Parliament which "aims to simplify the  regulatory process for the movement of cargo and passengers around the Australian coast by removing the existing multi tiered licensing system and replacing it with a single permit available for both Australian and foreign ships."

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Top Detainable Deficiencies for 2014 - Paris MOU Annual Report

Port state control statistics always make interesting reading and the recently released Paris MOU Annual Report for 2014 is no exception. The top 5 categories of deficiencies for 2014 were

  1. Safety of navigation
  2. Fire Safety
  3. Life saving appliances
  4. Documents
  5. Ship certificates

 

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HK Marine Departments Updates the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage) Regulation

The new regulation Cap 413O puts into effect the latest requirements of the MARPOL Annex V -- Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships. Cap 413O will come into operation on 1 July 2015 and apply to ships within Hong Kong waters and Hong Kong registered ships wherever they are.

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