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The Workboat Code itself isn't new — the transitional compliance deadline is. What Section 31's mandatory Safety Management System actually requires, who…
29 fishing vessels lost to flooding or foundering between 2016 and 2024. The MCA's updated MGN165 (F) sets out real bilge alarm,…
IMO adopted its first global MASS Code in May 2026, right as uncrewed surface vessels have jumped from 2-24m to 14-40m in…
Workboat Code Edition 3's real sample certificate templates, explained: Pilot Boat Certificate, Workboat Certificate, Workboat Statement of Compliance, Light Duty Workboat Certificate…
The UK-specific detail behind autonomous workboats — Workboat Code Edition 3's Annex 2 on Remotely Operated Unmanned Vessels: what equipment is banned,…
BEAmer investigation into a fire aboard the trawler JOLENN while moored at Dieppe on shore power, 2 March 2013. Cold ironing is…
BEAmer's investigation into a bearing fire aboard the ferry SAINT-TUDY reads almost nothing like a typical incident report — a trained crew,…
BEAmer investigation into the total loss of the trawler REGARDE AILLEURS by fire, 11 September 2014, Baie de Seine. A hydraulic leak…
BEAmer investigation into the grounding of the passenger vessel SAINT SIFFREIN, 23 October 2012, at the Île Saint-Honorat. A wing-station control failure…
BEAmer investigation into an engine-room fire aboard the trawler DELTA D'OC, 12 February 2013, off Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhone. The crew fought it and won.…
BEAmer investigation into the collision between the pilot boat MISTRAL and the pleasure craft DORIS II, 20 August 2014, in Ajaccio harbour.…
Seafish's new training investment funds roughly 6,000 training days a year across England, Scotland and Wales, with onshore seafood processors eligible for…
Swire Shipping NZ is consulting on ending the Pacifica coastal service, taking the country's last NZ-flagged domestic container vessel out of service…
Seacroft Marine Consultants' SafeZone 500 combines procedures, training and audit tools to manage collision risk around offshore installations — and at least…
Paris MOU Secretary General Luc Smulders argues shipping needs to use the Safety Management System far more effectively — as continuous oversight,…
YPI Crew's annual trends reporting tracks shifts in captain, officer and deckhand demand across the yacht crewing market — a useful lens…
The 2026 typhoon season has already produced super typhoon Sinlaku at 905 hPa. Japan P&I Club has issued its annual heavy weather…
A US Coast Guard safety alert documents how a reasonable response to an engine high temperature alarm led to an engine room…
Embarkation and disembarkation is the most frequently performed high-risk operation on any vessel — and it receives some of the least structured…
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme for shipping is in force. It's already reshaping speed orders, fuel choices, and routing decisions. Here's what…
Transport Canada has designated Fire Hazard Prevention as the focus of the 2026 Concentrated Inspection Campaign. Here's what PSC officers will look…
The HNS Convention — covering liability and compensation for hazardous and noxious substance incidents at sea — enters into force in 2027.…
IMPA's 2026 Safety Campaign checked 4,051 pilot transfer arrangements across 34 countries. Overall non-compliance sits at 13% — and pilot ladders not…
DNV confirms the North-East Atlantic will become a new Emission Control Area from September 2027, linking the Canadian Arctic, Norwegian Sea, North…
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