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Under Keel Clearance in the Malacca and Singapore Straits Is Being Reviewed for the First Time in 50 Years

Singapore, Witherbys and The Nautical Institute have launched TTEG Straits Project 16 to review the 3.5m Under Keel Clearance value in the…

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This Week in Maritime Regs: A Fourth Chemical Accident Report, a Sexual Misconduct Reporting Notice, and the UK's Emissions Trading Scheme Goes Live for Shipping

This week's maritime regulatory roundup: five new UK merchant shipping notices, Hong Kong's alternative-fuels training guidance, a new US reporting requirement for…

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This Week in Maritime Regs: Houthis Declare a Naval Blockade, a Second Tanker Is Hijacked Off Yemen, and PSC Gets a New UK Regulation

This week's maritime regulatory roundup: a Houthi-declared blockade on Saudi Arabia and a second tanker hijacking off Yemen in three months, fresh…

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This Week in Maritime Regs: Alternative-Fuel Spill Guidance, a New PSC Cargo-Securing Campaign, and Three Piracy Bulletins in One Week

This week's maritime regulatory roundup: UK P&I guidance on ammonia and methanol spill response, DNV's heads-up on the 2026 PSC cargo-securing CIC,…

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MLC 2006 Turns 20: What the 2025 Amendments Actually Change for Seafarers

The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 marked its 20th anniversary in 2026. Here's what the 2025-adopted amendments — key worker status, repatriation, shore…

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This Week in Maritime Regs: Cargo Securing CIC Goes Live, Fresh Security Bulletins From Three Waters, and a New Look at Rescue Boat Winches

This week's maritime regulatory roundup: the 2026 Cargo Securing CIC's official questionnaire is published, fresh security bulletins from the Strait of Hormuz…

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Security Watch: India Orders a High-Risk-Waters Evacuation, Black Sea Operators Halt Russia Calls

A short security bulletin: India's government orders the evacuation of 13 vessels from high-risk waters, major operators halt Russia port services in…

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The Lowest Piracy Figures Since 1992 — and Why That's Not the Full Story

The ICC-IMB's Piracy and Armed Robbery Report for January-June 2026: 38 incidents, the lowest H1 figure in over three decades, but a…

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Paris and Tokyo MOUs Are Running a Joint Cargo Securing Inspection Campaign This Autumn — Here's What Actually Gets Checked

From 1 September to 30 November 2026, Paris MOU and Tokyo MOU are running a joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign on cargo securing.…

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Caroline Bezengi, Six Weeks On: The Spill Has Grown, and the Insurer Question Has Gotten Worse, Not Better

An update on the Caroline Bezengi shadow-fleet tanker grounding off Oman: the spill has grown to an estimated 400-2,000km², and the IOPC…

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ABS's Q2 2026 PSC Numbers: Fire Safety Dominates Detentions, and China's Ports Account for Two-Thirds of Them

ABS's Quarterly Port State Control Report for Q2 2026: 69 detentions across its classed fleet, fire safety the leading deficiency by a…

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IMCA's 2025 Numbers: Injury Rates Are Improving, But Offshore Fatalities More Than Doubled

IMCA's 2025 Safety Statistics Report: LTIFR down to 0.27 across 1.02 billion man-hours, but fatalities rose from 3 to 7 -- and…

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TSB Canada's 2025 Numbers: Fatalities Hit a 10-Year Low, But Fishing Vessels Are Still the Single Highest-Risk Category

Transport Safety Board of Canada's 2025 marine statistical summary: 990 occurrences, fatalities down to a 10-year low of 6, but fishing vessels…

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This Week in Maritime Regs: Cargo Securing CIC Gets a Third and Fourth Confirmation, a Wave of War Risk Cancellations, and Two Fatal Investigation Reports

This week's maritime regulatory roundup: seven P&I clubs issue war risk cancellation notices in the same week, four more sources confirm the…

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CHIRP and MARS Lessons Learned: The PPE Gap and the Pilot Who Over-Corrected

Two live near-miss reports from CHIRP Maritime and the Nautical Institute's MARS scheme — a PPE eye injury on deck and a…

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Seafarers Happiness Index Q2 2026: When Acute Shock Becomes Chronic Strain

The Mission to Seafarers' Q2 2026 Happiness Index falls to 6.87, down from 7.18 in Q1 — shore leave scores hit a…

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Allianz Safety and Shipping Review 2026: Fewer Losses, a Bigger Kind of Risk

Allianz's 2026 review shows reported shipping incidents down 16% year on year — but geopolitical disruption, including the Strait of Hormuz closure,…

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IMCA Safety Statistics 2025: Injuries Down, Fatalities Up — What That Combination Actually Means

IMCA's 2025 Safety Statistics Report shows improving injury rates but fatalities more than doubling, from three to seven — a warning against…

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Sailors' Society's Sea Mate: Training a Wellbeing Officer for Every Ship

Sailors' Society's Sea Mate programme trains a crew member on board as a dedicated Wellbeing Officer — and a new NorthStandard partnership…

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This Week in Maritime Regs: The Hormuz Situation Escalates Again, and Five P&I Clubs Are All Flagging the Same Thing

This week's Shipping Regulations and Guidance roundup: fresh security bulletins on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz from Liberia, Panama, UK Chamber…

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This Week in Maritime Regs, Part 2: Why Containership Fires Keep Getting Worse, and What Piracy Numbers Actually Tell You

Part 2 of this week's Shipping Regulations and Guidance roundup: Singapore's piracy crackdown against a tense Hormuz backdrop, why containership fires remain…

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