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Week 41 2026: SAF-004 Drill Changes, MGN 719 on GNSS Failure, and the 2025 MLC Amendments Date

This week: MGN 719 on GNSS jamming and spoofing, Liberia's revised lifeboat drill notice SAF-004, Hong Kong notices on the MLC 2025…

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A String of Suspected Tanker Cyberattacks — What's Actually Confirmed

An LNG tanker diverted mid-voyage, two others boarded by US authorities, and Liberia reissuing its cyber risk advisory — what's confirmed, what…

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Week 39 2026: Gas Detection Failures, UK ETS Arrives, and Two Fatal Hong Kong Notices

This week: US and ABS both flag systemic gas detection failures independently, Skuld on the UK ETS's arrival for shipping, ISO 8217…

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CCC 12: A Hidden Battery Fire Gap, and Nine New Bulk Cargoes Coming

IMO's cargo and container sub-committee met 14-18 September 2026. Most outcomes are years from taking effect — except one real, currently unaddressed…

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Six Lessons from NTSB's Safer Seas Digest 2025 (Not Dali, Not Titan)

NTSB's 2025 digest covers 49 casualties. Beyond the Dali bridge collision and Titan implosion, six less-famous cases carry lessons on stability, watertight…

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Week 38 2026: Flag State Security Bulletins, Free-Fall Lifeboat Flags, and Engineering Loss-Prevention Lessons

This week: Liberia's Black Sea and Hormuz security bulletins, two independent free-fall lifeboat product flags, bridge-control back-up modes, and fluorspar liquefaction risk.

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Week 37 2026: SOMS Navigation Review, Hormuz Tensions Escalate, New Flag State Guidance

This week: a SOMS AtoN mariner questionnaire, escalating Hormuz Strait tanker threats, Mediterranean seabed-damage fines, and new flag state guidance on atmosphere…

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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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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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ISWAN's 2024-25 Annual Review: 5,520 Seafarers Helped, and What They Needed Most

ISWAN's 2024-25 Annual Review shows employment disputes, living conditions and mental health topping the case list, plus a new Family Outreach Programme…

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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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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: Three Clubs Warn About Togo, a New Loss Prevention Podcast, and Aging Fiberglass Lifeboats

This week's maritime regulatory roundup: three P&I clubs independently warn about bartering with Togolese fishermen, Gard flags iron ore fines liquefaction risk…

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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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