IMO (SLF 55) Verification of damage stability requirements & mandatory carriage of stability instruments
The IMO’s Sub-committee on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels Safety (SLF) at its latest meeting (SLF 55) this week reviewed and finalised the draft Guidelines for the verification of damage stability requirements. _x000D_ _x000D_ The Sub-committee had, at its last meeting in January 2012 (Read the Weekly News Report here), also developed […]
INTERTANKO guidelines for company whistle-blowing policies
INTERTANKO’s Executive Committee has requested the Secretariat develop guidelines that Members could use to develop their own company whistle-blowing policy in order to assist in encouraging the proper behavior by all crewmembers. _x000D_ _x000D_ At the INTERTANKO Executive Committee meeting on 5 February 2013, the Committee discussed the whistle-blowing incidents that had recently occurred in […]
Message by ILO Director-General on World Day for Social Justice
Global economic recovery hangs in the balance. Tipping that balance towards sustainable growth and development means tackling social injustice. My message cannot be better expressed than in the words of the ILO’s 1919 Constitution: “Lasting peace can be established only if it is based on social justice.” Today, there is a pervasive sense of deep […]
AMSA participates in regional port State control committee
The Port State Control Committee of the Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), comprising maritime authorities from around the Asia-Pacific region, met in Singapore in January 2013. Australia was represented by AMSA officers Abdul Hannan and Chris Lindesay. _x000D_ _x000D_ The committee agreed that the targeting used by members of the Tokyo MOU would be […]
GMC at FURUNO stand on Digital Ship Cyprus – 23 – 25 April 2013 Maritime Communications and Information Technology Conference and Exhibition
ECDIS training, MSC 91/22 endorsed the Sub-Committee's approval of STCW.7/Circ.18
Latest on ECDIS Training _x000D_ Bearing in mind that the first phase of carriage requirements for ECDIS entered into force on 1 July 2012, the ninety-first session (MSC 91/22) on 17 December 2012 of the Maritime Safety Committee endorsed the Sub-Committee’s approval of STCW.7/Circ.18 on Guidance on Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) Training. […]
ILO – Skills mismatches hurt job creation prospects
The crisis has forced millions of workers to seek new jobs but their skills are often not those that employers are seeking, and this skills mismatch is driving up unemployment levels. _x000D_ _x000D_ GENEVA (ILO News) – Several developed economies are seeing increasing numbers of job vacancies but their unemployment rates are not going down. […]
Suez Canal Authority issues safety assurances
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has issued a notice of assurance that the Suez Canal is “100 per cent safe”. There is, however, still some concern that the civil unrest in Egypt may impact on operations at the key Suez Canal ports of Ismailia, Suez and Port Said – owners have been recommended not to […]
Tokyo MoU adopts a policy on Concentrated Inspection Campaigns harmonised with the Paris MoU
At the meeting of its Port State Control (PSC) Committee last week, the Tokyo MoU adopted a policy on concentrated inspection campaigns (CICs), which is harmonised with the one agreed by the Paris MOU. This will see the Tokyo MoU conduct a CIC on Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery from 1 September to 30 November 2013 […]
INTERTANKO opens issue of facilitation payments at Tokyo MOU Meeting
At the Tokyo MoU’s Port State Control Committee meeting held in Singapore this week, INTERTANKO put over the growing concern from Members that facilitation payments are becoming more commonplace during ship inspections. _x000D_ INTERTANKO’s Regional Manager Asia-Pacific, Tim Wilkins, spoke during an Industry Open Forum session at which Intercargo, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), […]
