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The Maritime Executive 06-23-2020 08:59:02 A 31-year-old Australian man has been re-arrested after allegedly jumping bail and attempting to flee the country aboard a bulker.At about 1030 hours on Saturday, a large Newcastle-bound vessel came to the assistance of a yacht that had run into trouble off the coast of Yamba, New South Wales. The ship s crew secured a tow line to bring the yacht to the Newcastle offshore anchorage. A 31-year-old man who had been onboard the yacht was taken into a cabin... Continue Reading... The Maritime Executive 06-23-2020 08:57:42 A spectacular video shows the moments leading up to a fuel supply vessel sailing at a high rate of speed directly into the breakwater outside the harbor at Marseille, France. According to various reports, the video was shot possibly by a crew member from a different vessel living at the port and later sent to the French media outlet La Provence.The vessel, the Cap Pinede operated by Maritima, is a fuel supply ship carrying when fully loaded up to... Continue Reading... The Maritime Executive 06-23-2020 08:05:09 The seafarers charity Human Rights at Sea announced Monday that it is working with Dominica s flag registry to repatriate 22 Indian seafarers aboard the tanker Gulf Sky (ex name Nautic). The vessel is anchored off Port Khor Fakkan in the UAE, and the master has reported that the crew hasnot been paid in months.According to HRAS, the Dominica Maritime Administration initiated proceedings and referred the case to mediation; however,the ship s managers have allegedly failed to resolve the case, pay... Continue Reading... The Maritime Executive 06-23-2020 07:38:15 The U.S. Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating an incident during which at least 20 shipping containers fell into the ocean near Hilo, Hawaii.Pictures and accounts of the incident issued on the personal Facebook page of Hawaiian State Senator Kaiali i Kahele showed numerous containers had fallen over on the barge. June 25 will make the tenth anniversary of the Day of the Seafarer as proclaimed by the International Maritime Organization and the United Nations. Coming at a particularly challenging time as seafarers continue to struggle with the issues created by the COVID-19 pandemic, a broad range of organizations will be joining in seeking to further raise the concerns for crew welfare.This year, the Day of the Seafarer campaign focuses on the calls to recognize seafarers as key workers and... Continue Reading... The U.S. Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating an incident during which at least 20 shipping containers fell into the ocean near Hilo, Hawaii.Pictures and accounts of the incident issued on the personal Facebook page of Hawaiian State Senator Kaiali i Kahele showed numerous containers had fallen over on the barge.According to the Coast Guard reports, the tugboat Hoku Loa was transiting to Hilo... Continue Reading... For a second time, the United States government has announced penalties forindividual mariners for their involvement in Iran s petroleum shipping sector.Effective Wednesday, five Iranian captains - Ali Danaei Kenarsari, Mohsen Gohardehi, Alireza Rahnavard, Reza Vaziri and Hamidreza Yahya Zadeh - have been added to the U.S. Treasury s specially designated nationals list, the blacklist of people and companies subject to U.S. sanctions. They are all allegedly linked to two U.S.-sanctioned Iranian shipping companies, IRISL and NITC, and they allegedly commanded... Continue Reading... In a statement Thursday, the Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) expressed growing frustration at the ineffectiveness of the international community in solving the longstanding problem of piracy and maritime kidnapping in the Gulf of Guinea.Kidnap-for-ransom incidents occur with regularity in the waters off Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Equatorial Guinea and neighboring states. Pirate attacks have been common in the region for decades, but in recent years they have shifted away from petroleum theft in favor of crew abduction. The region now... Continue Reading... One of the concerns that have been raised is the potential environmental impact as the cruise ships sit idle for extended periods of time in the world s ports.Addressing thatconcern, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises announced that its cruise ship the Europa 2 would be cold ironing when the vessel returned to Hamburg, Germany in early May. Recently, the classification society DNV GL certified the cruise ship s connection, signifying the first time that a cruise ship has used a cold ironing connection for... Continue Reading... The British Ports Association and the UK-based risk management firm Astaara have released a new study on the wave of cyberattacks seen by maritime stakeholders over the past four months.In one high profile attack in May, computer systems at Iran s Shahid Rajaee port facility at Bandar Abbas, creating traffic jams and serious operational disruption. Astaara believes that the attack came in direct response to a failed Iranian cyberattack on an Israeli water facility in April. (Iran has denied any... Continue Reading... June 25 will make the tenth anniversary of the Day of the Seafarer as proclaimed by the International Maritime Organization and the United Nations. Coming at a particularly challenging time as seafarers continue to struggle with the issues created by the COVID-19 pandemic, a broad range of organizations will be joining in seeking to further raise the concerns for crew welfare.This year, the Day of the Seafarer campaign focuses on the calls to recognize seafarers as key workers and... Continue Reading... The U.S. Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating an incident during which at least 20 shipping containers fell into the ocean near Hilo, Hawaii.Pictures and accounts of the incident issued on the personal Facebook page of Hawaiian State Senator Kaiali i Kahele showed numerous containers had fallen over on the barge.According to the Coast Guard reports, the tugboat Hoku Loa was transiting to Hilo... Continue Reading... For a second time, the United States government has announced penalties forindividual mariners for their involvement in Iran s petroleum shipping sector.Effective Wednesday, five Iranian captains - Ali Danaei Kenarsari, Mohsen Gohardehi, Alireza Rahnavard, Reza Vaziri and Hamidreza Yahya Zadeh - have been added to the U.S. Treasury s specially designated nationals list, the blacklist of people and companies subject to U.S. sanctions. They are all allegedly linked to two U.S.-sanctioned Iranian shipping companies, IRISL and NITC, and they allegedly commanded... Continue Reading... In a statement Thursday, the Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) expressed growing frustration at the ineffectiveness of the international community in solving the longstanding problem of piracy and maritime kidnapping in the Gulf of Guinea.Kidnap-for-ransom incidents occur with regularity in the waters off Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Equatorial Guinea and neighboring states. Pirate attacks have been common in the region for decades, but in recent years they have shifted away from petroleum theft in favor of crew abduction. The region now... Continue Reading... One of the concerns that have been raised is the potential environmental impact as the cruise ships sit idle for extended periods of time in the world s ports.Addressing thatconcern, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises announced that its cruise ship the Europa 2 would be cold ironing when the vessel returned to Hamburg, Germany in early May. Recently, the classification society DNV GL certified the cruise ship s connection, signifying the first time that a cruise ship has used a cold ironing connection for... Continue Reading... The British Ports Association and the UK-based risk management firm Astaara have released a new study on the wave of cyberattacks seen by maritime stakeholders over the past four months.In one high profile attack in May, computer systems at Iran s Shahid Rajaee port facility at Bandar Abbas, creating traffic jams and serious operational disruption. Astaara believes that the attack came in direct response to a failed Iranian cyberattack on an Israeli water facility in April. (Iran has denied any... Continue Reading... The motor-sailing cargo ship Kwai docked Tuesday at the port of Honolulu, bringing home a catch of more than 100 tons of fishing nets and consumer plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (also known asthe Gyre). It represents the largest single cleanup at sea in the Gyre to date, and it is more than twice the Kwai s haul from last year.When the Kwai arrived in Honolulu, she completed a 48-day at sea clean-up mission that began at Hilo... Continue Reading... A keel laying ceremony marked the beginning of assembly of the first new U.S.-flagged Great Lakes bulk carrier to be built in more than 35 years. The vessel will be named the Mark W. Baker, in honor of the son of the chairman of The Interlake Steamship Company and the second generation management of the family-owned company. This ship is more than the steel assembled here by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, said James R. Barker, Interlake s Chairman. This ship represents Interlake s... Continue Reading... Safebridge announces free access to its digital certificate management platform myCert as part of a new initiative of the#BeSafe campaignlaunched to alleviate the adverse impact of the pandemic on the maritime industry and to ensure the welfare of seafarers.As a third initiative of the #BeSafe campaign, Safebridge has decided to offer free six months access to its digital certificate management platform myCert. The platform allows for a completely contactless creation and distribution of digital certificates. In doing so,... Continue Reading... With almost a quarter of Sweden s population and thousands of islands to protect, Stockholm s Maritime Police Section has its work cut out. Helping it keep watch day and night is a high-speedMarellM15 patrol boat, equipped with a fully integrated propulsion system Volvo Penta s latest D6 engine and DPI drive.Stockholm sMaritime Police Sectionhas a new quick-witted team member and it has already become a favorite with the locals. The new... Continue Reading...

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