Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) started to inspect the damaged VLCC ‘M Star’ last Thursday, while the vessel was at anchor off Fujairah. The vessel suffered an explosion while outbound near the Strait of  [ ... ]

The eighteen member Authorities of the Tokyo MOU will embark on a concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) on Harmful Substances (Marine Pollutants) Carried in
Packaged Form in accordance with MARPOL Ann [ ... ]

M.STAR (Marshall Islands) London, Jul 28 
A press report, dated today, states: Crude oil tanker M.Star (160292 gt, built 2008)  was damaged in an explosion near the strait of Hormuz today, c [ ... ]

EU officials stated that they would amend the EU sulfur directive. The new directive would be made public by 2011. The amendment pertains to harmonizing the EU regulations with those of Marpol Annex V [ ... ]

Technical Bulletins published by Framo Engineering AS iles are in .pdf file format.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has issued Marine Order No 57 (Issue 3) and Marine Notice 6/2010, relating to helicopter operations on board ships in Australian waters. These are available at [ ... ]

Oil tankers of 150 GT and above engaged in the transfer of oil cargo at sea (STS operations) will need onboard, from first periodical survey after 01 January 2011, an STS operations Plan approved by t [ ... ]

Chantier Navals de Dakar S.A. (Dakarnave) is a member of the Lisnave Group of companies.The yard is situated on the West Coast of Africa in Dakar, Senegal, ideally located to cater for the conversion  [ ... ]

Ching Fu Shipbuilding is located in the world's fourth largest container port, Kaohsiung, Taiwan's southern port city. Established in 1989 by Mr. Ching Nan Chen, Ching Fu became the first privately ow [ ... ]

RIGA SHIPYARD – the largest Yard on the Baltic East shore repairing more than 130 seagoing vessels per year from many Owners throughout the world. The Yard established in 1913 and situated in the hi [ ... ]

Located in the Bay of Concepcion, Talcahuano, it is the main shipyard of ASMAR. In its complete facilities, ASMAR highly skilled staff provides services such as shipbuilding of commercial and military [ ... ]

Fleet Support Limited is an engineering and support services company operating at the heart of the integrated surface ship design, build and through life support community in Portsmouth. Originally fo [ ... ]