OSV collides with oil rig sending 125 people into the ocean

OSV Collides with Oil Rig, Sending 125 Workers Into Ocean

Report: Seafarers’ Welfare Remains in Jeopardy

By The Maritime Executive 10-27-2020 06:33:50

Seafarers continue to face a bleak future in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest Seafarers Happiness Index report, published by The Mission to Seafarers. The survey, undertaken with the support of the Shipowners’ Club and Wallem Group, reports on the experiences of seafarers between July and September 2020, during the ongoing crew change crisis and other work hardships resulting from the efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic. While the average Seafarers Happiness Index for the three...

Maersk-Chartered Boxship Cuts Greek Minesweeper in Half

By The Maritime Executive 10-27-2020 06:26:45

On Tuesday morning, the container ship Maersk Launceston and the Hellenic Navy minesweeper Kallisto collided off Piraeus, resulting in heavy damage to the minesweeper and two injuries amongst her crew. In a statement, the Hellenic Navy said that the casualty occurred at about 0730 hours. At that time, AIS data shows that Maersk Launceston was making 16.5 knots and headed due south in the Saronic Gulf; shortly after she slowed to five knots, turned to starboard and returned to a...

fraud scheme to sell fake mariner certificates

Four People Charged in $200K Fake US Coast Guard Credentialing Scheme

By The Maritime Executive 10-27-2020 05:39:20

Four individuals have been charged in a scheme to sell phony US Coast Guard merchant mariner credentials, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. The grand jury indictment alleges that the scheme netted over $200,000 in profits from the production and sale of the counterfeit certificates to over 150 mariners. Beginning in July 2016 and continuing through at least the end of 2019, it is alleged that the four individuals devised a scheme to defraud...

Preventing Human Trafficking at Seaports

By Katie Amodei 10-27-2020 04:41:26

A seaport never sleeps. Cargo shipping is vital for keeping supply chains moving and the country fed and well-supplied during the current pandemic. Port employees have continued working throughout the pandemic. They’ve not shut down like so many industries have. Another industry that has never shut down is human trafficking. In fact, as much of the world has turned its attention to the COVID-19 pandemic, the crime of human trafficking has been able to flourish. Although it is quietly hidden,...

Shipping

British Authorities Search for Containers Overboard in Bristol Channel

British authorities are warning ships operating in the Bristol Channel that a container ship lost several containers that it was transporting overboard near Land’s End, England. The containers have been spotted floating in the waterway as a hazard to ships and are also washing up on the shoreline. Her Majesty's Coastguard continues to monitor the incident involving shipping containers now adrift in the Bristol Channel. According to a statement, they believe that 11 containers were lost overboard from an unnamed...

Tugs & Salvage

Two Adults, Two Children Die in Attempt to Cross English Channel

Two adults and two children died Tuesday while attempting to cross the English Channel, according to French officials. On Tuesday morning, a boat carrying Iranian migrants capsized in rough weather about one nautical mile off Dunkirk, and a passing sailboat spotted it at about 0930 hours. The regional maritime authority called on good samaritans for assistance, and a nearby fishing vessel and the Dunkirk pilot boat responded, along with the lifeboat Notre Dame des Flandres. One Belgian Air Force helicopter and...

Government

Cyber Risk Forces Africa’s Maritime Security Concerns to Evolve

One critical aspect of maritime security (and by far the most studied in the African context) is piracy. The effort and funding put towards anti-piracy efforts have borne some fruit in Africa, especially along the notorious Somalian coastline, but there is always a fear of recurrence. Unfortunately, the next African maritime security issue may not come from piracy but from a cyberattack, which few are prepared for. A report by the Institute of Security Studies, Africa (ISS) released earlier this month...

Piracy

increase in armed robbery in the Singapore Strait

ReCAAP: Increase in Boardings and Armed Robbery in Singapore Strait

Ten days after reporting an overall rise in piracy incidents in Asia, the regional monitoring center ReCAAP issued an incident alert for the Singapore Strait. While the recent events were all minor thefts, they involved boardings of vessels underway causing ReCAAP to express concern over the increase in activity in the the area. The alert advises of three boardings of ships underway in the eastbound lane in the Singapore Strait. The three events took place in...

Cruise Ships

Princess, Hurtigruten, Virgin cancel cruises

Preventing Human Trafficking at Seaports

Shipping

British Authorities Search for Containers Overboard in Bristol Channel

Tugs & Salvage

Two Adults, Two Children Die in Attempt to Cross English Channel

Government

Cyber Risk Forces Africa’s Maritime Security Concerns to Evolve

Piracy

ReCAAP: Increase in Boardings and Armed Robbery in Singapore Strait

Cruise Ships

Preventing Human Trafficking at Seaports

Offshore

Half of U.S. Gulf of Mexico Oil Output Shut In as Hurricane Zeta Nears

As Hurricane Zeta approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast, offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico have begun drawing down personnel and shutting in wells in preparation for the storm's arrival. According to the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), workers have been evacuated from more than 150 production platforms, about 25 percent of the total in the U.S. GoM. These platforms represent about half of the current oil and gas production from the region, and...

Shipbuilding

Future Royal Navy Fleet Auxiliaries May be Partly Built Overseas

The UK Ministry of Defense said Wednesday that it will allow shipbuilders to bid for the Royal Navy's next-generation fleet auxiliary contract with proposals that contain a foreign build component. The decision marks another reversal: the ministry allowed foreign firms to participate in the bidding in 2018, then canceled the tender amidst controversy over domestic content requirements last November. It has now reopened the door for foreign participation. Under the new terms announced Wednesday, eligible bids for the future Fleet...

Training

Four People Charged in $200K Fake US Coast Guard Credentialing Scheme

Business

Georgia Ports Authority Sees Booming Volume Thanks to Regional Growth

The Georgia Ports Authority holds an annual "state of the port" address to highlight the region's growing economy and its growing cargo volumes, but like so many events this year, the gathering has gone virtual for 2020. On Thursday, GPA executive director Griff Lynch addressed online attendees from the authority's headquarters at the Port of Savannah. Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 era, he had good news to report. From July through September, the Port of Savannah handled 1.2 million...

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