Paris and Tokyo MoU will jointly launch a new Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on STCW compliance from 1st September 2022 to 30th November 2022. The inspection campaign will be additional to the regular PSC inspections.
On 11 March 2022, a VPS Bunker Alert informed about chlorinated hydrocarbons being found and identified in Heavy Fuel Oil (HSFO) deliveries recently made in Singapore. With shipping worried about the situation’s consequences, Bureau Veritas VeriFuel answered some of the most common questions regarding this issue.
A Russian court ordered the “temporary closure” on 6 July of the Novorossiysk oil terminal, which is key for exporting Kazakh oil.
SAFEMODE project is EU-funded SAFEMODE project focuses on ways to enhance Safety Culture.
Last month, the World Maritime University hosted a webinar to introduce the White Paper “Towards a Safety Learning Culture for the Shipping Industry”, which has been developed within the framework of the EU-funded SAFEMODE project and involves a maritime-aviation partnership.