The focus on underwater radiated noise (URN) from shipping has significantly increased over the past few years. As a result, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has decided to raise awareness of the issue by drawing on lessons learned from the recently updated, non-mandatory IMO Guidelines, BIMCO highlights.
Australia has presented a study to IMO MEPC 81 to evaluate the performance of ballast water management systems (BWMS) fitted on board ships that visited Australian ports between 2021 and 2023.
The RISK4SEA SaaS PSC Intelligence platform issued preliminary results (September – October) of this year’s Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Fire Safety to shed light on the key related deficiencies found onboard, revealing that there are 29 different codes to support the findings for Fire Safety (including drills and supportive equipment).
German bulk carrier company Oldendorff has become the latest ship operator to embrace a resurgence in wind propulsion technology with a contract with Norsepower to fit three rotor sails to one of its vessels.