Category: Maritime Industry

Hong Kong Convention Enters Into Force June 2026

January 14, 2026January 14, 2026 admin No Comments

Hong Kong Convention Ratified: What It Means for the Future of Ship Recycling On 26 June 2023, Bangladesh and Liberia officially ratified the International Maritime Organization’s Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (HKC). This long-anticipated move clears the final hurdle required for the Convention to come into force….

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New Polar Code Amendments Coming Into Force From 2026

November 30, 2025November 30, 2025 admin No Comments

The IMO has adopted important amendments to the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code), which will become mandatory from 1 January 2026. These changes strengthen safety, environmental protection, and operational standards for a wider range of vessels entering Arctic and Antarctic waters. What the Polar Code Covers The Polar Code sets…

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Women in the Maritime Sector: Progress, Challenges, and the Way Forward

November 30, 2025November 30, 2025 admin No Comments

The maritime industry has traditionally been male-dominated, but the last decade has seen a strong global push to increase the participation of women across all maritime professions. From seafarers and engineers to surveyors, regulators and port managers, women are now taking on roles once considered out of reach — shaping the future of a modern,…

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Ro Ro Vessel Cargo Space Atmosphere

September 26, 2025September 26, 2025 admin No Comments

Need to monitor Atmosphere in RO RO ship cargo spaces Exhaust gases from motor vehicles contain hazardous substances. Carbon monoxide from petrol engines and nitric oxide (NO) & nitrogen dioxide (NO2) from diesel engines are released in the cargo spacesThese hazardous substances can effect people in many different way. Certain substances have a tangible, immediate…

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Recognized organization

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025 admin No Comments

What is a RO and what is its role? Recognized organization (RO) means an organization that is recognized by a flag State to perform, on its behalf, statutory certification and services under mandatory IMO instruments and national legislation. It is an organization that has been assessed by a flag State and found to comply with…

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Feeder Operations

June 24, 2024June 24, 2024 admin No Comments

The advent of containerisation has led to a great many changes in the role of the carrier of goods by sea. In the past, the ship owner or operator was traditionally involved only in the transportation of goods between two ports. Thus with containerisation the documentation used has also had to be modified to care…

Voyage Data Recorder

May 18, 2021May 18, 2021 admin No Comments

Purpose of VDR / S-VDR The main purpose of the VDR is to record and store ship’s critical parameters. Information is stored in a secure and retrievable form, relating to the position, movement, physical status, command and control of a ship over the period and following an incident. This captured data can be utilized for…

Equasis

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 admin No Comments

‘Equasis’ and what are its main principles Equasis is a database holding safety-related details of more than 66.000 ships , including a record of port state control inspections. It is on Internet and may be viewed by any member of the public. The main principles behind the Equasis information system are that: • it be…