International Maritime Organisation Archives

May 2, 2022

COLUMN | British Virgin Islands’ Premier and Ports Director in drug arrest shock [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on May 2, 2022. Posted in Boxship World, Dry Cargo World, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Ship World Features, Ship World Vessel Reviews, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.

Two weeks ago (here), we ran a piece on the sham of flags of convenience, and how the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has allowed secrecy and money laundering t ..

March 17, 2022

IMO lobbies for safe maritime corridor amid Russia-Ukraine conflict

Written by Baird Maritime on March 17, 2022. Posted in Boxship World, Dry Cargo World, Maritime Security World, Tanker World.

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council has agreed to encourage the establishment, as a provisional and urgent measure, of a blue safe maritime corridor to ..

March 8, 2022

Bureau Veritas joins consortium to assess fire safety on containerships

Written by Baird Maritime on March 8, 2022. Posted in Boxship World, Firefighting.

Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has joined a consortium that will deliver a Formal Safety Assessment study on Container Ship fires to the European Maritime Saf ..

April 20, 2022

COLUMN | So many questions: transparency is the answer, sunlight is the best disinfectant [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on April 20, 2022. Posted in Dive Support, Offshore Construction, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

It’s Ramadan for Muslims, whilst Orthodox Easter Sunday falls on Sunday April 24. Belated Happy Easter to Catholics and Protestants, meanwhile. Both Lent and Ramadan ar ..

March 14, 2022

ABS publishes whitepaper on autonomous vessel developments

Written by Baird Maritime on March 14, 2022. Posted in Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval).

ABS has published a whitepaper proposing a goal-based framework for future rules to enable autonomous vessel operations. The ABS <em>Autonomous Vessels Whitepaper&l ..

WORK BOAT WORLD: Retired Philippine Navy Vice Admiral Eduardo Ma. R. Santos has been designated as the new Maritime Goodwill Ambassador of the Philippines in the Internat ..

March 23, 2022

Kenya ratifies fishing vessel safety treaties

Written by Baird Maritime on March 23, 2022. Posted in Firefighting, Regulation & Enforcement, Search and Rescue.

Kenya has deposited its instrument of ratification to the 2012 Cape Town Agreement and the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeepi ..

March 9, 2022

New collaboration on weather forecasting to enhance vessel traffic safety in Nigerian waters

Written by Baird Maritime on March 9, 2022. Posted in Catching, Dry Cargo World, Ferries, Marine Research and Training, Non-Naval (Maritime Security).

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) setti ..

February 11, 2022

EDITORIAL | 2021 – A bad year for ferry fatalities

Written by Neil Baird on February 11, 2022. Posted in Ferries, Maritime Tourism, Ro-Pax World, Search and Rescue, Work Boat World Features.

Following an excellent performance in 2020 when the global ferry fatality toll was the lowest since the Baird Maritime Passenger Vessel Accident database commenced in 196 ..