The link between people and technology is processes. IMO has given ship owners and managers until 1 January 2021 to incorporate cyber risk management into their Safety Management System (SMS) or else ships risk being detained by port state control. This includes all commercially operated vessels over 500GT. It may also include other vessels depending…
(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) Throughout time, every country, every community, every business and every home has needed insurance in one form or another. Society could not function as it does without it. With each new direction taken by trade and industry insurance has adapted to deliver new protections and provide a safe springboard for future development. Despite its…
(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) The Code of Safe Working Practices (COSWP) provides guidance on improving health and safety on board vessels and articulates how statutory obligations should be fulfilled. The Code details the regulatory framework for health and safety on board ship, safety management and statutory duties underlying the advice in the Code and the areas that should be…
The Central Bank of Cyprus has published the results of the Ship Management Survey for the first half of 2019. The main developments concerning the transactions of resident ship management companies, are summarized as follows: 1. SHIP MANAGEMENT REVENUES FROM NONRESIDENTS Cyprus’s ship management revenues declined slightly by 0,95% during the first half of 2019…
(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) On the 4th of December 1872, the US brigantine Mary Celeste, en route from New York to Genoa, was discovered abandoned and deserted off the Azores Islands in a disheveled but seaworthy condition, with no obvious signs of sudden catastrophe. The final entry in the log, dated ten days previously, was a routine statement of…
(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) Globalization owes a lot to the humble shipping container. For more interesting maritime infographics click here
(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) The location, size and irregular shape of Offshore Renewable Energy Installations (OREI) present new challenges to the safe navigation and communication of shipping and emergency rescue. These difficulties could contribute to a marine casualty leading to injury, death or loss of property, either at sea or among the population ashore. This guide provides details…
(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) Each year for the last decade, the UN Environment Programme’s Emissions Gap Report has compared where greenhouse gas emissions are headed, against where they should be to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Each year, the report has found that the world is not doing enough. Emissions have only risen, hitting a new…
(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a Marine Accident report regarding the Carnival Horizon‘s August 28, 2018 allision as the vessel was being maneuvered to berth no. 2 at Manhattan Cruise Terminal’s Pier 88 in New York City. The cruise ship’s bow struck the southwest corner of adjacent Pier 90. The 1,062-foot…
(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) China MSA has recently provided guidance on the IMO 2020 sulphur cap implementation scheme, particularly on how it will impact foreign-flagged vessels in Chinese territory. Outside the Chinese designated emission control areas – which are not to be confused with MARPOL Annex VI emission control areas – the fuel sulphur regulations will follow MARPOL…
(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) The World Ocean Council (WOC) and Women’s International Shipping &Trading Association (WISTA) has initiated a partnership to advance women’s leadership in the ocean and coastal business community and the Sustainable Blue Economy at the 7th Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) 2019, Paris, 20-22 November. The Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) is a global…
(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) The Cyprus Flag Administration has issued a new circular, which contain the new fees and charges payable for ocean-going commercial ships registered in Cyprus applicable as of 27 September 2019. The regulations define “ocean-going commercial Cyprus ships” as Cyprus ships which carry out their usual activity outside Cyprus’s territorial sea for commercial purposes. As…
