Safety

Last week, class society DNV published a guidance paper to support the prevention and mitigation of blackouts on passenger vessels. With blackout incidents on cruise ships on the rise, DNV has created a new guidance entitled ‘Managing the risk [Read more...]

Global Healthcare specialist VIKAND has partnered with Meritech to promote its automatic handwashing system, the patented Cleantech. “We’re really pleased to be representing Meritech’s automated handwashing system, as it has a proven track record of improving on board [Read more...]

The Canadian St Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes Pilots and Viking Ocean Cruises’ Masters are preparing for the first season of the ‘Viking Octantis’, at the Maritime Simulation and Resource Centre (MSRC) facilities. Following the Great Lakes Pilotage [Read more...]

In the wake of recent incidents of ro-ros and ropaxes carrying vehicles catching fire, ABS has updated its rules addressing electric vehicles on board ship. The culmination of more than a year’s work with industry expertise, including ro-ro [Read more...]

On 18th March, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) relaxed a few protocols on its requirements for cruise ships sailing in US water. All the cruise lines operating in the US are operating under the [Read more...]

In what should be a boost to UK cruising, all pandemic-induced travel restrictions ended on 18th March. According to the update, no one entering the UK now needs to take tests or complete passenger locator forms – previously [Read more...]

Upon taking medical advice, the Australian Government will not renew its ban on international cruise ships arriving and departing from Australian ports, when the current rule expires on 17th April. In March, 2020, following the global spread of [Read more...]

The Norwegian Cruise Committee, led by former policewoman and Svalbad Governor, Kjerstin Askholt (pictured), has submitted a report to Norwegian Minister of Justice and Public Security, Emilie Enger Mehl. In 2020, the committee was commissioned to assess the [Read more...]

The UK’s Maritime Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has completed a preliminary assessment of an incident involving Hurtigruten’s expedition cruise ship ‘Maud’ and DFDS’ freight ro-ro ‘Gardenia Seaways’. At about 02.30 on 4th November, 2021, the ‘Maud’ (pictured) and [Read more...]

Last week, IMO Secretary General Kitack Lim (pictured) expressed concern about the fire on board the ropax ‘Euroferry Olympia’. He said; ”I express my deep concern regarding the incident involving the fire on board the ro-ro ‘Euroferry Olympia’ [Read more...]