by Canadian Sailings | Mar 5, 2019 | Brian Dunn, Corporate events & profiles, Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other, Safety and Security
By Brian Dunn The cost of hijacking and corruption In the film Captain Phillips based on the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the character played by Tom Hanks is taken hostage for a ransom that was never paid after a tense standoff....
by Canadian Sailings | Dec 12, 2018 | Air, Alex Binkley, Ocean, Other, Safety and Security
By Alex Binkley Fatigued flight, railway and ship crews are a long-standing concern of the Transportation Safety Board and it hasn’t seen enough improvement on the issue to remove it from its watchlist of safety concerns. Board Chair Kathy Fox told a news conference...
by Canadian Sailings | Oct 18, 2018 | Other, Safety and Security
By Alexander WhitemanAs the IMO’s sub-committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers met in London during mid-September, TT Club is demanding urgent action on container safety. The major problem is mis-declared dangerous goods, it says, and suggests it leads to a...
by Canadian Sailings | Oct 15, 2017 | Other, Safety and Security
By Mike Wackett The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has warned that Solas firefighting regulations for container vessels are “inadequate” – particularly as ships have grown in recent years. IUMI said the regulations were developed for general cargo...
by Canadian Sailings | Oct 15, 2017 | Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other, Safety and Security
By Alexander Whiteman Shipping remains blind to the threat posed by insufficient cyber security. And its continuing failure to address the problem could have a huge economic impact, according to Futurenautics Chief Executive Kate Adamson. She believes the biggest...
by Canadian Sailings | Aug 30, 2017 | Environment, Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other, Safety and Security
The federal Minister of Transport, Marc Garneau, and Fisheries and Oceans Minister Dominic LeBlanc, announced on August 11 that, in order to help reduce or eliminate deaths of North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence through collisions or other...
