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 | 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 | 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 | 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...
by Canadian Sailings | Mar 12, 2017 | Gateways and Corridors, Government and Regulation, Joseph Spears, Ocean, Other, Safety and Security
By Kiley Sampson and K. Joseph Spears On January 27 2017, Mr. Justice Shawn Harrington of the Federal Court handed down an interesting decision that examined potential liability of the government of Canada involving the grounding of adventure cruise vessel M/V Clipper...
by CanadianSailings | Oct 31, 2016 | Air, Other, Safety and Security
By Alex Lennane If Amazon really wants to be taken seriously in the transport industry, it is going to have to learn – and teach – the regulations on the shipment of dangerous goods. Last week the UK’s CAA fined it £65,000 for attempting to fly lithium-ion batteries...
