Cybersecurity on Ships: The New Fleet Reality
Digitalization makes shipping more efficient, but it also increases risks: one in three ships has critical vulnerabilities. A single infected flash drive or phishing email can disable navigation, communications, or control systems. 📌 All types of vessels are vulnerable, from trawlers and tugs to bulk carriers with legacy systems—any vessel where IT and OT networks […]
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What are Leg Penetration Analysis for a Jack-Up Barge?
To check the seabed strength for the likelihood of punch-through, the first step before deploying a Jack-Up barge is to perform a Leg Penetration Analysis (LPA). This analysis is prepared based on the soil characteristics and the technical features of the barge. The calculations are performed by a company that specializes in this field; the […]
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Shore leave has failed to recover after the pandemic: shore leave has fallen by more than half.
A new study by the ITF Seafarers’ Trust has revealed an alarming trend: seafarers’ right to shore leave has effectively ceased to exist.Since 2020, the number of crew members actually leaving the ship during a layover has fallen by 61%. 📉 What’s happening in ports?Even those who are able to leave spend less than two […]
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IMO Postpones Net Zero Framework
At a meeting of the IMO Environmental Protection Committee, a majority of leading flag states—Liberia and Panama—supported postponing the implementation of the Net Zero Framework (NZF). Only the Marshall Islands, Singapore, and Malta opposed it. 🚢 NZF is a system that sets global standards for reducing CO₂ emissions in shipping: the transition to cleaner fuels, […]
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Ukraine on the road to MLC ratification, 2006
An important step to changing positions in the international arena!I saw it on the news yesterday and remembered:“I’m thirteen years old. I was herding lambs outside the village.”Taras Grigoryevich’s time is over,but the idea, as we see, lives on.And as one classic said,the same old people are still in the arena!Beautiful photos, beautiful costumes, expressive […]
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