Engine Room Emergency Escape: Are Changes Needed in SOLAS?
Following the discussion of engine room emergency evacuation requirements, 📄Document SDC 12/11 concluded that there is no need to revise SOLAS requirements for engine room emergency escapes. Additionally, CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulations of a container ship’s engine room fire were conducted to assess: 🟠 Does raising the entry level of the emergency escape trunk […]
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Winter attacks on port infrastructure have reduced grain and iron ore exports from Ukraine.
A series of winter strikes on ports in the northwestern Black Sea has had a significant impact on Ukrainian seaborne exports. The greatest impact has been on the infrastructure of the Odessa region—the ports of Odessa, Chornomorsk, and Yuzhny, which remain key hubs for grain and iron ore exports. 📉 According to industry sources, damage […]
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You know, there’s a popular saying: the deeper you go into the forest, the thicker the partisans.
Well, we’re no longer in a forest. We’re, excuse me, in a nature reserve. With guards, “keep quiet” signs, and comments that are locked in advance, lest anyone, God forbid, start thinking out loud. First, I saw Gordon interviewing his wife. I grinned. Well, family business, it happens.Then Kuleba—he simply sat his housewife wife down […]
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Salvage Operations: Residual Fuel Removed from Defiant Fuel Barge, Grounded at Port San Juan Entrance
Salvage units have completed the operation to remove residual fuel from the Defiant fuel barge, which previously grounded in the approaches to Port San Juan, Puerto Rico. The work is aimed at mitigating the risk of pollution and preparing the vessel for subsequent ditching operations. 🚢 The approximately 265-foot-long, non-self-propelled barge was towed from St. […]
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Sanctioned tankers are increasingly being sent to India for recycling.
Oil tankers previously used to transport sanctioned cargo continue to arrive at Indian shipbreaking facilities, including the Alang cluster in Gujarat. These are the so-called “shadow fleet” vessels, which are being decommissioned and transferred for recycling. 🚢 According to industry sources, at least three such tankers—Woodchip, Global Star, and Bodhi—arrived on the Indian coast in […]
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