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Recognising the need to manage risk and reduce claisdms in one of the most challenging areas of ship management – fuel quality – we’ve partnered with VPS, a leader in marine fuel testing and inspection services, to launch Fuel Insights. The latest resource in our Get SET! portfolio, our Fuel Insights platform is powered by VPS to provide actionable insights based on live VPS data, including fuel off-specs, calorific value, and density differences in all major bunkering ports.
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https://north-standard.com/insights-and-resources/resources/publications/fuel-insights-vps-faqs
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A new rule required all ships operating at the Port of Santos to present a certificate of compliance with international ballast water disposal regulations.
A new rule required all ships operating at the Port of Santos to present a certificate of compliance with international ballast water disposal regulations.
However, user complaints on overlapping regulations, excessive bureaucracy, and high costs for compliance led to the National Waterway Transport Agency (Antaq) suspending the rule.
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The US and multinational forces have commenced shifting their equipment’s into Haiti as of May 6, 2024 and roughly 400 Kenyan military personnel have boots on the ground in order to assist the local authorities in regain control of the cities. Jamaica is scheduled to have some troops on the ground by Mid-August 2024.
Generally, the local agent and port authorities will advise the vessel to stay 20-25 NM from the pilot station and organize the berthing in daylight hours. The vessel will be asked to return to the PAP pilot station by 0700 in order to receive the pilot for berthing.
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As part of their Good Catch series, a safety animation to inform interested parties about the good communications which are imperative to safe operations. Make a Good Catch by ensuring that there are well understood hand signals for mooring operations to ensure against preventable injuries.
According to the club, a large tanker was mooring. The vessel called on this port and terminal regularly so the crew was familiar with the mooring arrangement and line placement. The weather was calm and everyone was expecting this to be a smooth, routine mooring operation. At the aft mooring station, the Third Mate was in charge of the mooring party which consisted of 3ABs. One of the ABs manned the winch controls while the other two ABs handled the mooring lines and made sure they were positioned properly on several fairleads. Under the direction of the third mate, the mooring team lowered the aft mooring line.