The safety of seafarers must be paramount as the international community seeks to address the volatile situation in the Red Sea.
The ongoing targeting of merchant ships and fully supports the comments made by Arsenio Dominguez, IMO Secretary-General, who highlighted that seafarers are innocent victims and that the principle of freedom of navigation must be upheld, thereby allowing the safe trade of essential goods across the globe.
Attention should be given to the potential liquefaction risk and structural stress issues arising from extraordinary growth in spodumene shipments.
The global demand for lithium for use in batteries has led to an increase in shipments of spodumene, a cargo which possess shifting and / or liquefaction risks.
The resolutions to adopt the proposed alterations to the Rules of Class 6 were approved unanimously.
A tragic incident unfolded on board a bulk carrier, claiming the life of a cadet who had spent three months on board. the 34-year-old tragically lost his life after inhaling hydrocarbon fumes emitted from a bunker tank vent while the tanks were being heated. the ship’s management team initially misjudged the severity of the cadet’s illness, leading to a critical delay in providing the necessary medical treatment and advice.