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Fire risks are a significant concern for all vessels and emergency preparedness is key to both fire prevention and mitigation. When vessels are docked in port, circumstances may escalate to a point where shoreside firefighters and their assets are needed to control and put out such fires.
Whether the crew intends to fight the fire by themselves or take initial actions while waiting for experienced, contracted marine firefighters to arrive, local firefighters usually respond. It is their community’s port and infrastructure, and they are dedicated to ensuring it is not damaged should the vessel fire get out of control. However, local firefighters can’t possibly be familiar with every vessel’s design and may have little or no training or experience in fighting shipboard fires. Therefore, vessel crews cannot assume that the first shoreside firefighters that arrive are appropriately trained and know how to fight a vessel fire.
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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.
Full advisory at the following link.
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.
Full advisory at the following link.
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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.