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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the agency’s Boating Infrastructure Grant will provide more than $20 million in funding for 19 states to construct, renovate and maintain marinas and other boating facilities for outdoor recreation.
Associated British Ports has launched its wide- ranging new sustainability strategy, Ready for Tomorrow (RFT), backed by a plan to invest around £2 billion in decarbonising its own operations by 2040.
The Inter-American Development Bank and the Caribbean Shipping Association have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to help decarbonize the shipping industry.
AMSA FOCUSING ON WATERTIGHT AND WEATHERTIGHT INTEGRITY AT PORT STATE CONTROL
Photo credit: AMSA
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has announced they are carrying out ongoing watertight and weathertight integrity inspections during routine Port State
Control (PSC) throughout 2023.
Ocean Safety’s commercial liferafts have been approved to carry the Red Ensign logo, the new standard for UK marine equipment conformity.
The aim of this PSC campaign is to support foreign-flagged and regulated Australian ships with information to help operators avoid water ingress and the associated safety and financial risks. Ship inspection data shows that watertight and weathertight integrity remains a persistent and concerning issue for ships in Australian ports, making up 9% of detainable deficiencies in 2021.
Newly information and resources are now available on the AMSA website, including guidance on regular checks and the importance of including watertight and weathertight components in maintenance plans.
IMOCA’s 2022 sustainability report details the progress it has made surrounding the use of alternative materials and collision avoidance.
Watertight and weathertight elements are part of the design of a ship. Watertightness is required for all openings located below the ship’s waterline, for example, shaft tunnels, ballast tanks, and bow thruster compartments. They must be designed and maintained to prevent ingress and egress of water during continuous submersion. Weathertightness is required for all other ship components, which must be designed and maintained to prevent water from entering the ship in any sea conditions.
The largest European center for sea trials entirely dedicated to floating wind power and marine renewable energies, called the OPEN-C Foundation, has been set up in France.
South Korea has held a naming ceremony for its first domestic liquefied natural gas bunker vessel, the country’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy revealed.
The Port of Halifax in Nova Scotia and the ports of Montreal and Quebec in the province of Quebec were hit by a cyber attack, but cargo movements at all three facilities were unaffected.
The Italian luxury yacht builder Sanlorenzo ended 2022 on a high with net profits up 45.4% compared with the previous year.
AMSA Manager Vessel Operations, Dr Michelle Grech, said AMSA takes an intelligence-led and risk-based approach to compliance. She said, “With our data showing detainable deficiencies for watertight and weathertight integrity on the rise, we are reminding all ships entering Australian waters to find it, fix it, and keep your ship watertight.” She also highlighted the importance of “committing to routine checks and planned maintenance for all watertight and weathertight components”.
Watertight and weathertight deficiencies identified during a port State control inspection often reflect a failure of the planned maintenance program to address watertight and weathertight integrity issues in areas such as:
– watertight doors – ballast tanks and cargo hold venting
– cargo hatches and hatchways – overboard sea water valves.
“The price of conducting proper maintenance is far less than the potential cost of detention or banning, and certainly worth it to avoid the potential consequences which include injury, death, dry docking, labour costs, or even lawsuits over environmental damage,” Dr Grech commented.
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Swedish energy tech firm Abtery has outlined battery-to-battery high speed electric boat charging.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has handed down a 90-day ban to the Netherlands-flagged ship Flevogracht, in what has been described as a ‘crackdown on poor performers in the maritime industry.’
China’s first hydrogen fuel cell powered boat “Three Gorges Hydrogen Boat No. 1” was successfully launched in Guangdong.
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