REP RT CONTENTS
4 • Editor’s Letter 5 • President’s Column 7 • IIMS Organisation and Structure 8 • International Marine News
15 • UK Marine News 18 • Shipping and Boating by Numbers 22 • Safety Briefings 36 • Member News 40 • New vessels review 44 • Regulation News 49 • New marine reports and guides
54 • Environmental and regulatory compliance dominate the shipping horizon for 2025
58 • Managing cyber risk with USCG's new Maritime Security Directive
62 • New guidance on achieving stable lifting operations
66 • National Historic Ships UK Award Winners 2024
68 • One third of ballast water treatment systems fail PSC inspections
70 • How to identify false readings of exhaust monitoring equipment
72 • An expert’s guide to lithium-ion battery fire prevention
74 • Lithium batteries don’t commit suicide. They’re murdered.
78 • Lithium-ion batteries: a growing risk for yacht fires?
81 • Celebrating The Gussies Electric Boat Awards
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84 • Metstrade 2024 - Electric boating overview: higher power and new outboards
89 • SubChapter M Towboat Rules: Six Years On
94 • Proper stowage of mixed cargoes on bulk carriers
97 • Safe carriage of charcoal in containers
101 • Inland Waterways Craft and the vagaries of the conflicting regulations
114 • Removing the risk of confined space entry from industrial tank cleaning - Case study no. 2
120 • Statistics show worrying trend of enclosed space related deaths which continue to occur
122 • Saving lives: dangers of enclosed spaces
124 • Safety recommendations for Emission Capture and Control
126 • Historic canals repurposed to address modern UK’s challenges
128 • Do you know what P&I stands for?
130 • Above water applications of Voith-Schneider Propulsion
132 • The safety debate after the 2024 Sydney to Hobart tragedy
134 • Safety and Leadership: the two important pillars of maritime excellence
135 • AI in the Maritime Industry: An overview
138 • AI is empowering shipowners to tackle new safety management challenges
140 • The risks and benefits of AI translations in safety critical industries
143 • A day in the life of... Capt. Andy Moll OBE
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