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China has broken its record for the deepest manned dive into the world’s oceans, sinking to an estimated 10,909 metres (35,790 feet) into the Mariana Trench, state-run news agency Xinhua said.
Canada is investing $9.4 million in four tidal energy projects that will bring clean energy technologies to the Atlantic region.
The failure to agree crew changes has not only been a stain on the global maritime community and institutions, but it poses a risk to global supply chains tweeted Nus Ghani MP.
Suzuki Motor Corporation has developed what’s said to be the world’s first Micro-Plastic Collecting Device for installation on outboard motors.
“What happened in Beirut made us examine our own situation and we actually got rid of large quantities of abandoned and neglected and dangerous materials that were in the ports,” Mohamed Mait, Finance Minister, told the Egyptian parliament.
A new damage assessment following the devastating explosion in the port area of Beirut shows the blast caused between $3.8 and $4.6 billion in damage to infrastructure and physical stock.
“We had high hopes for the scrubber market in 2020, but Covid-19 changed all that,” says Shyam Thapa, Yara Marine Innovation Manager. “Travel and distancing restrictions made it difficult to do business, and the resulting fall in oil prices weakened the scrubber case substantially.”
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim said, “I would like to commend all those involved in the international efforts to support the Government of Mauritius and to mitigate the impact of the oil spill from the MV Wakashio.”
NTSB RELEASES MASS OF EVIDENCE ON DEADLY CONCEPTION DIVE BOAT FIRE AHEAD OF FINAL HEARING
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a mass of documentary evidence and factual reporting on the deadly fire aboard the Conception dive boat on 2 September 2019, one of the worst tragedies of its kind in living memory. The docket’s technical reports confirm that there was no assigned roving watch on the night of the fire, and they raise new questions about the level of safety training that the crew received before setting sail. The new material does not include any conclusions or recommendations, which will have to wait for the NTSB’s final report; that document will be released after a hearing scheduled for 20 October.
In multiple witness interviews, former crewmembers told NTSB investigators that they did not recall a designated watch or roving patrol on board the Conception dive boat on prior voyages. Federal code requires that the operators of Subchapter T passenger boats (like Conception) maintain “a
suitable number of watchmen in the vicinity of cabins or staterooms and on each deck” when at anchor.
The captain of another vessel in operator Truth Aquatics’ fleet, the Vision, told NTSB that he believed that having one crewmember sleep in the same compartment as the passengers “somehow fulfilled” the federal requirement for a roving watch, because “the boat’s been operating this way for so long successfully after so many [Coast Guard] inspections that it must be fine.”
USCG marine inspectors told the Coast Guard that it is difficult to supervise operators’ policies on roving watch when underway. In a records review, NTSB investigators found no indication that the Coast Guard has issued any citations for failure to post a night watch within the past three decades.
Training questions Crewmembers also told the NTSB that new hires on the Conception dive boat received little training before heading out and that most training was conducted on the job. Three of the crewmembers – the second captain, first deckhand, and second galley hand – reported that they had never participated in a fire drill aboard the vessel, and the first deckhand said that he had never “done a dry run on anything, with the exception of during the Coast Guard inspections.” Written logbook records for safety drills were maintained solely on board, according to the operator, and they did not survive the fire.
In addition, none of the crew members who were on board the Conception dive boat the night of the fire “were aware of any posted station bill,” and the first galley hand “was unfamiliar with the concept of a station bill” when questioned by investigators, NTSB has reported.
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