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7/16/2018: Covered areas on open decks – risks and requirements for passenger vessels
Maritime CommonsMonday, July 16, 2018 - 10:34 AM
The evolution of passenger amenities on cruise ships has far surpassed the original language of the existing regulations. This is particularly evident on open deck areas where the current trend to situate a variety of cooking, dining, and entertainment options has increased the fire risk. When [ Read Full Article ]
07/13/2018: Public hearing being held July 16 in Houston, Texas, for Bouchard No. 255 tank barge incident
Maritime CommonsFriday, July 13, 2018 - 4:59 PM
The Coast Guard is scheduled to conduct a formal public hearing beginning July 16, 2018, at Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston to consider evidence related to an incident that occurred aboard the Bouchard No. 255 tank barge. The hearing will continue to July 27, 2018. [ Read Full Article ]
7/10/2018: Cruise Ship National Center of Expertise summer newsletter highlights most common reasons for PSC detentions, deficiencies
Maritime CommonsTuesday, July 10, 2018 - 3:05 PM
The Cruise Ship National Center of Expertise in Ft. Lauderdale recently released its semi-annual newsletter and Maritime Commons will be releasing individually several of the articles that we think will be of particular interest to our readers. For more information about the CSNCOE, or to […] [ Read Full Article ]
7/9/2018: Waterway suitability assessment to increase liquefied natural gas facility berths and vessel traffic; Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Maritime CommonsMonday, July 9, 2018 - 10:46 AM
The U.S. Coast Guard published a notice in the Federal Register requesting comments on a Letter of Intent and Preliminary Waterway Suitability Assessment regarding plans for new berths at an LNG facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, and to increase the number of LNG vessels at the facility from [ Read Full Article ]
7/6/2018: Recap of Coast Guard remarks during Korea Maritime Week
Maritime CommonsFriday, July 6, 2018 - 12:57 PM
Director of Inspections and Compliance for the U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Jennifer Williams had the opportunity to address about 250 members of the international shipping community last month during Korea Maritime Week. This post provides a recap of her remarks made during the Ballast Water Management [ Read Full Article ]
7/5/2018: Congratulations to the latest E-Zero designees
Maritime CommonsThursday, July 5, 2018 - 9:07 AM
In an effort to better recognize those companies, operators, and vessels that have earned the E-Zero designation on their QUALSHIP 21 certificate, Maritime Commons will periodically publish the names of the latest vessels to earn the E-Zero designation. [ Read Full Article ]
7/3/2018: Is your Automated Identification System ready for Subchapter M?
Maritime CommonsTuesday, July 3, 2018 - 8:15 AM
During the month of June 2018, over 50 percent of towing vessels operating in U.S. waters transmitted incorrect AIS data, and an alarming number of these vessels did not accurately report their dimensions or broadcast a properly assigned MMSI number. This post provides guidance to owners/operators [ Read Full Article ]
7/2/2018: MARPOL Annex VI fuel oil consumption reporting
Maritime CommonsMonday, July 2, 2018 - 8:21 AM
Recent amendments to MARPOL Annex VI - Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships require that from calendar year 2019, each ship of 5,000 gross tonnage and above collect the data specified in appendix IX of MARPOL Annex VI, for that and each subsequent calendar year or portion [ Read Full Article ]
7/2/2018: Collecting information for Subchapter M certificates of inspection
Maritime CommonsMonday, July 2, 2018 - 8:09 AM
As of June 25, 2018, the Coast Guard has issued 22 certificates of inspection to towing vessels in both the Atlantic and Pacific areas of operation. Additional inspections are scheduled between now and July 20, 2018, when Subchapter M is fully implemented. This post highlights several important [ Read Full Article ]
6/28/2018: Coast Guard facility inspectors will use form CG-835F “Facility Inspection Requirements”
Maritime CommonsThursday, June 28, 2018 - 8:23 AM
This post is to make facility owners and operators aware that effective immediately, Coast Guard facility inspectors will use Coast Guard Form CG-835F to document facility inspections. CG-835F is a modification of CG-Form 835, “Vessel/Facility Inspection Requirements,” and is specifically formatted [ Read Full Article ]