ISPS Code: History, Objectives, Levels, and Requirements of ISPS Code

ISPS Code: History, Objectives, Levels, and Requirements of ISPS Code

What is ISPS Code? ISPS Code or the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code is a framework that provides ships and port facilities with guidelines to function when the ship’s security is threatened due to acts of terrorism. The International Maritime Organization under the Safety of Life at Sea Convention decided to update the…

Utopia Guide Long Island

Utopia Guide Long Island

Utopia is a planned luxury residential ocean liner project. It is supposed to have residences ranging from SD 3.9 million – USD 30 million which later escalated to USD 36 million. MS The World is only one resident-owned cruise vessel as of 2023. The Utopia was earlier planned to be launched in 2017 which later…

Maritime Manual Listed In Top 50 Shipping Blogs

Maritime Manual Listed In Top 50 Shipping Blogs

Since its inception, we at Maritime Manual have strived hard to present the most up-to-date and authentic news about the shipping and cargo industry. In this short span, besides the readership and appreciation of our loyal readers, we have also received recognition from some of the best publications in the industry. Recently, FeedSpot honored Maritime…

SAL Welcomes Three Heavy Lift Vessels With 800t Capacity To Its Fleet

SAL Welcomes Three Heavy Lift Vessels With 800t Capacity To Its Fleet

SAL Heavy Lift announced about that it will expand its fleet by adding three heavy lift vessels that will have a lifting capacity of 800t in 2020. Those vessels will serve the clients of breakbulk and heavy-lift through SALs which is popularly known as Semi-Liner Service however it will also provide with new service options….

AAL Bangkok Loads 12 Floating Crafts, Including 51-Meter Superyacht

AAL Bangkok Loads 12 Floating Crafts, Including 51-Meter Superyacht

The perfect solution for ocean transport has been offered by AAL Bangkok for one of the leading yacht transport and boat shipping company which represents a particular group of private owners who want a Caribbean climate for their pleasure cruising this winter. A compiled cargo of 12 floating cargo was loaded on the special heavy…

CSA 2020 Shipowners Offer Insight On EGCS Installations As IMO 2020 Looms

CSA 2020 Shipowners Offer Insight On EGCS Installations As IMO 2020 Looms

The Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA) 2020 are suggesting the shipowners who want to install marine exhaust gas cleaning systems in order to meet the requirements related to the global sulphur cap, to make sure that good quality and high end materials are being used by manufacturers, shipyards and installers. Through the expertise that the members…

Høglund And DNV GL Join Forces To Improve Data Generation And Sharing In Industry

Høglund And DNV GL Join Forces To Improve Data Generation And Sharing In Industry

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by Høglund Marine Solutions and DNV GL in order to help in the generation and export of big data from ships. This measure will help in better digitalization of the marine sector by offering opportunity to Høglund for the development of their expertise in automation and systems…

Wärtsilä Vessel Traffic Service To Increase Efficiency Of Europe’s Second Largest RoRo Port

Wärtsilä Vessel Traffic Service To Increase Efficiency Of Europe’s Second Largest RoRo Port

Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) solution will be supplied to Calais and Boulogne that are two of the major ports of France by the technology group Wärtsilä. The Wärtsilä VTS will be responsible for the management of vessel traffic of these busy ports so as to deliver better efficiency in operation and safety. Région Hauts-de-France, the…

ABS Releases Industry-Leading Study Of USD 246M In Injury Claims

ABS Releases Industry-Leading Study Of USD 246M In Injury Claims

ABS, the American Club, and Lamar University (Lamar) are urging the industry to move forward for safety at sea with better reporting needs for injury and near miss reporting. This call comes after the industry wide project which analysed over 12,000 injury records that costed $246m and after that 100,000 near-miss reports from the ABS…