Failure to comply with company procedures regarding entry into enclosed spaces can be fatal. This key shipboard operation sadly continues to cause injury and take lives every year, and in the following we briefly deal with the hazards, regulations and procedures involved in entering enclosed spaces.
Blackout and towage
MO has amended Regulation 14 of MARPOL Annex VI with effect from 1 January 2020. The amended Regulation 14 will result in a new global sulphur limit cap of 0.5% in HFO against the present 3.5% sulphur limit cap.
On 23-24 October 2018 the 7th Edition of the European Investment Summit took place in Athens presenting the occasion for companies to network with key industry players while discovering investment opportunities in Greece & Cyprus.
On 17 May 2018 at the Yacht Club in Piraeus, some 150 delegates from prominent ship management, insurance, ship-repair and other companies in the shipping industry attended an interactive seminar on Managing Marine Casualties presented by leading experts in their fields, the insurers, The Swedish Club (Stelios Magkanaris), class, DNV-GL (George Teriakidis), the law firm, Thomas Cooper (Douglas Bateson) and the technical consultants, SM Sigma Maritime (Manos Strongilos). The event was moderated by Nigel Lowry of Lloyd’s List.
ELNAVI Posidonia 2018 issue.
Main engine & turbocharger damage and Vessel towage
Collision and exhaust gas boiler damage
It is with pleasure and some pride that SM Sigma Maritime Technical Consultants announce the high-profile presentation entitled “The Insurance Perspective of Marine Disasters” that took place earlier this month.
Collision (General Average)
