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New orders – Mandatory AIS and insurance for seafarers in the UAE, February 2018
As of 31 January 2018, shipowners must have liability insurance covering up to four months of wages and provisions, medical care and repatriation costs for all seafarers working on vessels calling at UAE Ports or anchoring in the UAE's territorial waters or Exclusive Economic Zone. This is in line with the requirements of the Maritime Labour Convention of 2006.
This new mandatory insurance requirement extends to any operator, manager and bareboat charterer as well as the registered owner of the vessel. It applies to all seafarers on UAE and foreign vessels exceeding a deadweight of 200 tonnes.
Under new decision No 1 of 2018 issued by the Chairman of the UAE's Federal Transport Authority (FTA), the owners of UAE flagged vessels and of other foreign vessels operating under a navigation licence in the UAE, must procure the above liability cover from an insurer recognised by the FTA and must provide the FTA with a copy of the relevant certificate of insurance within seven days of its issuance. Other foreign vessels should procure an equivalent insurance policy from a recognised insurer in their flag state.
The FTA has authority to inspect any foreign vessel at berth or at anchorage in the UAE to ensure compliance with the above requirement. A warning will initially be issued to a vessel in breach. In the event of a further breach, the FTA can ban the relevant vessel from calling at UAE Ports and from sailing in UAE waters.
Another development is that Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponders are now mandatory on all foreign vessels in the UAE.
This is pursuant to a new decision by the Chairman of the FTA, which requires that all foreign vessels calling at UAE Ports or sailing through the UAE's territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zone must now maintain a live AIS at all times. The decision was passed on 24 December 2017 and is effective as of 31 January 2018. It includes all vessels regardless of size and tonnage.
The above FTA decision, however, does not clarify what penalties are applicable in case of breach.Posted On:24-Feb-2018
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MT Leopard Sun Attacked off Somalia
MT Leopard Sun was attacked by pirates on February 22, some 165 km off the central coast of Somalia.Posted On:24-Feb-2018
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Nauticor Extends LNG Supply Network for Ships to Rotterdam Port
Nauticor has extended its LNG supply network for ships within the North Sea region.Posted On:24-Feb-2018
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New Indonesia Drones Spotlight US-ASEAN Maritime Security Initiative
New Indonesia Drones Spotlight US-ASEAN Maritime Security Initiative The DiplomatFull coveragePosted On:24-Feb-2018
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SC Ports Authority Posts January Container Growth
Yesterday South Carolina Ports Authority reported nearly two percent container volume growth since the Port s fiscal year began last July. SCPA handled 167,398 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEU) in January. Fiscal year to date, the Port has moved 1.24 million TEUs, an increase of 1.8 percent over the same period last year. Strength in global ...Posted On:24-Feb-2018
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U.S. port to receive four Chinese-made cranes
A Chinese heavy-lift ship carrying four big container cranes is sailing toward Tacoma, a port city in Washington state, local authorities said this week. The 47,107-ton heavy load carrier Zhen Hua 28, which is 232 meters long and carries the flag of China’s Hong Kong, is scheduled to arrive on Friday in the port of ...Posted On:24-Feb-2018
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BIMCO relaunch ship benchmarking system
BIMCO relaunches ship benchmarking system Shipping KPI after two years of redesign. The system helps shipowners and managers make strategic decisions about their fleet. “The Shipping KPI system enables me, as a shipowner, to make rational strategic decisions on how to run my fleet, by benchmarking with other ships in the segments we compete in. ...Posted On:24-Feb-2018
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VLCC Tankers Prime Candidates for Scrapping
The rumor mill has stalled things at the demolition market for ships, with Pakistan seemingly ready to reopen its import market for tankers. In any case though, weak freight rates and increased tonnage availability, mean that VLCC tonnage is looking like prime candidates for scrapping. On the back of this development, Clarkson Platou Hellas said ...Posted On:24-Feb-2018
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