Industry Sector

  • Floating Concordia

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    Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper has posted a 3D animation illustrating the two technical options for refloating and removing the Concordia advanced by the Dutch Smit Salvage company.   The video, […]

  • Maritime Disasters

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    An interesting article published in Popular Mechanics: The wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship off the Italian island of Giglio came as a shock to the world—how could this happen to […]

  • How Stable are Cruise Ships?

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    One of Europe’s largest cruise ships, the Costa Concordia, carrying 4200 passengers and crew, suffered a fatal and spectacular accident on Saturday. The vessel was holed on rocks off the […]

  • ‘Less is More’ for Offshore Operational Safety

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    Next generation solutions to focus on maximising operational performance and safety through user-centred design and simplification. Global marine technology developer Kongsberg Maritime will lead a new research project called ‘Situation […]

  • Anthony Sharp on Typhon

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    After teaming up with Simon Murray to launch Typhon, the British entrepreneur Anthony Sharp has given an interview to The Telegraph in which he speaks of the partnership with the […]

  • Stratfor Piracy Report 2011

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    Somali pirates continued their activities in 2011 but hijacked fewer ships than in 2010 or 2009. The pirates’ area of operations contracted during the past year while the use of […]

  • Tragedy off Tuscany

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    A message from the Secretary-General of BIMCO It is difficult to think of a worse nightmare than the pictures of the 114,000 GT Costa Concordia lying on her side as the sun […]

  • Training Service Expands

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    The on board Crew Training provided by the professional mariners of Da Gama Limited has continued its expansion following a successful year of working with a number of new build […]

  • Government Urged to Hold Firm

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    UK Chamber of Shipping responds to  Foreign Affairs Committee report on piracy off the coast of Somalia The UK Chamber of Shipping welcomes the well-researched and level-headed report published today […]

  • Piracy off the Coast of Somalia

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    The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee has published the Tenth Report of Session 2010–12: Piracy off the coast of Somalia Published on 5 January 2012 by authority of the House of […]

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