To promote safety and avoid maritime pollution, the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has issued this shipping notice laying out the mandatory procedures for the transfer of oil and other substances.

In this report, the UK Club examines potential issues that can arise and even contribute to the cause of an accident when using ECDIS.

When using the ECDIS, it is necessary to know specifically what the problems for navigators are; in this article Captain Sekine extracts the problems related to the use of ECDIS in regard to the current status of ships operated around the world.

Communication is vital for the safe navigation and management of ships, this is true for communications within a ship as well as for ship-to-shore communications.

Effective immediately vessels scheduled to call at terminals on the Delaware River North of the Ben Franklin Bridge must report their arrival and departure air draft and deep draft to the Pilot’s Association 72 hours before arrival at the pilot station.

Following a number of collisions with fishing vessels, a routeing system was established for southwest Indian waters.

The Mississippi remains difficult to navigate, prone to high water, and thus perpetually awash with high value claims.

The Club’s correspondents, Hyopsung Surveyors & Adjusters Corporation, provides an update on recent designations of ECAs and low speed areas at five major ports in South Korea.