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ARKTOS – A Tank Of A Lifeboat

By On January 7, 2012

On 24 October 1915, just three years after the Titanic sunk after hitting an iceberg, Ernest Shackleton found himself trapped in an Antarctic ice flow and gave the order to [...]

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This Is Only A Test – Freefall Lifeboat Design and Testing

By On August 5, 2011

Aboard ship one always hopes they never need to take a sleigh ride into an unfriendly sea but ship happens. When it does you’re going to be very pleased the [...]

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IMO Maritime Safety meeting completes full agenda

By On May 26, 2011

The IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has just completed its 89th session held at the organization’s London headquarters.  The session consisted of a packed agenda, however MSC reports that they [...]

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Piracy, lifeboats among topics for IMO’s annual Maritime Safety Meeting

By On May 9, 2011

The following is the agenda for the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee’s (MSC) 89th session to be held from May 11 to May 20 at the Organization’s London Headquarters. Via IMO [...]

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Schat-Harding calls for consensus on lifeboat hooks

By On January 26, 2011

Leading lifeboat manufacturer and service provider Schat-Harding says IMO and some parts of the shipping industry need to move more quickly to a consensus on vital lifeboat safety issues which [...]

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Lifeboat Fatality Aboard Holland American Cruise Ship Volendam

By On January 9, 2011

A lifeboat remains dangling off the side of a cruise ship, moored at Christchurch’s Port Lyttelton, after a cable broke sending two crew members into the water. Divers searched the [...]

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Lifeboat Safety Survey

By On December 18, 2010

Quick, Bob Couttie from Maritime Accident Casebook needs our help! MAC is carrying out a series of surveys among various industry stakeholders with regard to lifeboat safety. It is the [...]

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Competition calls for innovative life jacket designs

By On November 9, 2010

Here at gCaptain.com, we are big proponents of safety in the workplace and often times for us professional mariners, that means reporting on technologies that are going to keep us [...]

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Marine Flares – More Than Meets the Eye

By On August 10, 2010

Imagine, if you can, the confluence of events that would have to take place to leave you with marine flares being your primary method of signaling distress.  The number of devices that [...]

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Brazil Awaits Triple 5 Lifeboat Hook Check

By On July 20, 2010

Brazil’s Maritime Casualty Investigation Department of the Brazilian Navy’s Directorate of Ports and Coasts is awaiting a report on a Triple 5 lifeboat release mechanism to complete its investigation into [...]

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Tokyo MOU identifies lifeboats as most frequent detainable deficiency for 2009

By On April 16, 2010

Yesterday, the Tokyo MOU released its Annual Report on Port State Control in the Asia-Pacific Region for 2009, summarizing the results of inspections carried out by member Authorities.  For this [...]

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IMO: Replacing unsafe lifeboat release mechanisms – guidelines agreed by Sub-Committee

By On March 3, 2010

Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment (DE), 53rd session: 22 – 26 February 2010 Replacing unsafe lifeboat release mechanisms – guidelines agreed by Sub-Committee Draft guidelines to ensure release mechanisms [...]

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