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UK: An Update On The IMO’s Proposed Polar Code

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Published on Monday, 16 February 2015 00:48
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Last Updated: 13 February 2015
Article by Rory Macfarlane, Reema Shour and Florian Schacker
 
 

Global warming in recent years has resulted in increased maritime traffic in the Northern Sea Route ("NSR"). Whilst the NSR offers both time savings in terms of voyage duration and also bunker cost savings, navigating the Arctic presents a number of challenges for the shipping industry and raises a number of safety and environmental concerns.

As a result, the International Maritime Organisation ("IMO") has produced a draft Polar Code to cover all aspects of shipping in the Arctic and Antarctic areas. The Polar Code comprises a set of mandatory safety and environmental protection regulations, together with non-mandatory provisions relating to both. In May 2014, the IMO's Marine Safety

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[Exclusive]Soft-Law Guidelines for Maritime Security Compliance

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Published on Monday, 16 February 2015 00:43
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By MarEx 2015-02-15 17:54:13

By Simon O. Williams, BA, LLM

Despite global regulation grounded in the international Law of the Sea (specifically, UNCLOS) and a myriad of coastal, port and flag state policies, major institutional gaps remain in the regulation of private maritime security. From a governance perspective, many argue that there is a dire need for new approaches and instruments to enhance regulation, increase harmonization of rules, set standards and ensure compliance. Experts cite that the best way to catalyze such change is by developing a soft-law framework.

What Is Soft Law?

Voluntary certification schemes and codes of conduct, known as soft law, are non-legally binding instruments; often used when there is uncertainty or ineffective hard law. Parties to soft law

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RNLI. New boats

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Published on Monday, 16 February 2015 00:33
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The RNLI announces new Lifeboat for Lytham St. Annes

Tuesday, December 2nd 2014 00:00

The crew at Lytham St. Annes were jubilant this week when they received a letter from RNLI headquarters stating that they are to receive the charity's latest and most advanced class of all-weather lifeboat - the Shannon

The station received a letter from the RNLI's Director of Operations, George Rawlinson, stating that the Trustees of the RNLI have approved that the station should receive one of the new class of lifeboat - the Shannon. 

The Shannon was developed by the RNLI and is the most agile in the charity's fleet being the very first to be propelled by water jets and not propellers.

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MBR upgrade to help Queen Mary 2 cruise ship meet IMO requirements

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Published on Monday, 16 February 2015 00:40
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LONDON, England
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One of the world’s major cruise ships, the Queen Mary 2, is being fitted with a Membrane BioReactor (MBR) wastewater treatment system to help meet International Maritime Organization (IMO) requirements for ship pollution.

The contract was awarded by Cunard Line during the third quarter, 2014. The existing on-board system is now due for replacement and two Wärtsilä Hamworthy MBR 16 systems have been selected to maintain the ship’s high environmental standards.

The Wärtsilä Hamworthy MBR solutions are designed to facilitate the management and treatment of both ‘grey’ and ‘black’ wastewater, and to monitor discharges to the sea.

Cunard’s 2620 passenger capacity Queen Mary 2 entered service in 2004

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Insignia Fire Reveals Cruise Industry Remains Unprepared for Disaster

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Published on Monday, 16 February 2015 00:24
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http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2014/12/articles/fires-1/insignia-fire-reveals-cruise-industry-remains-unprepared-for-disaster/

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Jim Walker

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Many cruise passengers began asking us when the Insignia will sail again, even before the ship's burned-out engine room stopped smoldering.  

Of course we don't know. The investigation into the fire is just beginning. Investigators from the Marshall Islands (the flag of the Oceania cruise ship) has just started. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) flew from Miami to St. Lucia to accompany the Marshall Islands investigators.

The ship will undoubtedly sail long before the official investigations are concluded. I doubt that the official reports will be ready for publication by the end of next

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