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IMO 2025 Safety Regulations: Key Points
Overview of IMO 2025 Safety Regulations In the 2024-2026 period IMO has adopted numerous safety-related amendments affecting SOLAS, MARPOL, STCW and other instruments. Key changes include stricter ship equipment and design standards (e.g. mandatory water-level detectors in cargo holds and improved mooring gear), updated fire and lifesaving provisions (LSA/FSS Code amendments), modernised navigation/communication requirements (GMDSS),…
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Largest Cruise Ships in the World: Top 3 Mega Hotels
The largest cruise ships in the world are no longer just cruise vessels. They are floating resorts, entertainment hubs, and engineering landmarks that carry thousands of passengers across the Caribbean every week. As of March 2026, the top three biggest cruise ships in active service are Icon of the Seas, Star of the Seas, and…
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Crew Fatigue Management Tips: A Practical Guideline for Maritime and Offshore Operations
Writing here this short and practical guideline from personal experience gained in this industry during over 15 years, and I can say that crew fatigue management tips matter because fatigue it is one of the contributory factors in some maritime and offshore industry incidents, not just theoretical risk models. For exemplification and to show why…
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FPSO Vessel – How It Works?
Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) units are offshore production facilities built on floating hulls (most commonly ship‑shaped monohulls) that receive multiphase well fluids via risers, separate the stream into oil, gas and water, treat each stream to export or disposal specifications, store stabilised crude in cargo tanks, and periodically offload it to export tankers.…
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Offshore HSE Advisor Training Costs
Greetings to all HSE Advisors and future HSE Advisors that are reading my article. I have wrote this few lines with the intention to make a more clear picture of what trainings would be required to advance your carrier as a HSE Advisor, and more especially in the offshore industry. I am in this branch…
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Training Requirements For Offshore Renewables
I personally never worked in the offshore renewables energy, however many of you are doing this and as well many other are looking into it, as start of a career or a change of it. In the offshore renewables energy, across all the seas and oceans, offshore wind farms stand as beacons of sustainable progress…
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Why Namibia Controls the World’s Offshore Diamonds
Do you like Diamonds? Did you ever wondered how they are produced or even better who produce them? Which is the leading country and companies in this sector? For most people, diamonds are still associated with vast open pits or remote inland mines. In reality, some of the world’s most valuable natural diamonds are no…
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How the U.S.-Israel-Iran Conflict Could Affect Fuel Prices
Oil price impact on Middle East Conflict – What Happens Next, Who Wins, Who Pays the Price Why Oil Prices React Instantly to War Headlines Oil is not just a commodity-it is a fear-driven market. As for now military conflict erupts involving Iran, Israel, and the United States, prices move before supply is actually affected.…
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Top 5 Largest Offshore Pipe Laying Vessels in the World
When you’ve spent time offshore, you quickly realize that not all ships are created equal. Some are workhorses, some are cramped and unforgiving, and a few are so massive that stepping on board feels like walking into a small city. The pipe laying vessel is in a class of its own. I’ve worked around enough…
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Brooklyn Bridge Ship Collision: A Shocking Wake-Up Call for Maritime Safety
When most people think of the Brooklyn Bridge, they picture a historic structure, a symbol of New York City’s strength and charm. But on the morning of May 17, 2025, that image was shattered — quite literally — according to the online sources of information, as a Mexican naval ship collided with the bridge. The…