IMCA Digest - March 2022
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News
- Registration Open – IMCA DP Conference
- Neutral shipping needs a blue corridor out of Ukraine
- Over 300 vessels and at least 1,000 seafarers are stuck in Ukraine
- Seafarers trapped in Ukraine facing dire conditions
- Communication from the Government of Ukraine
- Charities/Aid
- IMO Resources
- Information reporting form for ships stranded in Ukraine ports and waters
- Global Wind Organisation Statement on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Links and Resourses shared by The Seafarers Charity
- How to pay your Ukrainian (and Russian) seafarers
- UKRAINE – OVERVIEW OF CONTENT ON BIMCO WEBSITE
- Information for people fleeing the war in Ukraine
- Ukraine Conflict – Repatriation of Crew FAQs
- IMCA to be represented in Oceans Career Panel
- MIN 674 (M) – Guidance for shipowners regarding seafarers affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
- Wall Street Journal article: Some Ukrainian and Russian Seafarers Blocked From Entering U.S.
- Russia-Ukraine Crisis
- IMCA explains the unrealistic proposed US crewing exemption process
- Ukraine crisis – UNHCR Position on Returns to Ukraine
- Maritime Security and Safety in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov
- IMO calls Extraordinary Council Session
- ICS Calls for Safety Corridor to Evacuate Ships and Crews From Ukraine
- New package of sanctions against Russia published in the EU Official Journal
- EU Places Financial Sanctions on Russian Maritime Register of Shipping
- Thousands of Ukrainian and Russians seafarers stuck in ports globally
- Amendment to IBF List of Designated Risk Areas
- UK shipping sanctions on Russian vessels have broad and unknown effects
- IMO Calls Extraordinary Session as Seafarers Remain Caught in Ukraine
- COMMUNICATION FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
- UN agencies renew call to collaboratively support seafarers
- Revised Protocol For Crew Change For Cargo Ships In Singapore And Application For Vaccination
- IMCA suspends Russian members
- UK introduces new sanctions against Russia including ban on ships and fresh financial measures
- Ukraine: IMO Secretary-General statement
- UK Government Department for Transport Statements – Crisis in Ukraine
- Paris MoU – Guidance on repatriation of seafarers due to situation in Ukraine
- IMCA Appoints Director of Client Engagement Asia-Pacific
- Your Innovative Technology Could Feature in IMCA’s DP Conference
- IMCA Publishes Information Note on the Impacts of Proposed Crewing Legislation
Safety Events
- Stored energy release: Two fatalities with tyres (IOGP)
- MSF: Contact between Vessel and Offshore Installation
- Overcoming Language Barriers
- MAIB: Flooding, capsize and foundering of small vessel after issues with towing wires
- MAIB: Unexploded ordnance – subsea explosion causes injury and damage
- MSF: Foreign object in eye
- Get it fixed!! Deteriorated seals on emergency hatch
- Line of fire: pinched finger between door and frame
- Non-fatal man overboard incident
- Fatal fall from collapsing scaffolding on a merchant vessel
DP Events
No DP events published during this period.
Publications
- Safe and Efficient Use of an Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV)
- DP practitioner accreditation scheme handbook
- Dynamic Positioning Station Keeping Review – Incidents and Events Reported for 2021
- Guidance on the investigation and reporting of incidents
- Code of practice for the initial and periodic examination, testing and certification of diving plant and equipment