Faroese flagged vessels above 500 GT must comply by year-end 2020. The European Union (EU) has issued Regulation No. 1257/2013 (EU SSR) on ship recycling, and it entered into force on 30 December 2013. It is an early implementation of the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships which…
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M/V VINGA SAFIR is “Ship of the Year” 2019
In a shared second place, we find M/V TÓRSBORG, M/V FREJA and M/V SVITZER GEO. The best performing ship in FAS is identified on the following criteria: The PSC performance over the last 3-year period where the ship’s number of zero-inspections are rewarded as follows: - Expanded – 3 points - - MDI – 2…
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New vessel registration in FAS
Joining FAS today is ro-ro cargo vessel AKRANES, ex Bore Bank. Faroese Company, Smyril Line Cargo has bought the vessel from its Finnish owners to carry cargo between Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Denmark. The vessel is 10.585 GT and was built in Norway in 1998.
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New Paris MoU CIC campaign announced
The Maritime Authorities of the Tokyo and the Paris Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Emergency Systems and Procedures. This inspection campaign will be held for three months, commencing from 1 September 2019 and ending 30 November 2019. Read the newsletter from Paris MoU…
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