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The introduction of a surface into the marine environment begins a process known as biofouling, which increases the weight and hydrodynamic drag of the fouled structure. This process is detrimental to maritime vessels and costs the industry ∼$150B in fuel and maintenance spending annually. Preventing the settlement of fouling organisms mitigates these issues and limits the spread of non-indigenous species (NIS). This is primarily achieved via antifouling paints. Ultraviolet light is a sterilization method used in water purification, food storage packaging, and within medical fields. Ultraviolet C (UV-C) radiation interacts with DNA to prevent growth, proliferation, and survival of bacteria, and biofilm formation. Recent progress in microelectronics technology has advanced the range of commercially available light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to include the UV wavelengths, and the reduced size and cost has allowed their integration into previously inaccessible locales. This study builds on recent progress in integrating UV-C LEDs into UV-lucent silicone tiles for fouling control. The operational cycle needed to prevent growth of Navicula incerta cells was determined. Constant irradiance at a peak of 5.77 μW/cm2 resulted in a significant reduction in diatoms within 2 h, and a 2 log and 3 log reduction after 48 h and 5 days, respectively. Duty cycling (pulsing) in all variations from 50 to 2.5%, indicated significant reductions in cell densities, and the lowest cycle could effectively reduce biofouling growth and increase the longevity of the LEDs for up to 45.6 years. Irradiance and exposure were altered over a set duration and indicated a restriction in growth between 0.01-0.82 J/cm2 and an increased mortality at irradiances > 2.65 J/cm2, suggesting an effective antifouling threshold between these dosages. The effective dosage for 1 log reduction in fouling was estimated to be 25 J/cm2 but varied according to irradiance delivery method. Effective dosage for a 1 log re

Seafarers continue to risk armed robbers and pirates in West African waters, as illustrated in a recent incident reported to the IMB.

Seafarers continue to risk armed robbers and pirates in West African waters, as illustrated in a recent incident reported to the IMB.

The recent salving of a stranded bulk carrier demonstrated the difficulties of operating in remote locations with limited local resources, in the end damage to the environment was minimised but the ship lost the battle.

RINA Services, a world leader in marine classification and certification, recently awarded Carnival Maritime GmbH ISO 14001 and BS OHSAS 18001 certificates.

RINA Services, a world leader in marine classification and certification, recently awarded Carnival Maritime GmbH ISO 14001 and BS OHSAS 18001 certificates.

Noting that recent attacks on commercial ships off the coast of Somalia highlight the continued threat of piracy, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has urged ships to follow advice of navies and that of the International Maritime Organization while planning passage through the region.

Inmarsat has announced its participation in the Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative (AAWA) recently launched by Rolls-Royce.

Inmarsat has announced its participation in the Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative (AAWA) recently launched by Rolls-Royce.

The Panama Canal Authority this week addressed the recently-developed crack in one of the new lock chambers making up the expanded Panama Canal, raising new questions over whether or not the bigger locks will open as scheduled in April 2016.

The Panama Canal Authority this week addressed the recently-developed crack in one of the new lock chambers making up the expanded Panama Canal, raising new questions over whether or not the bigger locks will open as scheduled in April 2016.

Recent reports that some would-be rescuers do not fully understand the legal context of rescue at sea, and may have been deterred from helping people in distress because of possible legal action by local authorities seeking to counter trafficking activity are misplaced, according to the International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF).

Recent reports that some would-be rescuers do not fully understand the legal context of rescue at sea, and may have been deterred from helping people in distress because of possible legal action by local authorities seeking to counter trafficking activity are misplaced, according to the International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF).

Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines will start jointly monitoring the Celebes Sea in response to a spate of recent attacks by Islamic extremists and pirates, securing a key sea lane that could provide an alternative to the South China Sea in an emergency.

Fortunately, the number of piracy incidents has seen a steep decline in recent years and are at their lowest levels since the late 1990s.

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A COSCO containership recently crashed into a gantry crane at the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) at Egypt's Port Said, causing major damage, according to gCaptain.

The main target of DSP in respect of Contship Italia Group, is to address the IT strategies of the various companies to guarantee an harmonious development respecting the peculiarity and the autonomy of the single realities. In the last years DSP, using the acquired know-how in the IT problems of shipping, port management and intermodal transportation has enlarged is portfolio of activities offering to the market professional services in terminal operations processes and systems deployment and optimisiation. In 2007 DSP became partner of NAVIS (part of Cargotec Corporation) and certified its staff as SPARCS 3.7 and SPARCS N4 senior consultants, carrying out various international projects. DSP has recently developed for Contship Italia Group an innovative and flexible system for automatic invoicing (Fatteuro) for container and general cargo terminals interfaced with other systems in order to manage all the necessary information to calculate and register the invoices. It is currently is use at CICT (Cagliari), EGT(Tangier), LSCT(La Spezia) and at the General Cargo Terminal SPETER of La Spezia. DSP is also tightly linked with the new University of Applied Science of Southern Switzerland. In his team a professor of this university is leading analysis and design activities and most part of his personnel has a degree in Computer Science and where recruited there. This also gives the chance to DSP to participate to research projects on the transport and IT area and to remain always skilled with the newest technology

United Nations agencies are meeting in London to discuss concerted ways to address the high numbers of lives being lost at sea in unsafe craft, particularly in the Mediterranean Sea, where hundreds of people are reported to have died in recent weeks alone on dangerous and unregulated sea passages.

Panama has raised its terror alert on the back of the fatal terrorist attacks that took place in Paris recently...

India's recent announcement that it will deploy two of its new Boeing P-8 maritime surveillance and strike aircraft to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

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A major accident has recently taken place at Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) in Port Said after a containership collided with an STS crane...

Mexico’s major cargo ports have reopened after surreptitiously dodging the full extremity of Hurricane Patricia, which recently slammed into the country's Pacific coast.

In August 2016, the first large cruise ship traveled through the Northwest Passage, the northern waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The following year, the first ship without an icebreaker plied the Northern Sea Route, a path along Russia's Arctic coast that was, until recently, impassable by unescorted commercial vessels.