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⚓ World Maritime Day 2024: Navigating the Future with Safety First! ⚓ At Pacific Towing, we’re proud to support the 2024 theme of World Maritime Day, “Navigating the Future: Safety First!” This year’s theme highlights the vital role of maritime safety and innovation in shaping the future of shipping. 2024 also marks 50 years since the adoption of the 1974 SOLAS Convention (International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea), the key treaty from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that regulates maritime safety. SOLAS has been a cornerstone in ensuring the safety of vessels, crews, and the environment, adapting over the years to address new challenges and technologies. As we look ahead to a future of innovation, and sustainability, Pacific Towing remains committed to putting safety first in everything we do, ensuring the protection of our people, vessels, and the marine environment. Let’s continue navigating towards a safer and greener maritime future! #WorldMaritimeDay #SafetyFirst #SOLAS50Years #PacificTowing #MaritimeSafety #SustainableShipping #IMO #MaritimeInnovation

"Oceanic Challenges! 🌊 Taking a pilot off a ship in the vast expanse poses unique hurdles. Dive into the complexities of maritime operations with #NVOCCNavigation and #FreightForwardingFinesse. 🚢⚓️ #LinerLogic #ShippingStruggles #LogisticsJourney #SeaChallenges"

"Witness awe-inspiring ship piloting skills in action! 🚢🌟 Navigating through a narrow channel with precision and expertise. Celebrating excellence in the maritime industry, shipping, and marine technology. ⚓️🌊 #ShipPiloting #MaritimeMastery #OceanNavigation"

"Witness awe-inspiring ship piloting skills in action! 🚢🌟 Navigating through a narrow channel with precision and expertise. Celebrating excellence in the maritime industry, shipping, and marine technology. ⚓️🌊 #ShipPiloting #MaritimeMastery #OceanNavigation"

SMALL CAR FERRY REGULATIONS FOR ALL FERRIES BUILT BEFORE 2004 - The roll-on/roll-off ship is defined in the November 1995 amendments to Chapter II-1 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 as being "a passenger ship with ro-ro cargo spaces or special category spaces..." DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2003/25/EC as regards the inclusion of improved stability requirements and its alignment with stability requirements defined by the International Maritime Organisation on car ferries built before 2004.

How to transform two large ferries built over three decades ago into modern electric vessels? Five years ago, we helped ForSea’s Tycho Brahe and Aurora – integral to the transport link between Denmark and Sweden – undergo a substantial transformation, converting from marine diesel to electric power. This article takes you behind the scenes of this incredible conversion: https://lnkd.in/gk4XDPrg

👨🚀 “Houston - we’ve had a problem” K&L Gates's Philip Perrotta deals with some of the relevant themes and reasons why older, mid-life aircraft have in short order transitioned from a position where they were, until quite recently, perceived as something of an ugly duckling in relative terms and compared with new aircraft types, to be effectively allowed to die off and, in all likelihood, become merely a source of aircraft parts and components for the new aircraft types that will carry the industry to its environmental goals. Perrotta notes, "They are now emphatically mainstream in the industry, front and centre of fleet development decisions and offering a range of options and flexibility that will be the factors in whether an airline flourishes. By extension, the lessors and financiers investing in such aircraft types will be measured in a similar way." Read the full article 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eKZdWgeq #AviationFinance

🤝 Norway, Great Britain, Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands agreed cooperation on the operation of autonomous ships 🎯 Norway has signed a new agreement with Great Britain, Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands to facilitate better cooperation on the international operation of autonomous ships. The purpose of the agreement is to simplify the operation of autonomous ships in the North Sea, and to ensure that they can operate safely within the individual countries' national requirements and frameworks. 🎤 "This collaboration can help to establish a new international market for the Norwegian maritime industry. The Norwegian maritime industry is far ahead in the development of autonomous solutions. The collaboration will create an arena for further developing efficient and safe solutions for autonomous operation, and will be able to play an important role for our maritime companies in the years to come", says Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy Marianne Sivertsen Næss. The Norwegian Maritime Authority (Sjøfartsdirektoratet) believes the agreement is a good framework for common technical standards and solutions. 🎤 "We want to ensure that Norway is at the forefront when it comes to new technology in the maritime industry. In addition, Norway is a major maritime power, and then the cooperation with other flag states with great weight, such as Great Britain and Belgium, is an advantage. This is about the future of shipping. When several large shipping nations come together to facilitate and simplify the operation of autonomous ships, predictability also increases for the maritime industry", says Acting Shipping Director at Norwegian Maritime Authority Alf Tore Sørheim. The countries that have signed the agreement undertake to exchange knowledge and information on national activities and to follow a common approach to international MASS operations where appropriate. The agreement concerns cooperation on requirements to be placed on autonomous ships operating in the North Sea basin, i.e. outside national waters, so that the countries can agree on common technical standards and solutions for the ships pending international regulations. The agreement is based on existing guidelines from the United Nations Maritime Organization, International Maritime Organization, and the European Union. The IMO has initiated work to develop non-binding rules for autonomous cargo ships. These are expected to be completed by 2025. Norway is actively participating in this work. 📃 Source: The Government of Norway #maritime #mass #autonomousships

Why fly TRI? Because the more you fly, the more we fly! Supporting your local airport does much more than just get you to your next big adventure…learn more at FlyTRI.com/local #FlyLocal #FlyTRI

Today is World Maritime Day, a day established by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to recognize the essential role of shipping safety, maritime security, and marine environmental protection. It’s also a moment to celebrate the maritime industry’s contribution to the global economy. Maritime is at the core of everything we do. This year’s theme "Navigating the future: safety first" reminds us of our ongoing commitment to advancing ship safety, maritime security, and sustainability. Through innovations in alternative fuels, autonomous vessels, automation, and advanced safety systems, we continue to play a key role in building a maritime future that is not only safer but also more sustainable and efficient. Learn more about our commitment to a greener maritime future: https://lnkd.in/gn6VGyPq #WorldMaritimeDay2024 #Sustainability #Safety