NEWSLETTER NL86 March 2025

Contents

Secretary General’s Message 2

From the News Editor: Steam Yachts at War 3

The IMO Digest 4

Loss of seafarers in Odesa ship attack 4

Strengthening port facility security 4

IMO and plastic litter 5

HTW 11 7

NextWave Seafarers Project 8

Ghana: Greener shipping National Action Plan 9

Ships using alternative fuels 10

Preparing African countries for IMO audits 11

Greenhouse gas reduction from shipping 11

IMO Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment 12

IMO in the Pacific 13

Bangladesh: Ship recycling and hazardous waste 14

IMO and Red Sea SAR coordination 14

International Women’s Day 15

Africa’s $3.4 trillion opportunity 16

Inhospitable havens. Michael Grey 17

The Role of the Human Element 18

Engine room fires 19

Piracy 2024 review 20

Copernicus over the Gulf of Bothnia 22

Fatal crash at sea 22

Sailor’s Society and Sea Mate training pilot 23

AAL heavy-lift shipping 23

Engine Room Fire 24

NZ port accidents 25

Far East shipbuilding concerns 26

INMARSAT Med appointment 28

The Swedish Club launch 28

The biggest methanol-fuelled engine 29

Viasea Shipping 30

Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger 30

A P Møller-Maersk A/S Annual Report 31

Exercise Cutlass Express 2025 32

Submarine cable resilience 33