Tag: speed reduction

The Hong Kong Marine Department has issued a notice regarding speed limits for all vessels within designated restricted zones.

According to Veson Nautical, the global bulker fleet is facing a significant slowdown, driven by a combination of factors.

Houston Pilots have issued an alert to inform vessels to override their engine or shaft power limiters prior arrival at the Houston Ship Channel. As part of their efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, some vessel operators have installed (or modified existing) engine power or shaft power limiters. However, in some cases, these limiters may reduce vessel maneuverability in a confined channel to an unacceptable level.

NYK has been recognized for the company’s participation in the Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies vessel speed reduction (VSR) incentive program along the West Coast of North America, a collaborative effort sponsored by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation among others.

Vessels entering and leaving Puget Sound will be asked to temporarily slow down to reduce underwater noise this fall. Washington state will launch this strategy from British Columbia on a trial basis, in order to help the Pacific Northwest's critically endangered killer whales.

Svitzer announced that its "Aim for 8 speed" initiative, which asks tug crews to navigate at a maximum speed of eight knots during mobilisation and demobilisation, has successfully prevented 1,000 tonnes of CO2.

Transport Safety Victoria (TSV) issued a safety alert informing that all vessels must follow a five-knot speed limit on the Yarra River.

As collisions and groundings in narrow passages, such as rivers, do not seem to decrease either in frequency or magnitude, the UK Club shared practical advice to both seafarers and shore side personnel, in order to prevent such incidents. 

For the second year in a row, the majority of vessels are not complying with a voluntary slowdown aiming to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Cabot Strait, the conservation group Oceana Canada has found, calling Transport Canada to do all it can to protect right whales by making the slowdown mandatory. 

Transport Canada issued a bulletin describing the updated speed restriction zones that vessels must follow in the Gulf of St. Lawrence from 28 April 2021, to reduce the risk of a vessel colliding with North Atlantic right whales (NARW).