Supply of lubrication oil in heavy weather
A cruise ship suffered power “blackout” at Hustadvika on Saturday 23 March in challenging weather conditions.
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Maintaining the safety level for Norwegian vessels in the Oman Gulf
The reason for maintaining a safety level concerning ISPS2 in the area, is that there is still no confirmed information after the incident in Fujairah on 12 May 2019 that would require a change of safety level.
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Greek company receives notice of a fine of 700,000 NOK for violation of the legislation regarding the world heritage fjords
The MS Magellan, which is owned by the Greek company Global Cruise Lines Ltd, has violated the legislation on fuel sulphur limits in the world heritage fjords and has received a notice of a violation fine of 700,000 NOK.
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Raised security level for ships at Fujairah port
Based on incidents concerning several ships at Fujairah port by the Gulf of Oman, the Norwegian Maritime Authority has raised the security level temporarily for Norwegian ships in the ISPS1 to ISPS2 area.
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Alerting Norwegian vessels in the Gulf
Based on incidents in the port of Fujairah by the Gulf of Omam, the Norwegian Maritime Authority is now sending out an alert to vessels in the area.
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Press release: Viking Sky
Throughout the night, the NMA has worked together with the ship's classification society, Lloyd’s, and the company in order to identify the reason why the Viking Sky suffered power “blackout” at Hustadvika in challenging weather conditions on Saturday 23 March. For the present, our conclusion is that the engine failure was directly caused by low oil pressure.
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Update on the Norwegian Maritime Authority’s work on “Viking Sky”
The Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) continued the inspection onboard the Viking Sky yesterday. The main focus was on the ship’s machinery and logs covering the alarms that went off prior to and during the incident in Hustadvika Saturday afternoon.