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Andy Norris

Client Alert: U.S Whale Speed Restrictions

*Thank you to NOAA for providing the above pictures. IMC recently assisted a client whose vessel was alleged to have violated seasonal...

Andy Norris

U.S. Enforcement of New Vessel Fuel Oil Sulfur Limits

I. Introduction On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Coast Guard issued Work Instruction 22(1) (CVC-WI-022(1), referred to as the “work...

Tim Close

Safety Recognition - A New Approach

By Tim Close, Captain U.S. Coast Guard (retired) Senior Consultant, Independent Maritime Consulting LLC Recognition related to safety has...

Tim Close

Preventing Major Ship Incidents

How the company's organizational culture works to prevent, or contributes to incidents and disasters By Tim Close, Captain U.S. Coast...

Tim Close

Just Like Riding a Bike

Running a Safety Program - Just Like Riding a Bicycle

Tim Close

A Culture of Compliance

By: Timothy Close Senior Compliance Consultant This article is about taking regulatory compliance to the next level, about instilling a...

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