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NIMASA trains 2,337 seafarers to boost maritime sector - Peterside
The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Wednesday said it had trained 2,337 Nigerians as seafarers to enhance the performance of the maritime industry.
Dr Dakuku Peterside, the Director-General of NIMASA, said the aim was to empower them with the sea time experience required by the industry players before engaging them in the shipping sector.
Peterside made this known at a news conference in Lagos on the national maritime regulatory agency's achievement within one year.
According to him, the organisation is committed to human capital development to ensure an all encompassing maritime industry development with a view to making Nigeria a maritime hub.
"We cannot achieve much without developing the skills of our cadets whom the country will rely on in the nearest future to continue to steer the ship of the industry.
"We want to emulate other shipping countries like the Philippines that pride themselves as countries that export maritime personnel to other countries."As agency, our approach to regulation and interface with stakeholders is not that of command structure, and that has enabled us to partner Nigerian ship owners to also engage some of the cadets on board their vessels.
"The agency is not oblivious of pockets of piracy activities within the Gulf of Genuine. "The agency is working with the Nigeria Navy to stamp the tide of piracy to aid trade," Peterside said.
He said due to the agency's vigilance on the Nigerian waters, there had been a reduction in piracy to almost zero per cent, and that it would build the confidence of Nigeria's international trading partners.
The director-general said with 1,025 newly registered vessels by the agency, and the retraining of 50,700 already employed sea officials, the coast was clearer for the country to take its rightful place within the comity of nations.
He added that it was cheaper and economical to have cadets on board training vessels than for the country to owe one.Posted On:16-Aug-2018
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DryShips Agrees to Sell One of Its Panamaxes
Athens-based ship owner and operator DryShips has reached an agreement with an unaffiliated buyer for the sale of one of its 2001-built Panamax drybulk carrier.
The vessel is scheduled for delivery to its buyer no later than the end of this month. DryShips infomed that it expects to realize a gain on vessels sales compared to the book value of this asset.Posted On:16-Aug-2018
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DFDS Orders One More RoRo at Jinling Shipyard
Danish shipping and logistics company DFDS has decided to order an additional RoRo newbuilding from Chinese Jinling Shipyard, exercising an option obtained when ordering its previous ferries.
The new ferries will be deployed in route networks in northern Europe and the Mediterranean. As informed, the newbuilding is similar to the five previously ordered freight ferries and likewise designed to carry 6,700 lane meters of freight equivalent to around 450 trailers.Posted On:16-Aug-2018
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Vard to Build Autonomous Boxship for YARA
Builder of specialized vessels Vard Holdings Limited has secured a contract to construct an autonomous and electric-driven container vessel for Norwegian chemical company YARA.
The world s first autonomous and electric-driven container vessel, to be named Yara Birkeland, will be delivered from Vard in Brevik in early 2020. The shipbuilder informed that the contract value is around NOK 250 million (USD 29.5 million)Posted On:16-Aug-2018
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Dutch freighter collided with pier at Ceuta, damaged
General cargo ship MANISA CAMILLA struck with her bow Heliport pier while docking at Ceuta with assistance of two tugs, at around 1130 UTC Aug 14. Pier was damaged, the ship suffered portside bow breach above waterline, see photos, video. MANISA CAMILLA arrived at Ceuta from Sevilla. Accident reportedly was caused by engine failure of one of the tugs and ensuing inability to control MANISA CAMILLA inertia.Posted On:16-Aug-2018
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Turkish freighter fire, 1 crew died, ship under tow
Fire erupted on board of Turkish general cargo ship KARADENIZ 5 shortly after midnight LT (UTC +3) Aug 15, when the ship was abeam of Krapets, Bulgaria, north of Varna, en route from Romania to Turkey. One crew said to die, the ship disabled and taken on tow to be towed to Varna. No other information available. Latest AIS timed 2330 UTC Aug 14, no signals since that time.Posted On:16-Aug-2018
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Ferry sank in Indonesia Update
5 crew and 1 passenger are missing, some 45 people were rescued, exact figures yet unknown. Ferry KMP BANDENG sailed from Tobelo, North Maluku island, bound for Bitung, eastern North Sulawesi, Indonesia, in the evening LT Aug 14, with 24 passengers, 18 crew and 16 vehicles on board. At the time of departure, weather was fine. In the morning Aug 15 ferry contacted authorities and asked permission to turn back, because of deteriorating weather. Several hours after that, contact with ship was lost.Posted On:16-Aug-2018
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Meyer Werft to Float Out World s 1st LNG-Powered Cruise Ship Soon
AIDAnova, the world s first cruise ship that can be entirely powered with liquefied natural gas (LNG), is scheduled to leave Meyer Werft s covered building dock on August 21.
The float out of AIDA Cruises newest ship is planned to commence at around 7.00 pm local time. However, weather conditions or production processes may result in delays or schedule changes, the shipbuilder said.Posted On:16-Aug-2018
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SCI s Tanker "in Full Command" after Explosion
The crude oil tanker Desh Vaibhav is totally under control and the vessel continues to be in full command following an explosion on board, the ship s owner the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) informed. The company added that all personnel who had left the vessel are back on board safely.Posted On:16-Aug-2018
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DSME Posts Lower H1 Profit
South Korean shipbuilding company Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) wrapped up the first six months of 2018 with a lower profit year over year.
The shipbuilder delivered a net income of KRW 432.6 billion (USD 380.4 million) in the first half of the year, compared to KRW 1.488 trillion seen in the corresponding period a year earlier. This was a decline of more than 70 percent.Posted On:16-Aug-2018
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Heavy Vehicle Safety Around Ports Project Announced
Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd (PBPL) and the Queensland Trucking Association Ltd (QTA Ltd) are pleased to announce a successful bid for funding under the 2018-19 Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative Fund.
The Heavy Vehicle Safety Around Ports project is funded by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) and was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure Michael McCormack on Friday 10th August 2018.Posted On:16-Aug-2018
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HHLA improves operating result
In the first half of 2018, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) improved on the already strong prior-year result. Both Group revenue and the Group operating result increased slightly in the first six months against the same period of the previous year, which was already very strong. This development was driven by both subgroups, the listed Port Logistics subgroup and the Real Estate subgroup. A 1.2 percent increase in container throughput was recorded.Posted On:16-Aug-2018
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Wilmington Port Looks to Lure Bigger Ships
The North Carolina State Ports Authority is asking the public to weigh in on a feasibility study on proposed "enhancements" to the Wilmington harbor, but no specific proposals on how to make the port more accessible to larger and more fully laden ships were presented last week during a meeting at the Coastline Conference and Event Center.
Posted On:16-Aug-2018
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Toyota s green terminal gets go-ahead from Port of Long Beach
Port of Long Beach officials on Monday moved forward on a green terminal plan being proposed by Toyota to better serve its hydrogen-powered clean vehicle line.
The renewable energy power plant would power the private terminal that imports Toyota vehicles at the port and be designed to reduce air pollution.Posted On:16-Aug-2018
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Qatar signs pact to expand maritime transport sector
Qatar has signed the Indian Ocean Memorandum of Understanding (IOMoU) on Portal State Control during its participation in the 21st Port State Control Committee Meeting held last week in Australia, where a delegation from Qatar s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) took part.
"Qatar s membership in the Indian Ocean Memorandum of Understanding will take Qatar s maritime transport sector from the local to the international arena, leading the region in portal state control field," said Dr Saleh Fetais al-Marri, general supervisor of Maritime Transport Affairs at the MoTC.Posted On:16-Aug-2018
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Konecranes to deliver more electric RTGs to Luka Koper in Slovenia
The Port of Koper operator in Slovenia, Luka Koper d.d., has ordered five electric Konecranes RTG cranes. The cranes will be equipped with cable reels featuring an auto plug-in system. They will be delivered in the summer of 2019. The contract was signed in June and the order was booked in Q2 2018.
Luka Koper s new Konecranes RTGs will offer important environmental benefits thanks to their electric operation: regenerative power feedback to the local grid, ambient lighting with LED lights and low noise.Posted On:16-Aug-2018
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Dubai delegation putting together vibrant display for SMM 2018 Hamburg
Dubai s role as a global maritime hub will come into sharp focus at Shipbuilding, Machinery and Marine Technology (SMM) 2018, September 4-7, when coordinated teams from the Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) and the Dubai Chamber highlight the emirate s compelling competitive case at Hamburg Messe.
Posted On:16-Aug-2018
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