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Men rescued from rough sea waters reunite with captain, crew who saved their lives
The rescue happened off the coast of Portugal, but the reunion happened here in South Florida.
The family is grateful to the captain and crew of the Midas cargo ship. They were able to pull the men to safety after the group aboard a catamaran said they believe they may have hit something in the water, causing their boat to capsize.
The 50-foot catamaran turned over 150 miles off the coast of Portugal on Friday.Posted On:20-Nov-2020
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ITF welcomes return to international rules for Seafarers.
The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) welcomes the announcement this week by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) that it will be ending temporary exemptions for vessels to have seafarers on board for longer than the 11 months maximum stipulated by the International Labour Organisations Maritime Labour Convention (MLC).
ITF Seafarers and Inland Navigation Section Coordinator, Fabrizio Barcellona, said that given the world had been dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic for more than eight months, regulators and the industry needed to return to respecting the rights and welfare of seafarers.Posted On:20-Nov-2020
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Why Real-Time Data Matters to the Maritime Industry?
Over 90% of world trade is in the hands of the international maritime shipping industry. Every year, it moves more than USD 4 trillion of goods. For shipping companies, theres a lot of pressure to remain on schedule, protect the cargo ship and crew, and ensure profitability. And we cant say its easy.
This interactive map of the worlds main shipping routes provides a glimpse of the industrys complexity.Posted On:20-Nov-2020
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IMO s CO2 Reduction Initiatives: The Voyage Towards Codification
After considerable anticipation, the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed on draft amendments to the MARPOL Convention which would put shipping on a path to reduce carbon intensity (CO2 emitted per unit of transport work, in this case- per ton mile) and-over a longer time horizon, to lower absolute emissions of CO2.Posted On:20-Nov-2020
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European Union Plans Mammoth Expansion of Offshore Wind Farms
The European Union unveiled plans on Thursday to transform its electricity system to rely mostly on renewables within a decade and increase its offshore wind energy capacity 25-fold by 2050.
Renewable sources like wind and solar provide roughly a third of EU electricity today, but the EU says that share will need to expand to about two-thirds by 2030 to put the bloc on track for its plan to become climate neutral by 2050.Posted On:20-Nov-2020
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Crew repatriation, retention and the possibility of a Covid vaccine.
Surveying the state of the ongoing global crew change crisis, Intertanko marine director Philip Belcher said the situation has improved in North America and Europe, while Singapore and India have reopened and are now allowing changes. Latin America and parts of Asia however continue to fare poorly.
The Philippines remains an area of concern with Filipino seafarers competing with their countrymen working overseas in other sectors for flight tickets.Posted On:20-Nov-2020
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Maritime Piracy, A Resurgent Business And Other Threats To Shipping
A black flag showing a skull and crossbones automatically flashes through our minds each time we read or hear the word piracy - I suspect that there must be a neurolinguistic programming into our minds since we were in our youth. Whilst reading comics containing stories of pirates, or watching Captain Hook s adventures in movies, was an exciting and entertaining experience - maritime piracy is and has always been a crime with a severe detrimental impact on both the shipping industry and global economy, and, most importantly, in human lives lost, injured or psychologically traumatized.Posted On:20-Nov-2020
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India: What is the unique maritime cluster coming up at Gujarats GIFT City?
The concept of maritime cluster is new to India, but these clusters have been driving some of the most competitive ports of the world like Rotterdam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Oslo, Shanghai, and London.
Simply put, a maritime cluster is an agglomeration of firms, institutions, and businesses in the maritime sector that are geographically located close to each other.Posted On:20-Nov-2020
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Blockchain, AI, Robotics will positively transform the maritime sector - DG NITDA.
The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullah has disclosed that the usage of Blockchain technology, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics will positively transform the activities of the maritime sector.
This was disclosed by Mallam Abdullah during a courtesy visit by members of the Nigeria Shippers Council led by its Executive Secretary, Hassan Bello, to NITDA s corporate headquarters in Abuja.Posted On:20-Nov-2020
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Engine failures spike - what s the cause?
Container ship MSC ELEONORA suffered engine failure while transiting Dardanelles in northern direction in the afternoon Nov 16, en route from Ashdod to Constanta Romania. The ship was anchored at Kumkale anchorage, southern Dardanelles. She fixed problem and resumed sailing in the afternoon Nov 18. As of morning Nov 19, she was proceeding in Marmara sea at a reduced speed of some 7 knots, probably to fit into Bosphorus transit schedule.Posted On:20-Nov-2020
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Crew on Two Quarantined Ships Make Up Bulk of New COVID Cases
The Virgin Islands Department of Health reported 13 new positive cases of COVID-19 in its daily epidemiology report Thursday. Eight of the positive cases on St. Thomas are associated with two separate vessels.
All persons aboard both vessels are crew members. The vessels are a cargo ship and a private yacht. The departments epidemiology division is currently monitoring and testing all other crew members on board both vessels.Posted On:20-Nov-2020
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Australia Sets Return to Pre-COVID Seafarer Contracts.
Australian maritime officials have set an end date for interim arrangements permitting seafarers to serve longer than 11 months aboard ships amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Under the International Labor Organization’s Maritime Labor Convention (MLC) the normal maximum period that a seafarer can serve aboard a vessel without leave is 11 months.Posted On:20-Nov-2020
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JSW Infra plans to meet cargo handling capacity two years ahead of schedule
JSW already has a presence in western India with Jaigarh and Dharamtar ports in Maharashtra, and a terminal in eastern India at Paradip port.
JSW Infrastructure, the infrastructure arm of the $12 billion JSW Group, plans to meet its stated cargo handling capacity of 200 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) from its ports business, two years ahead of schedule in 2023.Posted On:20-Nov-2020
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Argentine government steps in to end grains sector tug boat strike
The Argentine government stepped in to end a less than day-old strike by tug boat crews that had threatened to disrupt the countrys key grains export sector, with the Labor Ministry ordering a resumption of contract negotiations.
The strike had begun at midnight, according to a statement issued by four crew members unions.Posted On:20-Nov-2020
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Maashaven once again Rotterdams leading inland port
This weekend saw the new berths for inland shipping at Maashaven being taken into use. A total of 13 pontoons have been added along the north and south ends of the eastern basin. Together, they expand Maashaven s existing capacity by dozens of berths (how many exactly depends on the size of the mooring vessels). This effectively reinstates Maashaven as Rotterdam s largest inland port. The pontoons are part of the large-scale redevelopment of Maashaven first announced four years ago.Posted On:20-Nov-2020
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India works towards removing restrictions on shipowning.
These announcements were made by Director-General of Shipping (DGS), Amitabh Kumar, during Thursdays inaugural session of the two-day Inmex SMM Virtual Expo, Indias first-ever virtual maritime exhibition and conference.
"It is our aim to make the rules more owner-friendly, so that more companies enter the field, and current owners have reason to flag their ships in India," said Kumar.Posted On:20-Nov-2020
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More Than 10000 Filipinos Including Seafarers Returned Home
From February 9th, 2020 to November 17th, 2020, about 10,333 returning overseas Filipinos including mostly land-based migrants (6,486) and seafarers (3,847), repatriated by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) were confirmed to have been infected by SARS-CoV-2, shows data from the Department of Health.
During a national migrant health conference that took place online on Monday, DOH’s Bureau of International Health Cooperation (BIHC) reported the death of six of these returning overseas Filipinos.Posted On:20-Nov-2020
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