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World’s Largest Cruise Ship Delivered and Departing Shipyard
The world’s largest cruise ship was quietly delivered to its owners last week and is scheduled to depart the shipyard tomorrow, November 5. Unlike the past where the events were met with great fanfare, the new cruise ship, Royal Caribbean International’s Wonder of the Seas will wait four months for its maiden voyage as the cruise industry continues to ramp up after the long pause in operations... -The Maritime ExecutivePosted On:5-Nov-2021
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India: Thirteen rescued from sinking cargo ship
A team of the Sunderbans district police rescued 13 persons, of whom 12 are Bangladeshi nationals, from a cargo ship carrying fly ash from Haldia to Bangladesh that capsized late on Wednesday evening. The ship toppled 300 metres from Ghoramara island off South 24-Parganas’ Sagar island near the estuary of river Hooghly... -Telegraph IndiaPosted On:5-Nov-2021
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The barriers women face in shipping industry
Most shipping lines are reluctant to hire women seafarers even as demand for such cadres grow in the shipping industry. That is according to a new survey analysing trends in the industry, as well as revelations made during interviews with trained women seafarers. The survey by Women in Maritime Sector in Eastern and Southern Africa (Womesa) shows that women comprise only two per cent of cadres employed as cadets, officers and captains... -The StandardPosted On:5-Nov-2021
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Labor Shortages Are About to Jump From Shore to Cargo Ships
The supply crunch that has dogged the global shipping industry could worsen before it gets better, with new challenges ranging from crew retention to wage inflation. That’s a warning from executives at Wah Kwong Maritime Transport, a privately owned shipping company based in Hong Kong. They caution that contrasting approaches to containing the virus continues to disrupt the turnover and repatriation of seafarers landing at ports around the world... -BloombergPosted On:5-Nov-2021
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Crew change difficulties remain strong despite improving seafarer vaccination rates
New national lockdowns, an increase in flight cancellations, travel restrictions, and increasingly strict crew change requirements, especially in Asia, are preventing seafarers from going back home after completing their contracts. This is despite a strong increase in vaccine rates during the last month, ship managers report... -Hellenic Shipping News WorldwidePosted On:5-Nov-2021
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16 Crewmembers Abandoned Without Food or Wages at Port of Mombasa
International seafarers’ charity Stella Maris is calling attention to the plight of 16 abandoned crewmembers aboard a fishing vessel that has been stuck in Kenya’s Mombasa port since March - the latest incident in a wave of abandonment cases at the bottom end of the maritime industry. Last week, the crew ran out of all food except for some old vegetables because the vessel owners stopped providing them with supplies, Stella Maris reported... -The Maritime ExecutivePosted On:5-Nov-2021
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Cargo thefts spike as backlog of container ships continues to grow
Cargo thefts along the West Coast have spiked this year as the backlog of container ships at the nation’s largest ports continues to grow heading into the holiday season. “The more that the supply chain in general is backed up, the more cargo you’re going to have sitting. And that creates a bigger opportunity for thefts,” said Scott Cornell, a crime and theft specialist at insurance company Travelers, according to CBS MoneyWatch... -New York PostPosted On:5-Nov-2021
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Sea-Eye: 400 people rescued in Malta s search-and-rescue zone
Over 400 people were rescued in Malta’s search-and-rescue (SAR) by Sea-Eye and Mission Lifeline on Thursday. AlarmPhone was first to report the maritime emergency on Wednesday morning after receiving a distress call. In a statement, the hotline support group said it kept informing the Maltese Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) of new coordinates and requested coordination of the rescue... -MaltaTodayPosted On:5-Nov-2021
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US Government suspends training at sea program
The federal government’s academy for merchant mariners is halting a key training program that sends students thousands of miles away from campus on commercial ships after a 19-year-old student was allegedly raped at sea. The decision by the Department of Transportation, which oversees the US Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), came just weeks before students were set to embark on their "Sea Year" voyage, in which students are typically sent in pairs to work alongside older, predominantly male crew members... -CNNPosted On:5-Nov-2021
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More job growth expected in offshore wind energy
Several paths are leading professionals to the nascent U.S. offshore wind industry, and no two paths are exactly alike. Many discover the sector through prior work in the maritime industry, but why they chose to join the fast-growing offshore wind sector often tends to be a personal choice. For some people, such as Brigitte Hagen-Peter, a marine asset and operations manager based in Florida for Siemens Gamesa, the move into offshore wind was a natural progression... -WorkBoatPosted On:5-Nov-2021
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Maritime Cybersecurity: Prepare, Detect and Respond
At a time when the world has become more aware than ever before about the vital importance of the world’s ocean shipping fleet, which carried supplies, merchandise and much needed personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic, an increased risk from a different threat, cyberattacks, presents a set of new challenges... -MarineLinkPosted On:5-Nov-2021
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Daewoo Shipbuilding develops virtual experience platform for ship construction
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. said Thursday that it has developed a virtual experience platform for ship construction for the first time in the local shipbuilding industry. The platform is mixed reality combining technologies of virtual reality and augmented reality, which allows for the experience of all processes of shipbuilding, Daewoo Shipbuilding said... -The Korea HeraldPosted On:5-Nov-2021
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Malaysia: Govt urged to impose cabotage strictly, protect local marine industry
The Sarawak Association of Marine Industries (Samin) has called upon the federal government to impose the cabotage policy firmly and decisively to protect the interest of the local marine industry, and the nation in general. Its president Renco Yong said the policy would promote the industry’s growth and development to ensure that Malaysia’s economy remains globally competitive and strongly integrated into the global supply chain... -MalaysiakiniPosted On:5-Nov-2021
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Suez Canal to Hike Ship Tolls by 6% Starting in 2022
The Suez Canal Authority plans to raise tolls by 6% on ships transiting the waterway next year, the canal authority’s chairman Osama Rabea said on Thursday. The transit fee hike applies to all types of ships with the exception of cruise ships and LNG carriers, which will remain unchanged from 2021. The new rates will apply to ships starting in February... -gCaptainPosted On:5-Nov-2021
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Vietnamese Afamax tanker in the middle of mysterious incident, Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting outlet reported on Nov 3 that U.S. forces confiscated a tanker carrying Iranian oil in the Sea of Oman and then transferred it to another tanker. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard forces were said to have then carried out a helicopter landing on the second vessel, allowing them to take control and steer it back toward Iranian waters, thus avoiding U.S. warships and aircraft that then reportedly gave chase... -FleetmonPosted On:5-Nov-2021
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Cement carrier collided with fishing boat, 1 fisherman died
Cement carrier HEKINAN MARU collided with 5-ton fishing boat off Cape Muroto, Kochi Prefecture, Pacific coast Honshu, at 0550 Tokyo time Nov 3, while en route from Shunan to Hekinan, Honshu. Fishing boat capsized, two fishermen on board were rescued, but one of them was recovered already dead... -FleetmonPosted On:5-Nov-2021
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