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Platform identifying global maritime corruption risks launched
The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) has launched a new platform to enable parties to identify risks in different ports around the world. MACN’s Global Port Integrity Platform (GPLP) uses 50,000 incident reports since 2011 and vetted external data sources to provide users comparative risk profiles in terms of corruption. The organisation sees it as “gamechanger” as currently there is no standard for comparing integrity risks at different ports... -Seatrade Maritime NewsPosted On:11-May-2022
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4 sailors rescued by Cape Cod Coast Guard crews
An incredible rescue involving U.S. Coast guard crews out of Cape Cod, after some sailors were hit by a “rogue wave” that crippled their boat. It happened Sunday evening about 100 nautical miles south of Long Island Sound. Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod were launched to help the sailboat after it was hit by that rogue wave... -Boston 25 NewsPosted On:11-May-2022
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Baltic Dry Index Close to 5-Month Peak on Stronger Rates
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index rose to a near five-month high on Tuesday, as rates rose for all vessel segments. * The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, rose 108 points, or 3.8%, to 2,939 points, the highest since Dec. 13... -gCaptainPosted On:11-May-2022
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A New Approach to Maritime Safety is Needed
For years, the shipping industry has focused on regulations and procedures to improve safety. Yet shipping is still at risk of major accidents. The whole industry needs to change its focus. Ticking boxes never made anyone safer. Also, assessing culture using valid and reliable survey instruments can help to improve safety... -MarineLinkPosted On:11-May-2022
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Smart container evaluation kit launched
Loginno has introduced a new evaluation kit for smart containers, to allow for self-installation of container IoT units for testing and proof of concept trials. The evaluation kit can be purchased online and will include the company’s AGAM container ‘brains’ along with its On-Schedule Monitoring software to allow shipping companies to connect with shippers of their choice for the evaluation process... -Smart Maritime NetworkPosted On:11-May-2022
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Seafarer UK National Minimum Wage Laws Set Sail
Seafarers numbering in tens of thousands must be paid an equivalent to the UK National Minimum Wage in a major step forward on pay protection, confirmed the British Government today (10 May). Following P&O Ferries’ decision to sack 800 workers, the Government is introducing pay protection reforms requiring ferry operators who regularly call at UK ports to pay their workers the equivalent of the UK National Minimum Wage... -AfloatPosted On:11-May-2022
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Ports and unions criticise Shapps’ plan for law on seafarers’ minimum wage
Ports and unions have cast doubt on the viability of legislation announced in the Queens Speech to ensure P&O and other ferry operators pay seafarers the minimum wage. The transport secretary, Grant Shapps, said that the new bill, introduced in response to P&O Ferries’ sacking of 800 crew, showed that the government would “stop at nothing” to ensure fair pay... -The GuardianPosted On:11-May-2022
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Allianz highlights burning issue of cargo fires
Insurer Allianz’s annual review of safety and shipping shows a record low in total losses, a higher number of incidents, and a focus on catastrophic cargo fires. The good news is that total losses have continued a downward trend dropping to a low of 54 last year. “Total losses are at record lows – around 50 to 75 a year over the last four years compared with 200+ annually in the 1990s,” commented Captain Rahul Khanna,.. -Seatrade Maritime NewsPosted On:11-May-2022
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K Line moving tanker ship management to Singapore
K Line is shifting ship management of its gas and oil tankers from Japan to Singapore. As part of restructuring its safety and quality control organisation K Line is setting up K Marine Ship Management in Singapore. The Japanese shipowner said management of its oil tankers, LPG and LNG carriers would be transferred to the Singapore company by the end of September this year from K Line Energy Ship Management in Japan... -Seatrade Maritime NewsPosted On:11-May-2022
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Smart container evaluation kit launched
Loginno has introduced a new evaluation kit for smart containers, to allow for self-installation of container IoT units for testing and proof of concept trials. The evaluation kit can be purchased online and will include the company’s AGAM container ‘brains’ along with its On-Schedule Monitoring software to allow shipping companies to connect with shippers of their choice for the evaluation process... -Smart Maritime NetworkPosted On:11-May-2022
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Indonesian sailors seize $82M of cocaine floating off port
Sailors deployed to secure travel during the Eid al-Fitr holiday made Indonesia’s biggest cocaine seizure after finding plastic packages of the drugs floating at sea, the navy said. Indonesia is a major hub for drug trafficking in Southeast Asia and has strict drug laws, with convicted smugglers sometimes executed by firing squad... -ABC NewsPosted On:11-May-2022
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NTSB: Faulty Autopilot, Empty Wheelhouse Led to Grounding off Georgia
A captain’s decision to turn on a recently-repaired autopilot and then leave the wheelhouse led to the grounding and sinking of a fishing vessel off Cumberland Island, Georgia, according to the NTSB. On June 7, two days before the casualty, the captain of the shrimp trawler Sage Catherine Lane found that he couldn’t turn off the autopilot, and he had to unplug it to get back manual control... -The Maritime ExecutivePosted On:11-May-2022
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Marine Insurance Report Warns of Ro-Ro Risk
The big, boxy floating steel parking garages known in the industry as Roll-on Roll-off ships, or RoRo’s, might be more dangerous than marine insurance companies thought. By Stephan Kahl (Bloomberg) Allianz SE says car-shipping incidents are now a major cause of loss for the insurance industry after a cargo ship with about 4,000 Volkswagen AG vehicles caught fire and sank in the Atlantic two months ago... -gCaptainPosted On:11-May-2022
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NYK Announces First Chief Engineers from NTMA and Internal Training Program
NYK has announced the promotion of Daisuke Miwa and Edwin Palacios Privado to the position of chief engineer. Daisuke Miwa successfully completed NYK’s internal training program and Edwin Palacios Privado is a graduate of the NYK-TDG Maritime Academy (NTMA). For the NYK Group, safe ship operation is the number one priority in ESG management... -NYKPosted On:11-May-2022
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Rotterdam to provide 4.6 mt of hydrogen by 2030
The Port of Rotterdam says it can, with companies, supply Northwestern Europe with 4.6 million tonnes of hydrogen annually by 2030. The consumption of 4.6 million tonnes of hydrogen allows for 46 million tonnes of CO2 reduction. It also increases Europe’s energy independence... -Offshore EnergyPosted On:11-May-2022
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P&O Ferry Fails MCA Inspection for the Third Consecutive Time
P&O Ferries PRIDE OF KENT has failed its third inspection by the MCA (Maritime and Coastguard Agency). According to the Paris MOU, the details of the inadequacies in the ship that led to the disqualification will not be released till the situation is resolved. However, the MCA has made a general statement in media interviews that they found issues with the crew being inadequately trained and unfamiliar with the vessel,.. -FleetmonPosted On:11-May-2022
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Fire on board of Turkish ship, Azov sea, Russia 1 crew died UPDATE
May 10 1440 UTC UPDATE: 1 crew reportedly died, fire is extinguished. 13 crew include Turkish, Inidan and Azerbaijan nationalities. Fire erupted on the bridge and probably, damaged or destroyed some or all equipment, that’s why AIS is off. Russian media reported, that fire broke out in superstructure of one of cargo ships anchored off Temryuk Port, Russia, Azoa sea, in the morning May 10... -FleetmonPosted On:11-May-2022
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