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Seafarer’s hazardous life on board car carriers
While consumers enjoy driving their cars, transporting automobiles as cargoes on board vessels can have a toll on a seafarer’s health. Most seafarers live and work under extremely hazardous conditions that can cause serious short-term and long-term damage to their health... -Business MirrorPosted On:21-Jul-2021
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Shattered Seafarers Threaten A Global Logistics Shutdown
“I’ve seen grown men cry,” says Captain Tejinder Singh, who hasn’t set foot on dry land in more than seven months and isn’t sure when he’ll go home. “We are forgotten and taken for granted,” he says of the plight facing tens of thousands of seafarers like him, stranded at sea as the Delta variant of the coronavirus wreaks havoc on shore... -gCaptainPosted On:21-Jul-2021
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Getting Serious About Safety
Recognizing the dramatic increase in boat traffic on Florida’s waterways, the Marine Industries Association of Southwest Florida and Tampa Bay recently brought together 15 law enforcement and government agencies with more than 30 marine businesses for a deep dive into increasing concerns about safety... -Trade Only TodayPosted On:21-Jul-2021
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Seafarers and skewed vaccination priorities
My sister-in-law, who lives in New Zealand, was telling us about the latest Covid controversy in that country, where the government has provoked the wrath of the waterside workers by suggesting that it should be made mandatory for them to be vaccinated against the disease as a condition of their employment... -Seatrade Maritime NewsPosted On:21-Jul-2021
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Environmental NGOs Highlight Retailers as Top Maritime Polluters
In a new effort to pressure the shipping industry to accelerate its efforts to improve the environmental performance of large containerships, two environmental NGOs issued a new report which they say “exposes the environmental and public health impacts of retailing companies’ reliance on fossil-fueled maritime shipping to bring products into the United States.”... -The Maritime ExecutivePosted On:21-Jul-2021
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Shipping caught in self-made trap of delusions
19 crew of bulk Danish bulk carrier NORD COLUMBIA were declared to be test positive in Alicante, Spain. The ship arrived at Alicante on Jul 16 and is berthed, of course she has been put under quarantine, and while one of positive tested crew was taken to hospital, the rest remain on board, having as local sources put it, “mild symptoms”... -Maritime BulletinPosted On:21-Jul-2021
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Maritime union of Australia calls for immediate action to support workers through COVID crisis
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has criticised the Government’s vaccine-rollout policy and to act swiftly in response to the Delta COVID breakout. This has led to Sydney’s most vulnerable communities being exposed to sickness and poverty, the MUA stated... -Sea NewsPosted On:21-Jul-2021
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AfCFTA prosperity requires more African seafarers, ships and ports
Trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement started on 1 January 2021, a significant milestone for Africa’s political and economic aspirations. The deal created an enormous single market, uniting 1.2 billion people across 54 states with a combined GDP of US$3.4 trillion... -Institute for Security StudiesPosted On:21-Jul-2021
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Ship recycling prices surge through $600 per tonne
Bullish recycling yards in Bangladesh shelled out more than $600 per ldt for several unnamed ships last week in a market where tonnage supply is tight in the run-up to the Eid holiday... -Seatrade Maritime NewsPosted On:21-Jul-2021
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BBC California cargo ship COVID-19 outbreak rises to ten cases
Two more crew members from the BBC California ship docked in Fremantle have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of people infected on board to 10. All BBC California crew members have been tested and will remain on the ship isolated in their rooms until further notice... -ABC NewsPosted On:21-Jul-2021
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Finding freedom in sea and shore
FREEDOM An experience shared by riders and seafarers who, at that single moment of clarity, submits to the bliss of open-air, of vibrating engines that heighten the vibrance of a panorama, and the steady motion that renders everything in a vivid blur of colors and scenes... -The Manila TimesPosted On:21-Jul-2021
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India: Seafarers stranded in Iran: Delhi HC issues notice to centre
The Delhi High Court today issued a notice to the Centre on the plea of families of five seafarers stranded in Iran seeking directions to provide legal and counseller service to seafarers and secure their repatriation. The Delhi HC sought a response from the ministry of External Affairs in the matter and slated the matter for July 27. -Times of IndiaPosted On:21-Jul-2021
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Adani to Cut Fees for LNG-Powered Ships at India’s Mundra Port
The Adani Group will offer a 50% discount on charges to liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled ships at Mundra, India’s largest commercial port, according to a notice seen by Reuters, as the country seeks to cut emissions under its green ports plan. Using LNG to fuel ships allows a significant reduction in CO2 as well as of other forms of pollution compared with conventional shipping fuel... -gCaptainPosted On:21-Jul-2021
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India: JNPT issues letter of intent to nine bidders to develop SEZ
The country’s leading container port JNPT said on Monday it has issued letter of intent (LoI) to nine successful bidders to develop its SEZ. Spread over 277 hectares, the multi-product port based-SEZ at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) is aimed at boosting exports by enabling port-led industrialisation under the Sagarmala initiative of the shipping ministry... -Bunker Ports NewsPosted On:21-Jul-2021
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