Month: June 2020
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Breaking News : 29,963 Filipino seafarers will be sent home in the coming weeks.
President Rodrigo Duterte, in his 13th report to Congress, stated that cruise lines have articulated the fact that 29,963 Filipino seafarers will be sent home in the coming weeks. If this happens, the total number of repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers(OFWs) will be around 94,000, with an indication that within the…
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Breaking News : Five cruise ships have been detained by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)
Five cruise ships have been detained by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) over “serious concerns” for crew welfare. Astoria, Astor, Columbus and Vasco de Gama, which are anchored at Tilbury Docks in Essex, have all been detained while Marco Polo at Avonmouth Docks in Bristol has also been held following an…
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MAREK GRZYBOWSKI write to ” Blue Economy ” Nauta – docks full of ships
Shipyard workers work in docks and halls at full productivity in Nauta, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 shipyard workers from Gdynia focus on ship repairs and ship conversions. The yard has about 19.7 hectares of newly acquired area of former Stocznia Gdynia S.A. Nauta has one 380 – metre…
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EVENTS : CMA CGM Maritime Marseille
CMA CGM Italy supports the Italian #Red Cross and donates a refrigerated container for medicine storage. Together, we’ll maintain our efforts to help fight the #pandemic until this health crisis has been overtaken.
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IPCSA : Driving digital solutions: Black Sea port of Constanta joins International Port Community Systems Association
The rapidly expanding International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) has added to its membership once again, welcoming the Port of Constanta Administration, in Romania, as its newest member. Located at the crossroads of Central and Eastern European markets with the Caspian region, Central Asia and beyond, the Port of Constanta…
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EVENTS : Beirut Container Terminal Consortium – Highly Trained Local Expertise
Beirut Container Terminal Consortium (BCTC) assembled it diverse and dynamic workforce along the quayside at its highly successful container terminal for a group picture. Terminal Manager Sarah Haidar said that BCTC had a highly educated, young and dynamic workforce with many women in leadership positions. Since starting operations, BCTC has…
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Yachting : Online Design Competition..Challenge a Superyacht Designer
The third round of BOAT International’s Online Design Competition launches this weekend, in partnership with superyacht interiors company Vedder. The first round saw four studios tackle a tricky brief for a 60-80 metre motor yacht, which was ultimately won by Studio Vafiadis. The second round was won by Vripack for its novel sailing yacht design. For…
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Organizations : Port State control regimes cooperate with IMO on crew changes and certificate renewals
Port State control (PSC) regimes have expressed their willingness to be part of the solution to the urgent issue of crew changes and repatriation of seafarers. This is a key outcome of the second virtual meeting of all PSC regimes (17 June), organised by IMO in cooperation with the International…
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Ports : WPCAP ports held an online global conference to discuss a series of Issues global warming
WPCAP was initiated by the Port of Rotterdam Authority and launched in September 2018 at a global climate conference in San Francisco. Other ports that have joined the action-oriented network are: Long Beach, Los Angeles, New York/New Jersey, Vancouver, Antwerp, Barcelona, Gothenburg, Hamburg, HAROPA port of Le Havre and Yokohama.…
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Ports :Through out the COVID-19 crisis, Georgia Ports Authority remained open for business
At its Last meeting, the Georgia Ports Authority board elected officers for the coming fiscal year, selecting Will McKnight to serve a second year as chairman. Also , GPA Secretary-Treasurer Joel Wooten, Jr. was elected vice chairman and member Kent Fountain was elected secretary-treasurer. “I look forward to working with…
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