Month: June 2020
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Tie the 10 Most Useful Knots
We’ve picked out 10 of the most versatile knots which will help you handle just about any situation that requires you to fasten two objects together, secure one line to another, or tie a rope to a solid object.
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Bud Darr : MSC fully supports the IMO’s policy goals to decarbonise shipping
Shipping can be accurately described as the greenest form of cargo mass transportation. Nonetheless, MSC is acutely aware that international shipping has an impact on our climate. Around 90% of goods are transported by sea, 70% of these in containers (UNCTAD). Our industry’s growing focus on environmental issues and decarbonisation, combined…
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MAREK GRZYBOWSKI write to ” Blue Economy”: CRIST Shipyard. Strong market position in Scandinavia and EU
The CRIST Shipyard from Gdynia finished last year with good results. Many unique products for maritime transport and fishing were built in the shipyard. Crist Shipyard offers its foreign contractors innovative ships. There are often unit products. CRIST has finished a partially equipped cable laying vessel NB 314 Nexans Aurora…
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Breaking News : U.S. Navy Sending Reservists To Shipyards Due to COVID-19 Delays
The U.S. Navy is mobilizing 1,629 reservists to support aircraft carrier and submarine maintenance at its four public shipyards starting in July. Being undertaken to reduce the maintenance backlog that has developed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Navy says it is the first time that these many reservists have…
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ITF : Enough is enough.. World’s seafarers will now exercise right to leave ships amid Covid-19 failures
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and its affiliated seafarers’ unions will now assist hundreds of thousands of seafarers to exercise their right to stop working, leave ships, and return home. The new approach, which could be highly disruptive to global trade, comes after insufficient action by governments to designate…
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ITF : Seafarers, we know that you, your loved ones, and your friends have had enough.
You have the right to return home. While many countries have slowly started to ease coronavirus pandemic restrictions after 2-3 months of lockdown and are now reopening stores and services and allowing people to meet friends and families, hundreds of thousands of seafarers (you) worldwide remain stuck on board, unable to…
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EVENTS : #Cunard’s majestic #QM2 arriving to Ocean Termina
Cunard’s majestic #QM2 arriving to Ocean Terminal this morning. I love this ship. She was the first big cruise ship I saw up close when I started my career in the Port Industry 12 years ago. I’ll never forget it. The sheer scale of her. From that moment I knew I…
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Ports : Hurtigruten establishes Dover as UK home port for expedition cruises for March 2021
Hurtigruten, world leader in expedition cruises, announces a year-round programme of unique voyages departing from Dover from mid March 2021. The Norwegian operator, considered to be the world’s greenest cruise line, has launched 4 adventurous itineraries as expedition cruises from March 2021, on sale from 20 June. Sonia Limbrick, Head…
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Offshore : First development well operation at Lingshui 17-2 gas field in the South China Sea :
In April 2019, Bluewhale Offshore signed a two year contract with CNOOC, commencing April 2019, for its flagship ultra-deepwater, 7th generation drilling unit Bluewhale I. Discovered in 2014, Lingshui 17-2 gas field, 150 kilometers away from Hainan Island, is located in the confluence of three major plates: Eurasia, Pacific, and India-Australia. When completed,…
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EVENTS : Chief Mate Taalke Middents: Summertime is lifesaving time
Taalke Middents never really thought about going to sea even though she grew up in Emden, a city in north-western Germany whose port continues to be important for shipping (especially cars) and shipbuilding (especially submarines). After graduating from high school, Middents wanted to do something that offered a lot of…
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