Month: June 2020
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Shipping Lines : Maersk fleet to improve ocean and climate science
Maersk vessels will be assisting global research efforts on weather patterns and climate change by committing 300 company-owned vessels to participate in the global Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) program. While Maersk already has many vessels contributing to the VOS, the newly expanded commitment will see its entire fleet participating…
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Agreements : SAR Convention
The 1979 Convention, adopted at a Conference in Hamburg, was aimed at developing an international SAR plan, so that, no matter where an accident occurs, the rescue of persons in distress at sea will be co-ordinated by a SAR organization and, when necessary, by co-operation between neighbouring SAR organizations. Although…
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Ports : Port of London Authority (PLA) released an update of its Air Quality Strategy
The Port of London Authority (PLA) has released an update of its Air Quality Strategy for the tidal Thames, reflecting progress made in the two years since the strategy was launched and new actions responding to rapid changes in technology and regulation. The Air Quality Strategy, launched in May 2018,…
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Ports : HMM Algeciras arrives at DP World’s London Gateway on the morning of tomorrow
The world’s largest container ship is due to arrive at DP World‘s London Gateway on the morning of Sunday 14 June after months of planning by PLA pilots, harbour masters and hydrographers. HMM Algeciras can carry up to 24,000 20-foot equivalent container units and arrives in London after calling at Qingdao,…
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Yachting : Malcolm McKeon revealed a 38 metre bluewater cruising sailing yacht
Malcolm McKeon Yacht Design has revealed a 38 metre bluewater cruising sailing yacht concept developed in collaboration with Ocean Independence. Designed to fill a gap in the mid-sized sailing yacht market, the sloop rigged yacht features a hull developed on the same design used for the 32.5 metre Ribelle and 34 metre Liara. The…
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Incidents : Maersk’s ship was disabled because of main engine turbocharger explosion
Denmark based global container shipping company Maersk’s ship was disabled because of main engine turbocharger explosion, some 275 miles off Ocean City, North Carolina, USA As we reported earlier on 08th July that, Post-Panamax 4,258 TEU capacity Laura Maersk departed Algeciras, Spain, in late May, en route to Port Newark, USA, when…
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Ports :The Los Angeles Board of Harbor $1.5 billion budget for (FY) 2020/21
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved a $1.5 billion budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020/21. The budget is based on expectations of slower cargo volumes in the near term and a continued slowdown in the worldwide economy, due to market uncertainties related to the…
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UN : Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the repatriation of seafarers
The Secretary-General is concerned about the growing humanitarian and safety crisis facing seafarers around the world. As a result of COVID-related travel restrictions, hundreds of thousands of the world’s two million seafarers have been stranded at sea for months. Unable to get off ships, the maximum sea time stipulated in international…
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ٍShipping Lines : TTI sets North American record for highest container voluime
Total Terminals International (TTI) set a new record for the highest volume of container movements at Pier T in Long Beach on June 8. The arrival of the container ship MSC Sveva helped TTI achieve its highest volume ever on one vessel, with 17,080 containers handled – the equivalent of…
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