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Incidents : Hibernia Platform production shuts in following injection fluid discharge
Offshore Regulator, Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) stated that , Hibernia Management and Development Company (HMDC) reported that while conducting production operations late on July 19, water sampling indicated an exceedance of produced water discharge. Produced water is a mixture of seawater from the reservoir, seawater used in…
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Services : End of PSS – Reefer Cargo for CMA CGM
End of PSS – Reefer Cargo from North Europe, Scandinavia, Poland & Baltic, West Med & Adriatic to the Indian Subcontinent, Middle East Gulf & Red Sea In a continued effort to provide its customers with reliable and efficient services, CMA CGM informs its customers that the Peak Season Surcharge…
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Ports : Port of Rotterdam fully operational in first half of 2020
The port of Rotterdam achieved throughput of 218.9 million tonnes in the first six months of 2020, 9.1% less than in the first half of 2019, which was a throughput record at the time. Despite the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, production and logistics, the port…
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Universities : WMU supports Lebanese Maritime Education and Tranining
On 13 July 2020, WMU President, Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, was the keynote guest at a live-streamed ceremony marking the official opening of the new premises of the International Maritime Academy (IMA) in Jounieh, Lebanon, and the announcement by the latter of the conclusion of a new joint venture with MaritimeMT, a maritime academy…
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Breaking News :The Programme is launching website to support missing seafarers, fishers and their dependents
. The Missing Seafarers & Fishers Reporting Programme is Human Rights at Sea’s flagship programme delivered by the Charity in 2015, and supported by Seafarers UK funding. Today, it is an international secured database that aims to track the numbers and status of seafarers and fishermen missing at sea on a global…
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Ship Building : Hyundai Mipo has entered into a MoU with KMT and the Korean Register
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with compatriot shipper Korea Maritime Transport and the Korean Register to apply the ballast-free concept to 1,800 TEU container ships as a means of fighting marine pollution. Under the MoU, the parties will work on developing a…
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Inspection :TVIB PROMOTES TWO During its recent spring meeting, the Towing Vessel
Inspection Bureau (TVIB) Board of Directors promoted Tava Foret to the position of president, while Lauren Jeppson has been promoted to executive vice president. Founded in 2010 as a 501(c)(6) nonprofit professional trade organization of marine auditors and surveyors, TVIB is a Coast Guard approved Third-Party Organization (TPO) and has…
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News: STARNAV Starnav Alpha -last of eight vessel Brazilian escort tug series
Brazilian port services provider Starnav Serviços Marítimos recently took delivery of Starnav Alpha, a new escort tug with a secondary firefighting capability. The vessel is the eighth and final unit in a series of escort tugs ordered by Starnav from affiliate shipyard Detroit Brasil under a BRL430 million (US$80 million)…
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Breaking News : The Royal Navy is to ban the use of ‘unmanned’ and ‘manpower’ in a bid to fight fears of sexism
The Royal Navy is to ban the use of ‘unmanned’ and ‘manpower’ in a bid to fight fears of sexism. First Sea Lord Tony Radakin has called for the changes to be rolled out to avoid female recruits feeling excluded. Sources said there was an acceptance within the force that…
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Organisations : IMO to reset meetings calendar
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced that the original 2020 calendar of meetings has now been rescinded, as work gets under way to reschedule IMO meetings. The Organization advised in a Circular Letter that the IMO Council, which is meeting by correspondence for its thirty-second extraordinary session (C/ES.32), is considering the…
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