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Maritime Levy Campaign receives direct engagement from Australian MPs
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has again congratulated the Australian Labor Party on its win in the country’s election, saying it will be profoundly important for the nation’s seafarers. The party promised, and now has a mandate from the Australian public, to establish a National Fleet with improved rules…
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IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 project extended
The IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 project, which provides support to developing countries to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from ships, has been extended to December 2023. Phase I of the project was scheduled to end on 19 May 2022 but was granted an extension by the Government of Norway in response to…
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Quad nations plan tracking for China illegal fishing in Indo-Pacific
India, the United States, Japan, and Australia have planned to launch a satellite-based maritime security system at the Quad summit in Tokyo to check China’s illegal fishing in the Indo-Pacific region. The maritime initiative will allow the Quadrilateral Security Alliance (Quad) nations to keep an eye on China and monitor…
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Port Everglades Launches New Trucker Webcams
BROWARD COUNTY, FL — Truck drivers coming to Port Everglades will now have 24/7 live camera access to monitor traffic flows on McIntosh Road, the main thoroughfare in the port’s Southport containerized cargo area. “Certain times of day are busier than others, and these new webcams give truckers the ability to…
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Carnival Cruise Line’s flagship Mardi Gras rescued 16 people from a small vessel in distress near Cuba
(CNN) – While cruising in open waters not too far from Cuba Friday morning, crew members of the cruise ship Mardi Gras spotted what had to be a chilling sight: a small vessel in rough seas stirred up by a tropical weather system. The crew saw the distressed vessel just…
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WINDWARD : Dark activity & deceptive shipping – lessons from the Russia-Ukraine conflict
From Hope to Cope in 2022 Report: WINDWARD It is now hard to believe, but the beginning of 2022 offered hope… The world finally seemed to be emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic and the havoc it had wreaked on the global supply chain. The public and private sectors had mostly…
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European Commissioner for Transport visits Port of Rotterdam
Adina Valean, the European Commissioner for Transport, visited the port of Rotterdam to discuss the role of ports in the energy supply to Europe and to learn more about the challenges in the port’s logistics chain. In addition to a sailing trip through the port area, a visit to the…
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World Bank : What You Need to Know About Net Zero
What does it mean to reach “net zero?” A recent report by the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) explores how the world can decarbonize, and in particular, how carbon pricing can play a role. To learn more about net-zero, the report, and its findings, we sat down with Chandra Shekhar…
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LR awards AiP to Vard for 125 metre next-generation offshore patrol
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Vard Marine Inc., a Fincantieri company, for its Vard 7 125 Next-Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV). The design of the 125-meter vessel is based on the successful Vard Series 7 OPV reference vessels and can be tailored to a broad…
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Carboflotta sells the Marigola ship but expects a new entry in 2023
The Genoese shipping company will be the technical manager of a new construction owned by Geogas for delivery in September 2023 from the Hyundai Mipo shipyard Genoa – The fleet of the Genoese shipping company Carboflotta is preparing to lose a ship shortly but from next year there will be…
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