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EVENTS :Tomorrow June 19, the ILWU will stop work for eight hours in honor of Juneteenth
On Friday, June 19, the ILWU will stop work for eight hours in honor of Juneteenth, the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation first being enforced in Texas, and the death of George Floyd on May 25. Members will halt work 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., replacing the union’s regular monthly…
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IPCSA.. called to accelerate the pace of digitalisation to cope in the post Covid-19
Everyone has standards – the conflict comes when our standards don’t match up with each other, or when one party is convinced that ‘their’ standard is better than anyone else’s! And so it is in the world of digital data exchange in ports, trade and logistics. Digitalisation has taken on…
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Yachting : Princess Yachts has added a second model to its X Class series
British builder Princess Yachts has added a second model to its X Class series, the 25 metre Princess X80. Set to hit the water in 2021, the Princess X80 follows the X95, which established the X Class Superfly range. Designed in Olesinski and Italian design house Pininfarina, the X80 is packed with large…
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Advertising : Introducing Membership in Uzbekistan with Ardena Transport
We are pleased to introduce membership in Uzbekistan with Ardena Transport. The company are 10 years old and are located in Tashkent. Their main services include project & oversized cargo, logistics, sea freight, trucking, rail freight, air freight, multimodal transportation and chartering. Olesya Prutkova at Ardena says; “Our company has extensive experience in…
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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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