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Ports : Singapore Organisation of Seamen collaborates with MPA to help Singaporean seafarers tide over COVID-19
More Singaporean seafarers without shipboard employment will be eligible for additional assistance under the MaritimeSG Together Package announced by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) on 29 April 2020. The Singapore Organisation of Seamen (SOS) is the latest seafarer union collaborating with…
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Shipping Lines : Leading Danish companies join forces on an ambitious sustainable fuel project
Copenhagen Airports, A.P. Moller – Maersk, DSV Panalpina, DFDS, SAS and Ørsted have formed the first partnership of its kind to develop an industrial-scale production facility to produce sustainable fuels for road, maritime and air transport in the Copenhagen area The partnership brings together the demand and supply side of…
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Incidents : 40 containers fall overboard from the Singapore-flagged container ship APL
In rough weather, during the early morning of 24 May, about 40 containers were lost overboard from the Singapore-flagged container ship APL England According to AMSA, this incident is remarkably similar to the loss of containers from the YM Efficiency on the 1st of June 2018 off Newcastle. Both ships reported a loss…
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ُْEVENTS : MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company Maritime Geneva
In May, the Asyaport in Turkey saw the arrival of not just one, but two record-setting container vessels, in the form of MSC Tina and MSC Oscar. These vessels – 400m long and with a capacity of 19,224 containers (TEU) – became the largest ever to call a Turkish port,…
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Organisations : UN must persuade governments to adopt crew change protocols or risk ‘humanitarian disaster
The UN Secretary General has been urged by global industrial and shipping leaders to persuade his 193 member states to act urgently to avoid a “humanitarian crisis”, with over 200,000 tired, mentally-stretched seafarers currently stuck working on vessels across the globe and unable to be relieved of their duties In…
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MSC CRUISES EXTENDS FLEET-WIDE HALTING OF OPERATIONS THROUGH TO 10 JULY 2020
MSC Cruises announced today a further extension of the halting of all its cruise departures fleet-wide through to 10 July. MSC Cruises is offering guests affected by this measure a Future Cruise Credit (FCC) where they have the opportunity to transfer the full amount paid for their cancelled cruise…
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Arbitration as a Means of Effective Remedy for Human Rights Abuses at Sea Webinar – next 24 June
UK charity Human Rights at Sea and global law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP have partnered on a project to facilitate the resolution of disputes concerning human rights at sea using international arbitration. The project’s chief aim is to provide those living, working and transiting at sea with an effective remedy for human rights…
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Offshore : Saipem, secured an EPC contract award for the Nigeria LNG Train 7
Saipem, as leader of a joint venture with Daewoo E&C Co. Ltd and Chiyoda Corporation secured an EPC contract award for the Nigeria LNG Train 7 Project at Bonny Island, Nigeria According to Italy based energy service company ‘Saipem’ the contracts for the Engineering, Procurement & Construction of Nigeria LNG Train…
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Offshore : Archer confirmed a contract for the provision of a modularfrom TAQA
Norway based oil services provider ‘Archer Limited’ confirmed a formal contract award for the provision of a modular drilling unit and associated services from TAQA Archer’s rig has been contracted by TAQA to perform a twenty-one well plug and abandonment campaign for their Northern North Sea Cormorant Alpha platform, according…
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