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Call for William to use influence with P&O owner and help reverse sackings
The Duke of Cambridge has been urged to intervene with P&O owner DP World, a backer of his global environmental prize, and help the 800 sacked ferry workers get reinstated. William met Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, group chairman, and chief executive of DP World, during a visit to Dubai last…
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Ocean Network Express expands its Refrigerated Container Fleet
Ocean Network Express (ONE) continues to expand its current refrigerated container (reefer) fleet by adding another 27,500 new units (including 850 units equipped with advanced Controlled Atmosphere (CA) technology) to meet the growing demand for refrigerated cargo around the world. This new investment comes on the heels of 5000 units…
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لوريال ألفا وان … يشبه سفينة فضائية.. تعرف لمفهوم يخت فريد من نوعه
مع إضافة المزيد من اليخوت إلى الأسطول العالمي أكثر من أي وقتٍ مضى، فإن التوصّل إلى مفهومٍ يلفت الأنظار ليس بالمهمة السهلة. ومع ذلك، بذل الفريق في شركة ” لازارينى ديسين ستوديو ” قُصارى جهده للارتقاء إلى مستوى التحدي. وبعد أشهر فقط من الكشف عن مفهومٍ يختٍ يمكنه الطيران والإبحار،…
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Port of Koper ( Luka ) : How to make transport greener?
These were the main questions at the gathering of ambassadors of European countries accredited to Slovenia organized by the French ambassador Florence Ferrari at the InnoRenew Center in Izola. The central point of the event was a round table on the green transition of infrastructure and transport in Slovenia, at…
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IMO : Working towards Cameroon’s National Maritime Transport Policy
Cameroon is the latest country to benefit from IMO’s work promoting good governance practice in the maritime sector to support sustainable development. A virtual workshop (14-18 March) has provided senior officials from various ministries, departments, agencies, and other stakeholders with knowledge on the objectives, development process, content, implementation, and updating…
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Port of Oakland import volume still trending up
Increase of 6.3 percent last month, exports yet to take off Port of Oakland import business continues to grow through export recovery has yet to take off. The Port said today that import cargo volume increased 6.3 in February 2022 compared to February 2021. Exports declined 10.3 percent over the…
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2021: Significant tonnage tax advantage
A range of countries offers shipping companies the opportunity to be taxed in accordance with tonnage tax regulations i.e. pay a fixed amount of tax per ton of tonnage deployed. This means that pre-tax income does not matter, and if you lose money, you still have to pay tax, but…
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ITF and ETF condemn P&O mass sacking and outsourcing
Global and European maritime unions have expressed anger and condemnation at breaking news that ferry operator P&O Ferries will move to sack its UK-based seafaring workforce and outsource their jobs to non-union, agency workers. Affiliates of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) were informed…
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Tanker dragged anchor, drifted dangerously close to shore, Malta
Mar 19, 2 tugs are responding, trying to stop the drift and prevent the ship’s grounding. Judging from the photo, the tanker is in load, she arrived at Malta’s outer anchorage on Mar 4 from Algeciras Spain. According to EQUASIS, she’s to be broken up, maybe she’s on her last…
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