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Breaking News : UN highlights on World Tsunami Awareness Day
Top UN officials have underscored the importance of continuous risk assessment and preparedness to safeguard coastal communities worldwide from the disastrous impact of tsunamis, marking World Tsunami Awareness Day on Thursday. In a message, Secretary-General António Guterres cited the need for strong disaster risk governance against the rare but incredibly devastating sudden onset…
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Fishing : Impact of climate change for fish mortality
The cause of fish mortality, impact of climate change and development of treatments will be the focus for the newly refreshed Farmed Fish Health Framework. The ten-year framework, which is a collaboration between the aquaculture sector and the Scottish government, will now concentrate on areas that make a direct and…
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IMO’s technical work continues as Maritime Safety Committee meets
The Maritime Safety Committee resumes its technical work this week, with its 102nd session (MSC 102) meeting in virtual session (4-11 November). The Committee will focus its work on reviewing the work of the IMO Sub-Committees and adoption of a number of previously approved amendments to mandatory instruments. Technical matters…
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علم بنما يضيئ مكتبة الاسكندرية لتبثه الى العالم احتفالا بعيدها الوطنى117
اخنارت سفارة بنما بالقاهرة الاحتفال بعيدها الوطنى 3 نوفمبر من خلال احتفالية اقيمت بمكتبة الاسكندرية باعتبارها صرح ثقافي عالمى بحضور سفيرها بالقاهرة اليخاندرو افان مندوسا جانتس ولفيف من اعضاء السلك الدبلوماسي والقنصلي بالقاهرة والاسكندرية ومن بينهم احمدالجندى المستشار البحري بالسفارة واعضاء من الجالية البنمية بالقاهرة والاسكندرية فى ظل حرص بنما…
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Ports : Port of Rotterdam performing trial with water injection dredging
The Port of Rotterdam Authority is currently examining whether it would be realistic to expand its new dredging programme in Rotterdam with water injection dredging. The current study fits within the Port Authority’s PRISMA research programme, which looks into new dredging methods and how sediment reacts to these techniques. The…
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ITE : A project to ensure seafarers from the Philippines are ‘Covid-free’
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC) have launched an enhanced quarantine and testing programme in Manila, with the aim of getting more Filipino seafarers to-and-from ships amidst a global crew change crisis by addressing the concerns governments have in regard to minimising the spread of the…
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IMO : Maritime Security Training for Gabon -PDF
Gabon is the latest IMO Member State to receive tailor-made, virtual maritime security training from IMO experts (2-3 November). Gabon officials received a recap of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code and the specific role of the Designated Authority (DA) – a specified organization responsible for maritime…
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India’s Adani Group will handle management of the East Container Terminal (ECT)
Sri Lanka has decided that India’s Adani Group will handle management of the East Container Terminal (ECT) operations. Sri Lanka Port Authority (SLPA) sources have indicated that authorities have conceptualized the operations of the ECT by handing over management of the terminal to the Indian government-preferred Adani Group which will…
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NGO Shipbreaking Platform has published its third quarterly update for 2020
London.UK. The NGO Shipbreaking Platform has published its third quarterly update for 2020. The Platform reports that there were a total of 170 ships broken in the third quarter of 2020. Greek ship owners sold the most ships to South Asian yards, closely followed by Japanese, Russian and South Korean owners. Specifically, of…
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IMO : Secretary-General Emeritus Mr. William A. O’Neil, Remembered
Mr. William A. O’Neil, Secretary-General Emeritus of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), has died in the United Kingdom, aged 93. IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim expressed his sincere condolences to the Canadian Government, Mr. O’Neil’s remaining family, and the condolences of the entire IMO membership and staff. “It is with great…
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