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Breaking News : Dryden 3 Tugboat arrives at pool 6 museum site
The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed plans to reinvent the Pool 6 property as a transportation museum, but it hasn’t stopped them in their tracks. On Friday the latest addition arrived, the rustcoated, weather weary tugboat Dryden 3, which was maneuvered into place toward the western end of the pier by…
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Ports : Navigate offers customers an insight into its coverage between Rotterdam and the rest of Europe
Like the Port of Rotterdam Authority, Unifeeder believes in the power of transparent supply chains. That is why recently, the shortsea and feeder shipping company decided to offer insight into its sailing schedules via Navigate. ‘It’s a great opportunity to bring our services to the attention of shippers who are…
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Yasmin Maldonado write to ” Blue Economy ” ECLAC WISTA Red MAMLA Latin American E-Forum
The imminent and disruptive changes in the different social, economic and structural aspects in general, can be an opportunity to propose solutions to actively advance in sustainable development, considering the eyes of governments, civil society, the private sector, academia, among others, with an emphasis on the SDGs of the 2030…
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CNN : Niagara Falls is the region can American and Canadian tourists can still pass side by side
(CNN) — The Canada/United States border is expected to remain closed until at least August 21, but there’s one region where American and Canadian tourists can still pass almost side by side, and that’s Niagara Falls. Recent footage of tour boats at the world-famous waterfalls show a people-laden vessel operated by…
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Ports : Port of Rotterdam fully operational in first half of 2020
The port of Rotterdam achieved throughput of 218.9 million tonnes in the first six months of 2020, 9.1% less than in the first half of 2019, which was a throughput record at the time. Despite the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, production and logistics, the port…
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Breaking News :The Programme is launching website to support missing seafarers, fishers and their dependents
. The Missing Seafarers & Fishers Reporting Programme is Human Rights at Sea’s flagship programme delivered by the Charity in 2015, and supported by Seafarers UK funding. Today, it is an international secured database that aims to track the numbers and status of seafarers and fishermen missing at sea on a global…
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Inspection :TVIB PROMOTES TWO During its recent spring meeting, the Towing Vessel
Inspection Bureau (TVIB) Board of Directors promoted Tava Foret to the position of president, while Lauren Jeppson has been promoted to executive vice president. Founded in 2010 as a 501(c)(6) nonprofit professional trade organization of marine auditors and surveyors, TVIB is a Coast Guard approved Third-Party Organization (TPO) and has…
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News: STARNAV Starnav Alpha -last of eight vessel Brazilian escort tug series
Brazilian port services provider Starnav Serviços Marítimos recently took delivery of Starnav Alpha, a new escort tug with a secondary firefighting capability. The vessel is the eighth and final unit in a series of escort tugs ordered by Starnav from affiliate shipyard Detroit Brasil under a BRL430 million (US$80 million)…
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Breaking News : The Royal Navy is to ban the use of ‘unmanned’ and ‘manpower’ in a bid to fight fears of sexism
The Royal Navy is to ban the use of ‘unmanned’ and ‘manpower’ in a bid to fight fears of sexism. First Sea Lord Tony Radakin has called for the changes to be rolled out to avoid female recruits feeling excluded. Sources said there was an acceptance within the force that…
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ITF :300,000 seafarers trapped working aboard ships due to the crew change crisis
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) estimates that there are now approximately 300,000 seafarers trapped working aboard ships due to the crew change crisis caused by government Covid-19 border and travel restrictions, and an equal number of unemployed seafarers waiting to join them who are ashore. That makes 600,000 seafarers…
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