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Marine Sports : Member Spotlight – Angelique Kear
We are spotlight showcases a Member who has represented the Club at national and international match racing events as well as being a regular in the Australasian keelboat sailing circuit and Club racing, having competed in 4 Rolex Sydney Hobarts. Angelique Kear also volunteers her time at the Club as…
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EVENTS : Robbert van Trooijen Senior Vice President, Head of Asia Pacific
Over the last days, it was announced in the media that I will be taking on a new role as SVP and Head of Latin America and the Caribbean at A.P. Moller – Maersk. I am truly thankful for the privilege to have led an amazing team in Asia Pacific for the…
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Breaking News : Learn about the countries chosen by the WTO including Egypt, for the return of tourism activity
According to analysis by UNWTO, all worldwide destinations introduced restrictions on travel in response to Covid-19 ꟷ an unprecedented act. While some destinations are starting to ease restrictions, the crisis is far from over and this lockdown has led to a massive fall in international tourist arrivals. In light of such unprecedented…
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Breaking News: Filipino Seafarers medical repatriation amidst restrictions COVID-19
) Filipino Seafarers requiring medical repatriation back to Manila amidst COVID-19 restrictions, quarantine measures and lack of commercial flights make this an almost impossible task? GVA is here to help! A Filipino seafarer, 25, was disembarked from his vessel in a critical condition and hospitalized in a medical facility in…
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Breaking News : Cyprus Deputy Minister of Shipping position assigned to Vasilis Demetriades
) The Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Shipping will be headed now by Mr Vasilis Demetriades. Mr Demetriades is the National Expert on maritime policy issues at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. Naturally the Cyprus Flag Administration will be under his responsibility. The new Shipping Minister, has served in the as Head…
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ITF : Their story.. the hunger striking seafarers at Tilbury trying to get home
Four months without pay and 48 hours without food, 47 seafarers off the coast of the UK are desperate to get home to their families. The mainly Indian crew are from the passenger vessel Astoria. They began a hunger strike demanding the wages owed to them and repatriation home in mid-June, after weeks…
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Diving : Environmental Standards for Diving and Snorkelling in Egypt Now Available Nationwide
The Reef-World Foundation and Chamber of Diving & Watersports (CDWS) are pleased to announce Green Fins– a UN Environment Programme initiative which provides the world’s only internationally recognised standards for diving and snorkelling – has now been expanded to be available to all dive and snorkel operators nationwide across Egypt. Green Fins was piloted in…
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DIVING : Dive industry demonstrates resilience and determination to improve sustainability in the face of the corona crisis
The Reef-World Foundation – the international coordinator of the UN Environment Programme’s Green Fins initiative – is calling for the dive industry to keep sustainability high on its agenda during the COVID-19 crisis. The charity is keen to remind dive and snorkel operators of the importance of preventing environmental threats – even when…
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EVENTS : DP World Southampton
The HMM Oslo, the biggest vessel ever to call at DP World Southampton, will arrive in the early hours of Friday 26 June at the end of her maiden voyage to the UK.
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Breaking News : 29,963 Filipino seafarers will be sent home in the coming weeks.
President Rodrigo Duterte, in his 13th report to Congress, stated that cruise lines have articulated the fact that 29,963 Filipino seafarers will be sent home in the coming weeks. If this happens, the total number of repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers(OFWs) will be around 94,000, with an indication that within the…
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