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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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Breaking News : Five cruise ships have been detained by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)
Five cruise ships have been detained by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) over “serious concerns” for crew welfare. Astoria, Astor, Columbus and Vasco de Gama, which are anchored at Tilbury Docks in Essex, have all been detained while Marco Polo at Avonmouth Docks in Bristol has also been held following an…
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EVENTS : CMA CGM Maritime Marseille
CMA CGM Italy supports the Italian #Red Cross and donates a refrigerated container for medicine storage. Together, we’ll maintain our efforts to help fight the #pandemic until this health crisis has been overtaken.
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EVENTS : Beirut Container Terminal Consortium – Highly Trained Local Expertise
Beirut Container Terminal Consortium (BCTC) assembled it diverse and dynamic workforce along the quayside at its highly successful container terminal for a group picture. Terminal Manager Sarah Haidar said that BCTC had a highly educated, young and dynamic workforce with many women in leadership positions. Since starting operations, BCTC has…
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Ports : WPCAP ports held an online global conference to discuss a series of Issues global warming
WPCAP was initiated by the Port of Rotterdam Authority and launched in September 2018 at a global climate conference in San Francisco. Other ports that have joined the action-oriented network are: Long Beach, Los Angeles, New York/New Jersey, Vancouver, Antwerp, Barcelona, Gothenburg, Hamburg, HAROPA port of Le Havre and Yokohama.…
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Ports :Through out the COVID-19 crisis, Georgia Ports Authority remained open for business
At its Last meeting, the Georgia Ports Authority board elected officers for the coming fiscal year, selecting Will McKnight to serve a second year as chairman. Also , GPA Secretary-Treasurer Joel Wooten, Jr. was elected vice chairman and member Kent Fountain was elected secretary-treasurer. “I look forward to working with…
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EVENTS : Patrick Terminals
Our new crane in Patrick Terminals – Fremantle is now fully operational. With a lifting capacity of 75 tonnes and a longer boom that can work 19 wide vessels, we have increased our capacity to handle larger vessels. Images: Scott Zalewski
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