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Festivals : Maersk Tankers
“In my youth, I often visited my father at work. It struck me how much he and his seafarer colleagues enjoyed their work and life onboard. That’s how I first got the idea of working in the shipping industry,” says Catalina Alexe. Catalina sailed around the world as a deck…
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Two new underwater storage areas successfully completed at ”Medemrinne“ and ”Neufelder Sand
In the course of the deepening of the Elbe fairway to improve usability for Shipping, a total of around 1,200,000 tons of underwater construction stones were built into the “Medemrinne” and “Neufelder Sand” underwater deposit areas (UDAs) between March and October. Machulez KG, a member of the Cuxhaven Port Authority…
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Ports : Port of Hamburg – striking growth in first three quarters
Seaborne cargo throughput grows 3.2 percent to 104 million tons Container handling up 6.9 percent at seven million TEU Double-digit 11.9 percent growth in hinterland rail traffic Slight 2.1 percent downturn in bulk cargo handling For Germany’s largest universal port, seaborne cargo handling in the first nine months of…
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Reuters : Yemen’s Houthi Group Releases Seized Vessels
After completing legal procedures, Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released sixteen crew members and three vessels seized south of the Red Sea on Sunday. Of the freed ships, two were Korean and one Saudi Arabian, the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. The ships in question are Woongjin G-16,…
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EVENTS : Port of New Orleans
Our Port NOLA leadership team had a great meeting with Formosa Plastics Group Taiwan in Taipei about their ongoing Sunshine Project in Louisiana which will add significant export resin volumes for the state. We at the Port are hashtag#resinready! hashtag#portnolagateway hashtag#yourworkingriver
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The ITF has held a training session in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia
The ITF has held a training session in Algiers, Algeria in partnership with the Fédération Nationale des Travailleurs des Transports – Union Générale des Travailleurs Algériens. It is part of a capacity building project in the maritime section in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, run by the ITF and Union To Union…
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ITF: Dockers joins international cargo handling association ICHCA
The ITF Dockers’ Section has joined the International Cargo Handling and Coordinating Association (ICHCA) continuing the section’s work to develop new avenues to engage with the stevedoring industry to advance the rights and safety of dock workers globally. “Nearly every day we learn of a serious workplace accident causing death…
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EVENTS : CMA CGM Maritime Marseille
For the 5th consecutive year, we’ve been awarded the “Golf Recognition Level” by rating company EcoVadis! Thanks to a voluntary hashtag#CSR Policy, CMA CGM ranks among the top 1% performers of hashtag#maritime industry >https://lnkd.in/dviuax7 hashtag#shipping
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New Initiative “ShipMoney Cares” launched yesterday for seafarers
International maritime payment solutions provider ShipMoney is delighted to announce the launch of a new initiative: ShipMoney Cares. The initiative will launch yesterday on November 18th at the Crew Connect conference in Manila and will be available to seafarers and their families – including parents, spouses, children, and siblings –…
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Cruise Industry Contributes Nearly $53 Billion To U.S. Economy In 2018
The cruise industry is an increasingly dominant player in the U.S. tourism sector according to a new study from Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the world’s largest cruise industry trade association. The newly released CLIA 2018 Economic Impact Analysis found the cruise industry in the U.S. had an economic impact…
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