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European Shipowners Urge Concrete Action on Gulf of Guinea Piracy
European shipowners have expressed concern about piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, urging policymakers to undertake concrete action to protect shipping through the region. The latest International Maritime Bureau (IMB)’s Piracy & Armed Robbery Report demonstrates that the Gulf of Guinea has become increasingly dangerous for seafarers. In the first nine months…
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Ports : ميناء الاسكندرىة يستقبل السفينة القبرصية SALAMIS FILOXENIA بعد توقف اكثر من عشر سنوات !
يستقبل ميناء الاسكندرية الذى يتزين الان فى جلة جديدة السفينة السياحية القبرصية FILOXENIA SALAMIS قادمة من ليماسول وعلى متنها 500 سائح تضم جنسيات مختلفة بينهم وفد رسمى يضم مائة شخصية برئاسة عمدة مدينة بافوس القبرصية فيدون فيدونس بعد توقف استمر اكثر من عشر سنوات سيكون فى استقبالهم محافظ الاسكندرية عبد…
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Fire on Taqa’s Tern Alpha Platform, Injuring Offshore Worker
According to the UK regulator, HSE, there was a total of 106 injuries reported under RIDDOR, with a rate of 365 injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers (FTE), during 2018 All reported injuries (offshore) There were 23 Fire and Explosion related offshore oil and gas industry incidents reported in 2018,…
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High Tech Salvage Cowboys looking into slicing the overturned ‘Golden Ray’ in place instead of using Parbuckling Option
The Unified Command, picked up the route of Baltic Ace and MV Tricolor, over the option of Cougar Ace or the most expensive, approx. U$ 2 Billion, Costa Concordia Salvage Operation After ‘pure horror’ of the rescue mission, authorities brought a sigh of relief when all POB were safely rescued, after…
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Seafarers repatriated home from Iran and Syria after notorious cases of modern slavery and abandonment
ITF visit to the Lady Caroline at the Port of Latakia, Syria, Despite impunity from shipowners and a lack of cooperation from Iranian and Syrian flag states, the ITF and our affiliates have secured the repatriation home of seafarers in two separate cases of abandonment in the Arab World and…
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Do you know why So Many Ships Are Red On The Bottom ?
Chances are you have never salvaged a vessel yourself or you have (hopefully) never seen a vessel upside down. But in case you have seen photos of a shipwreck or of a new ship getting launched from shipyard, you may have noticed that the bottom of a ship is…
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خبر فور يو : شل العالمية تعلن زيادة اعمالها فى مصر
سنغافورة، الإسكندرية (رويترز) انخفضت أسعار النفط واحدا بالمئة أمس، بعد أن أظهرت بيانات للقطاع زيادة تفوق المتوقع لمخزونات الخام في الولايات المتحدة، على الرغم من أن الخسائر كبحتها تعليقات لوزير الخزانة الأميركي ستيفن منوتشين بشأن اتفاق تجاري بين الولايات المتحدة والصين. وتراجعت العقود الآجلة لخام القياس العالمي مزيج برنت 57…
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EVENTS :Oman Shipping Company
Oman Shipping Company has been awarded the “Innovation in Employee Engagement Award 2019”, during the GCC Government Human Resources Awards 2019 in Abu Dhabi, that organized by Human Resources Development Fund which hosted more than 100 companies and ministries from the public and private sectors compete at the GCC level.…
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Cruise passenger, 75, killed after jumping off balcony of eighth-floor room
An Italian cruise line Tuesday confirmed the death of a 75-year-old passenger who jumped from the eighth-floor balcony of their cabin aboard the Costa Cruise ship Costa Pacifica following a major search-and-rescue operation to recover the body. A company spokesperson said crew members were alerted by a witness who allegedly saw the unnamed passenger “voluntarily jump…
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