Organisations
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IMO : Support for South Africa to prevent stowaway cases and to ratify the FAL Convention
Stowaway cases are a human tragedy and hamper the economy of the country by increasing transport costs for import and export flows. South African government, port, and shipping industry representatives have attended a national seminar on the prevention of stowaways in Cape Town (27 to 29 June), organized by the…
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Brussels grants subsidies another 40 million euros to shipowners
The funds will cover the deduction of seafarers embarked on ships operating in cabotage The European Commission has announced that it has “approved an Italian scheme of about 40 million euros to support cabotage and other maritime services”. The note explains that the measure was “approved under the Temporary State…
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IMO : Seafarers are sharing their maritime voyages across social media to mark the Day of the Seafarer 2022.
The 2022 Day of the Seafarer campaign draws global attention to how the onboard working environment continues to change. The maritime world is changing, fast. Ships are now operating greener, with greater digitization, and with more diverse crews. As the lifeblood of the shipping industry, seafarers are at the heart…
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Regional operation sees EMSA RPAS flying over the eastern Baltic Sea region in support of multiple national authorities in Finland, Estonia, and Latvia
Since the beginning of May, EMSA RPAS has been flying over the eastern Baltic Sea region following a coordinated request for enhanced maritime surveillance from the Finnish Border Guard, the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board, and the Latvian Coast Guard Service. The regional scope of the operation enables cross-border…
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IMO : Improving availability of maritime transport costs data in the Pacific – PDF
The IMO Secretariat has initiated a project aiming to improve the availability of relevant maritime transport costs data for the Pacific SIDS/Pacific Region with a view to facilitating future assessments of the possible impacts on States of potential GHG reduction measures in shipping, including, appropriate, carbon pricing instruments. To assist…
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IMO : Maritime security support for Namibia
IMO is assisting Namibia’s maritime administration to put in place a legal framework that gives full and complete effect to IMO instruments dealing with maritime security. A five-day workshop (20-24 June) hosted by the Namibian Directorate of Maritime Affairs (DMA), in Walvis Bay, Namibia, is bringing together 26 participants from…
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Paris MOU 2021 performance lists for Flag states and Recognized Organizations (ROs). Best to worst
The Paris MoU Committee approved at its 55th meeting the 2021 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flag States and Recognized Organizations (ROs). These lists will take effect from the 1 st of July 2022. The “White, Grey and Black (WGB) List” presents the full spectrum, from quality…
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IMO : Strengthening Port Security in South Africa
Strengthening port security is the focus of two five-day workshops on the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code) for Designated Authorities and Port Facility Security Officers (PFSOs) (6-10 June and 13-17 June) in Cape Town, South Africa. The IMO course, jointly organized with the…
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The second event in the ZESTAs ShipZERO series is just one week away!
ShipZERO brings together change-makers and innovators from across the entire maritime value chain, from shipowners and manufacturers to financiers and regulators. At ShipZERO26.5, we will examine unmitigatedly disruptive projects and collaboration tools, demonstrating concrete examples that will propel us to True Zero. With world-leading innovators and industry leaders convening in…
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Optiwise HORIZON Project launches with the aim to holistically improve design control of commercial ships
MARIN, joined by the consortium outlined below, has successfully initiated the project Optiwise, an EU-funded research and innovation project aiming to improve and demonstrate energy savings using wind propulsion and hydrodynamic improvements in propulsion. Objectives The EU call requested solutions for energy savings of at least 10% for single measures…
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