Organisations
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News : Wind Carries a Shipping Revolution- Wallenius Marine AB Joins the IWSA
Last month saw the unveiling Wallenius Marine AB’s newly designed wind-powered vessel, the Oceanbird, a 200m long, 32,000t car carrier that can carry 7,000 vehicles, with retractable 80m high wings. The vessel is designed with an average speed of 10 knots under sail power alone and on favourable routes will…
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IMO : New animation launched highlighting digitalization – Video
A new IMO video animationhas been launched, to show how electronic data exchange is vital to ensure supply chains continue to function safely and effectively, with contactless clearance of ships in and out of ports. .) The video was launched during a webinar (8 October) on “Future of Shipping: Digitalization”, co-organised by IMO and the Maritime…
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WMU : DELIVERING WEBINAR ON COVID-19 AND LABOUR- REVISITING THE MLC, 2006
The WMU Alumni Webinar Series continued on 29 September with the subject of Covid-19 and Labour: Revisiting the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006. The webinar provided insights concerning seafarers´ rights embedded in the MLC, 2006, such as those related to their conditions of employment and occupational safety and health (OSH). Compliance…
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ITF and JNG Joint Statement: On Seafarers’ Rights and the Present Crew Change Crisis
Our industry is responsible for 90% of global trade. Historically, we have been critical to the development of national economies and global prosperity. We remain the lifeblood of the global economy and key to the future recovery, including the jobs of billions of people, as the world responds to Covid-19.…
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CATASTROPHE :IMO Cyber-attack Has Serious Implications after
It is a catastrophe for hackers like these global organizations as well as international shipping companies such as CMA For the past day and a half, visitors to the official International Maritime Organization website, www.IMO.org, have been greeted with the message “This website is under maintenance.” But the maintenance is…
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ITF : “Help us. No food. No salary” Abandoned Vietnamese seafarers finally home with union support
It was an image that shocked many. A ship with the desperate scrawls of a desperate crew scribbled across the hull of what had become their floating prison, as the tanker bobbed aimlessly in the warm waters of the South China Sea. Now, after at least two months of anxious…
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Organisations : European Sea Ports Organisation ” ESPO ” AWARD 2020
The projects of Algeciras Port Authority (Spain), Port of Amsterdam (the Netherlands), Port Authority of Lisbon (Portugal) and Puertos del Estado (Spain) have been shortlisted for the 12th European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) Award on Social Integration of Ports. The jury selected these four applications from a total of seven submissions. The…
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ESPO : AN interview with Stéphane Raison, CEO of the Port of Dunkirk.
ESPO is sitting this month with Mr. Stéphane Raison, CEO of the Port of Dunkirk. In the following interview, Mr. Raison explains the new economic model that the Port has developed, how the Port is preparing for Brexit, the effects of COVID-19 on the port, the importance of being part…
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News: ICC letter in FT flags consequences of retreat from commodity financing
In a letter published in the Financial Times today, ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton AO calls on G20 leaders to heed warnings over the real-world consequences of banks retreating from financing commodity traders. Already threatening the livelihoods of small businesses who rely on funding and work on narrow margins,…
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IMO : New impetus for digitalization of shipping in the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of electronic data exchange and the vital need for digitalization and automation, to ensure supply chains continue to function safely and effectively with contactless clearance of ships in and out of ports. Standardization and harmonization of procedures for stay and departure of ships are made mandatory under IMO’s Facilitation (FAL)…
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