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WMU : IMO Environment Committee Approves to Cut Ship Emissions
Draft amendments to the MARPOL convention would require ships to combine a technical and an operational approach to reduce their carbon intensity. Draft new mandatory regulations to cut the carbon intensity of existing ships have been approved by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), meeting in…
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WMU : Container Shipping Business and Maritime 4.0 Policy seminar for WMU and KMI
The topic of Container Shipping Business and Maritime The 4th KMI-WMU Seminar, delivered in cooperation between the World Maritime University (WMU) and the Korean Maritime Institute (KMI), took place on 12 and 13 November on the topic of Container Shipping Business and Maritime 4.0 Policy and Strategy. Due to the…
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WMU : Graduation ceremony despite Covid 19
Maritime leaders of tomorrow from 79 countries have graduated from the World Maritime University (WMU) in the Class of 2020. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, four small graduation ceremonies were held at WMU (from 31 October to 1 November) to honour the graduates. They are now ready to return…
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Breaking News : AMBASSADOR OF PANAMA TO SWEDEN VISITS WMU
, The World Maritime University (WMU) welcomed H.E. Mr. Andrés Gregorio Núñez Sánchez, Ambassador and Consul General of Panama to the Kingdom of Sweden. The courtesy visit with Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President of WMU, provided the opportunity for Ambassador Núñez, who was appointed to Sweden in December 2019, to learn…
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Marek Grzybowski write to ” eBlue Economy “”: Maritime University – 100 years of maritime education
The beginning of the new academic year ceremony took place at the beginning of October this year. Students and professors of the Maritime University and invited guests were on the training ship “Dar Młodzieży” and at the pier of the Port of Gdynia. – This year is unusual due…
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An initiative for training on new autonomous vessel in Maine Maritime Academy
In an arrangementment brokered with MARAD and with Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics, MMA’s 41-foot workboat Quickwater is currently undergoing a retrofit to receive Sea Machines’ SM300 autonomous control system. A remote-operations center will be built on the MMA campus, and students will have the opportunity to take a class incorporating…
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WMU : Workshop of Empowering on Women for the un Decad of Ocean Science
From 28-30 September, the World Maritime University (WMU)-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute hosted a virtual workshop in support of the research and capacity-building programme, Empowering Women for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. The workshop was the third to take place in support of the programme that is…
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WMU : Annual Sasakawa Fellows Awards Ceremony 2020
The annual Sasakawa Fellows Awards Ceremony was held on 28 September for students in the Class of 2020 whose fellowships are funded by The Nippon Foundation. With the 27 Fellows in the Class of 2020, the total number of Sasakawa Fellows now stands at 660 from more than 70 countries.…
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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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WMU : WORLD MARITIME DAY 2020
The 2020 World Maritime Day theme, “Sustainable Shipping for a Sustainable Planet,” provides the opportunity to raise awareness of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and showcase the work that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and its member States are undertaking to achieve the targets. This year’s official World…
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