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Online Marine Library launched for Seafarers
Witherbys, the maritime publishing experts, has put cyber security, flexible access and increased data at the heart of its new ereader software, Witherby Connect, launched today to allow seafarers to access the latest information and guidance instantly and easily. The new software will enable mariners anywhere in the world to continue to reference a library of publications, with the hybrid software delivering more flexibility and security for those working at sea.Posted On:14-Jan-2021
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Philippines: DOTr updates guidelines for seafarers
FILIPINO seafarers who came from countries subjected to travel restrictions because of the reported new variants of Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, within 14 days immediately preceding their arrival in the country, are still allowed to disembark their ships.
However, they will be required to undergo an "absolute facility-based 14-day quarantine period" even though they had a negative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result.Posted On:14-Jan-2021
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Philippines expands temporary crew change ban to 33 countries
According to the Philippine Port Authority (PPA) Pakistan, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Oman, and the People's Republic of China are the most recent countries to be added to the list which bars foreign seafarers from disembarking the Philippines. The temporary ban was put in place to combat the spread of the new variant of Covid-19 found in the UK and South Africa.Posted On:14-Jan-2021
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Two Autonomous Electric Ro-Ro Vessels Driven by SCHOTTEL
SCHOTTEL has been awarded a contract to deliver SCHOTTEL EcoPellers and PumpJets for two new autonomous RoRo ships. They will be operated by ASKO Maritime AS, Norways largest grocery wholesaler, and built at Cochin Shipyard (CSL) in India. Both vessels will have full battery-electric propulsion and are designed for transporting trailers across Oslo Fjord between two of ASKO s distribution centers.Posted On:14-Jan-2021
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Singapore port achieves strong performance despite Covid-19 pandemic
Container throughput for the island-state came up to 36.9m teu, a slight drop of 0.9% compared to 2019. Singapore remains the runaway leader as a bunkering port with sales amounting to 49.8m tonnes, an increase of 5% year-on-year.
"After a steep decline in early-2020 when Covid-19 first struck, international sea trade volumes have shown signs of recovery from the second half of last year. This has helped Maritime Singapore to stay resilient in 2020, even though our economy contracted by 5.8%," said Chee Hong Tat, Singapore s Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Posted On:14-Jan-2021
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MV Jag Anand to bring 23 Indian sailors stuck in China back home on 14 Jan 2021
The 23 Indian sailors onboard bulk cargo vessel MV Jag Anand, who were stuck in China since June 13, will likely be reaching the country on Thursday. Union Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had earlier confirmed said that the Indian crew members would reach India on January 14.Posted On:14-Jan-2021
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Crew Kidnappings in Gulf of Guinea Hit Record in 2020 - IMB
Crew kidnappings in the Gulf of Guinea surged to a new record in 2020, the International Maritime Bureau reported in its annual piracy report.
Worldwide, the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre recorded 195 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships in 2020, up more than 20% from the 162 incidents recorded a year earlier.Posted On:14-Jan-2021
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India: New port law to open floodgates for privatisation of operational cargo berths
The imminent transition of 11 of the 12 ports owned by the Central government and run as trusts into authorities will clear the decks for the biggest privatisation of cargo handling terminals operated by the State itself.
This is because the port authority formed under the proposed Major Port Authorities Bill (awaiting Rajya Sabha nod) will play the role of a landlord - a model widely followed globally wherein the publicly governed port authority acts as a regulatory body and as landlord while private firms carry out port operations, mainly cargo handling activities.Posted On:14-Jan-2021
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Bulk carrier sinking in the Pacific, 22 crew went to lifeboat UPDATES
Bulk carrier YONG FENG issued distress signal at around 0350 Tokyo time Jan 13, reporting being in danger of sinking, some 400 nm southeast of Miyakojima, Okinawa, Philippine sea. Later 22 crew (including 14 Chinese and 8 Bangladeshi nationalities) reported escaping in lifeboat, Japanese Coast Guard ship is under way to rescue. The ship with cargo of wood was en route from Papua New Guinea to China.Posted On:14-Jan-2021
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