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India’s first manned ocean mission "Samudrayaan" - All you need to know
India’s first manned ocean mission ’Samudrayaan’ was launched in Chennai. This mission will use Matsya 6000, a submersible sphere of titanium alloy. The mission’s goal is to make long-term use of maritime resources for economic prosperity... -DNA IndiaPosted On:12-Nov-2021
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COP26: new task force to support seafarers through green transition
A Just Transition Maritime Task Force has been formed at COP26 to drive decarbonisation of the industry and support millions of seafarers through shipping’s green transition. As informed, the task force will push forward shipping’s climate goals while protecting its works and their communities, ensuring opportunity for all... -Offshore EnergyPosted On:12-Nov-2021
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Maritime Charities Continue To Offer Retraining Funding
The Maritime Charities Group (MCG) Covid-19 Redundancy and Retraining Bursary Fund has helped 75 seafarers with the cost of training to help them get back into work in the sector since it opened a year ago. In the past 12 months, MCG together with Trinity House, Nautilus Slater Fund and the Merchant Navy Welfare Board have awarded over £34k towards the cost of a wide range of training courses including certificate renewal and retraining for offshore and wind farms... -MCGPosted On:12-Nov-2021
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Ship management revenues up in H1
Revenue from ship management showed a small increase in the first half of 2021, reflecting the recovery in global shipping after the disruption caused by the Covid pandemic. According to the Central Bank’s ship management survey for the period between January and June 2021, revenues reached €447m, or 4.1 per cent of GDP, compared with €430m between July and December 2020... -Cyprus MailPosted On:12-Nov-2021
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IMO Council sets International Day for Women in Maritime
The IMO Council, meeting from 8-12 November, today decided to establish an International Day for Women in Maritime, to be observed on 18 May every year. Once adopted by the IMO Assembly in December 2021, the observance will celebrate women in the industry, promote the recruitment, retention and sustained employment of women in the maritime sector, raise the profile of women in maritime, strengthen IMO’s commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 5 (gender equality) and support work to address the current gender imbalance in maritime... -Mirage NewsPosted On:12-Nov-2021
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UK: Maritime Cadets to Get Further COVID Funding as SMarT Scheme Extended
Maritime cadets will continue to receive COVID-19 funding, with the training scheme extended once more. The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has confirmed a further six-month extension to the Maritime Training (SMarT) Fund, for cadets unable to finish their training due to COVID... -The Maritime ExecutivePosted On:12-Nov-2021
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Crowd gathers in Halifax to honour sailors past and present
In wartime and in peacetime, the Royal Canadian Navy plays an oversized role in the lives of Maritimers. It was among the largest navies in the world at the end of the Second World War and Thursday, on the shores of the same ocean where the Battle of the Atlantic waged, hundreds gathered to honour sailors past and present. At Halifax’s Point Pleasant Park, it was a sunny morning with a huge a crowd to honour those who placed service and sacrifice over self... -CTV News AtlanticPosted On:12-Nov-2021
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First Ghanaian-owned marine vessel arrives
Tullow Ghana has taken delivery of the first Ghanaian-owned, Ghanaian-flagged marine vessel to support offshore activities in the oil and gas industry in Ghana. Named, MV Flat Confidence, the vessel was released following the successful Offshore Vessel Inspection Database (OVID) testing on November 5, 2021... -Graphic OnlinePosted On:12-Nov-2021
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UK: National centre for autonomous marine technology launched in Southampton
BRITAIN’S national centre for marine robotics has been officially launched in Southampton. CEbotiX will offer operational development, workforce training and assurance in autonomous maritime technology. Its launch comes as the maritime sector moves to reduce the number of mariners at sea, with the aim of improving safety, sustainability and costs... -Bournemouth EchoPosted On:12-Nov-2021
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Belgium: MCA opens doors for energy innovation in 2024
Marine sector R&D community Maritime Campus Antwerp (MCA) – an initiative of Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) - will open its ‘do-campus’ in 2024 following the approval for a 40,000m3 building permit. Due for works to begin in Spring next year (2022), the facility will provide maritime-based companies, start-ups, education, and research institutions an opportunity to collaborate and increase sustainability within the sector... -gasworldPosted On:12-Nov-2021
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Largest Suez Canal Authority dredger joins project to expand Suez Canal
The newest and largest dredger of the Suez Canal Authority, the “Hussein Tantawy”, has joined the project to expand and deepen the southern area of the Suez Canal the head of the Suez Canal Authority in Egypt Osama Rabie announced. During his inspection of the dredger Tuesday afternoon, Rabie said that the project is working from 132 kilometer to 162 kilometers... -Bunker Ports NewsPosted On:12-Nov-2021
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Bulk Carrier Crew Rescues Commercial Fishermen Off Monterey After Vessel Catches Fire
The crew of a Reederei Nord bulk carrier came to the rescue of seven commercial fishermen after their vessel caught fire approximately 350 miles west of Monterey, California. Watchstanders at the Eleventh Coast Guard District command center received multiple emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPBIRB) and personal location beacon alerts belonging to the 85-foot commercial fishing boat Blue Dragon around 12:20 a.m. on Wednesday morning... -gCaptainPosted On:12-Nov-2021
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Strategy of Seafarers’ Union of Russia
The pandemic implications in the shipping industry, cancellation of visas for Russian seafarers with the Russian shelf and the Northern Sea Route for only Russian-flagged ships is foreseen by the strategy defined at the 9th Congress of the Seafarers’ Union of Russia for the coming 5 years. Among the prime tasks of the organization is attraction of young people. Holders of cadet cards can join the Seafarers Union... -PortNews IAAPosted On:12-Nov-2021
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Chinese bulk carrier with cargo emitting toxic fumes relocated, South Africa
Chinese bulk carrier NS QINGDAO had to be relocated from Durban South Africa, after her bulk cargo of chemicals started to emit toxic fumes. According to South African Maritime Safety Authority SAMSA, cargo became unstable after it became wet during discharge operation in rainy weather... -FleetmonPosted On:12-Nov-2021
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Northern Sea Route latest
Icebreaker VAYGACH is leading a convoy of several ships including Finnish bulk carrier KUMPULA, bound for western Arcita and Europe, in ice in East Siberian sea. Icebreaker TAYMYR is leading ships ti Gulf of Ob, western Arctic. Bulk carriers NORDIC NULUUJAAK, GOLDEN SUEK, NORDIC QINNGUA, GOLDEN PEARL, remain in the same position, waiting for icebreaker. Gen cargo gen cargo UHL FUSION is stuck in ice east of bulk carriers cluster... -FleetmonPosted On:12-Nov-2021
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