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Indias average ship turnaround time at major ports improves
The average turnaround time for ships at major ports in India has reduced by 35 percent over the last six years, indicating a significant improvement in the countrys port management infrastructure.
Ports are considered major growth drivers as they play an important role in a countrys economic development. One of the key indicators to measure the efficiency of ports is turnaround time - the time a ship spends entering, unloading, loading and exiting the port - which has improved considerably over the past few years.Posted On:25-Feb-2021
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Kiribati seafarers in Germany can now go home
Germanys foreign ministry says 170 people from the Pacific island of Kiribati will be able to return home after being stranded in the country for several months.
The Kiribati citizens are seafarers who became stranded several months ago because their country - one of the few places without coronavirus cases - was not allowing anyone, even its own citizens, to re-enter.Posted On:25-Feb-2021
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More Than 20 Filipino Seafarers Tricked To Operate And Maintain Ferries: ITF
Goundar Shipping tricked more than 20 Filipino seafarers into flying to Fiji to operate and maintain its fleet of passenger and cargo ferries with promises of decent wages and conditions. When they arrived, the company informed the seafarers that they would be paid 60-70 percent less than what they were promised.Posted On:25-Feb-2021
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IMO And Wista Seek Input To Women In Maritime Survey
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Womens International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) are asking companies to help them obtain baseline data on the number of women in maritime and oceans fields and the positions they occupy.
To do this, they have created a survey, which is to be filled out by company HR leaders.Posted On:25-Feb-2021
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Belfast Harbour strikes digitisation deal with IBM and SRO Solutions
Manchester-based tech firm SRO Solutions has signed an agreement with Belfast Harbour to provide IBM s Maximo asset management software licences, as it looks to increase digitalisation across its operations.
The city s port is Northern Ireland s principal logistics and distribution hub, responsible for more than two-thirds of all seaborne trade.Posted On:25-Feb-2021
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Livestock carriers with 2,400 cattle stranded since December
Anchored off Northern Cyprus since early December with 1,700 cattle onboard is the livestock carrier ELBEIK. Similarly, the livestock carrier KARIM ALLAH faces the same situation off the coast of Sardinia with some 700 cattle onboard.
The plight of the stranded cattle, similar to situations faced by most seafarers around the world during the onset of the COVID pandemic, has been addressed by animal rights activists around the world, Cyprus in particular.Posted On:25-Feb-2021
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Crew flooded and capsized tanker carrying 3 tons of cocaine, Bay of Biscay
Tanker NEHIR was intercepted and boarded by Spanish Civil Guard and Police teams some 120 nm off Cabo Penas, Asturias, Spain, Bay of Biscay, according to Spanish media reports published on Feb 24, citing official statements, accomplished by video. Some 3000 kilos of cocaine were found, but whats much more thrilling, is crew attempt to sink tanker, by opening all valves in engine room.Posted On:25-Feb-2021
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1,000-ton fake: story of one "ecological disaster"
By now, everybody in shipping whom it may concern or interest, know about a new "big oil spill", which occurred in Graciosa Bay, Tematu Province, Solomon islands. Bulk carrier QUEBEC crew is accused of dumping 1,000 tons of heavy fuel, during her stay at Lata between Jan 20 and Feb 11.Posted On:25-Feb-2021
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Ferry boatswain killed by mooring line, Messina
61-year old boatswain of ro-ro passenger ferry ELIO was killed by a mooring line in the morning Feb 24, when the ship was mooring at Messina, Italy. It is not known if the line broke up, or snapped.Posted On:25-Feb-2021
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