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Has shipping become complacent when it comes to safety?
Maritime safety has plateaued. The overall number of incidents and fatalities has stagnated, with little improvement in recent years. So while we can argue that safety standards have never been better, we should also point that there is still a lot of room for improvement. This week’s podcast explores what it is going to take to continue improving safety standards and asks whether we have a Covid-fuelled safety disaster waiting in the wings... -Lloyd’s ListPosted On:7-Feb-2022
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Nigeria: Why there is mass failure in NIMASA COC exams
The Rector of MAN, Commodore Duja Effedua has attributed the mass failure recorded in COC examinations conducted by the NIMASA to the inability of candidates to attend classes ahead of the exams. In a statement signed on Sunday, the Rector called on NIMASA and maritime stakeholders to find a common ground in resolving the reasons why seafarers who register for COC exams fail to attend classes... -Tribune OnlinePosted On:7-Feb-2022
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Philippines officials in urgent talks with EU on seafarer issues
With barely a month to meet a deadline for complying with sea-safety standards, officials of the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) flew to Belgium Sunday for meetings with the European Commission. Their mission: salvage the jobs of thousands of Filipino seafarers employed in European-flagged ships and vessels,.. -Business MirrorPosted On:7-Feb-2022
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US ship management firm to provide more jobs to fresh Filipino seafarers
A US-based ship management company leaned on the reputation of the Philippines as the most sought-after maritime nation and teamed up with a local shipping firm to provide opportunities to budding Filipino maritime professionals, as competition became tougher in the global seafaring arena. Before the pandemic hit the country, deployment of Filipino seafarers was dwindling because of several factors,.. -manilastandard.netPosted On:7-Feb-2022
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Post-traumatic stress disorder and mental health assessment of seafarers
There are increasing concerns about mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic among seafarers. This study aims to assess the effects of the current global health pandemic on life satisfaction and adverse psychological outcomes among seafarers. In this cross-sectional study, 470 multinational seafarers working on board ships of two international shipping companies were assessed... -BMC Public HealthPosted On:7-Feb-2022
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Why Is The US Merchant Marine So Rusted And Broken?
After World War II the United States had the largest and newest fleet of commercial ships in the world. World trade has roughly doubled every tens years since the Allied victory in Japan yet the US Merchant Fleet has been in steady decline. Today the United States has one of the oldest fleets in the world and is ranked 21nd in terms of tonnage. Who is to blame for the decline... -gCaptainPosted On:7-Feb-2022
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Enforcement of safety standards tapped as solution to oil vessel explosion
ENFORCEMENT of safer operational standards has been identified as a key way of averting oil vessel explosions in Nigeria. Following the recent explosion of an oil vessel in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, informed analysts say the situation is not unconnected with poor operational safety standards of the vessels. Nigeria’s media outlets was last week awash with news of explosion of an oil vessel capable of carrying up to two million barrels of oil... -ICIR NigeriaPosted On:7-Feb-2022
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Leading maritime cities playing a key role in the green and digital shift
The Leading Maritime Cities of the World report is back with a fresh ranking of the global maritime hubs and sees cities taking the lead in the green and digital transformation and attracting top experts and companies as future winners. There have been some dramatic developments since the last edition of the Leading Maritime Cities of the World (LMC) report was published in 2019... -PortNews IAAPosted On:7-Feb-2022
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Sea Sentinels Calls on Shipowners to Recycle Sustainably at Busy Yards
Sea Sentinels is calling on shipowners to raise their recycling game by promoting sustainable practices at South Asian shipbreaking yards that still handle over two-thirds of vessels dismantled globally due to capacity constraints for larger ships elsewhere. Beaching yards in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh last year dismantled 583, or 76%, of 763 ocean-going ships and offshore units sold for recycling worldwide,.. -The Maritime ExecutivePosted On:7-Feb-2022
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Peru Authorizes Temporary Restart At Repsol Refinery After Oil Spill
Peru’s environmental inspector, responding to fuel supply shortages, on Saturday authorized temporary resumption of hydrocarbon loading and unloading operations at sea at a refinery owned by Spain’s Repsol which had been halted during a probe of a major oil spill. The La Pampilla refinery, the largest in Peru, supplies 40% of the Peruvian fuel market and accounts for 54% of the Andean country’s refining capacity... -gCaptainPosted On:7-Feb-2022
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Cyclone Batsirai Causes Devastation Along Madagascar’s Eastern Coastline
Three people were reported dead in southeastern Madagascar on Sunday after cyclone Batsirai made landfall, leaving a trail of devastation including collapsed buildings, power cuts and flooding. One of the towns badly affected was Nosy Varika on the coast where most of the buildings were destroyed and the town was cut off from the surrounding area due to flooding, an official said... -gCaptainPosted On:7-Feb-2022
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Iranian Sailors Rescue Crew On Fire-struck Panama-flagged Ship
Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) says its sailors have rescued 17 crewmembers of a Panama-flagged vessel that had caught fire in waters off Iran’s south coast. The PMO picked up a distress signal from the Golden Tree tanker vessel, which is Panama-flagged but Chinese-owned and whose engine room had caught fire some 30 miles from Iran’s Dayyer Port on Saturday,.. -IFP NewsPosted On:7-Feb-2022
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Container ship emergency anchoring in Scheldt mouth, medevac, Netherlands
Container ship POLAR ECUADOR requested medical assistance and had to anchor in front of Vlissingen, Scheldt mouth, Netherlands, in the morning Feb 5, while sailing towards port of destination Antwerp, on arrival from Colon, Panama. Ijured crew was airlifted by helicopter and transferred to hospital, condition unknown... -FleetmonPosted On:7-Feb-2022
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New Asia-EU direct container line bypassing container majors
Container ship SONGA CHEETAH arrived at Chittagong, Bangladesh, on Feb 5, from Civitavecchia, Italy, her call being the official launch of a new, direct container service between Bangladesh and Italy. RifLine Worldwide Logistics, a freight forwarder based in Rome, Italy, initiated the creation of new service,.. -FleetmonPosted On:7-Feb-2022
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Tanker damaged by rough weather while offloading diesel, Lebanon
Steering gear (rudder, supposedly) of product tanker PYXIS EPSILON was damaged in rough weather on Feb 6 at Amchit Anchorage, Lebanon. Understood tanker, loaded with 42,000 tons of diesel oil, was in process of offloading cargo, when accident occurred. Cargo operations were immediately stopped, no leak reported... -FleetmonPosted On:7-Feb-2022
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