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World’s first electric fast ferry is here
MS Medstraum, the world’s first fully electric and zero-emission fast ferry classed as a high-speed craft, has embarked on the journey from the Norwegian Fjellstrand shipyard to its new home port, Stavanger. Whilst traditional fast ferries running on fossil fuels are known for being highly polluting, the 30-metre-long Medstraum will vastly improve the carbon footprint of its owners, Kolumbus, a public transport company... -Offshore EnergyPosted On:15-Jul-2022
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Survey launched into impact of Ukraine conflict on seafarers
The Seafarers International Relief Fund (SIRF) and the Ukraine Charity Co-ordination Group have launched a survey on what more needs to be done for seafarer impacted by war in Ukraine. SIRF has raised over $400,000 since March this year with an appeal to support seafarers and their families. SIRF has delivered aid in the form of the most essential human needs, including shelter, food, water, transport, and access to medical services,.. -Seatrade Maritime NewsPosted On:15-Jul-2022
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Georgian seafarers save 52 migrants in Atlantic Ocean
Georgian seafarers saved the lives of 52 people, including seven women and three children, in the Atlantic Ocean during a five-point storm last week, the Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia announced on Wednesday. Nine Georgian sailors, who were heading to Morocco, joined a rescue mission to help a group of migrants left without water and food in an inflatable boat in the Ocean, after they had waited for rescuers for over 10 hours... -Agenda.gePosted On:15-Jul-2022
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Autonomous Cargo Ships and New Collision Regulations
The possibility now exists for ships to navigate the globe with no one at the helm. This capability has been demonstrated in the United States, Europe and Japan by autonomous workboats, survey vessels, and coastwise voyages by autonomous cargo vessels and ferries with the development of larger vessels capable of making trans-oceanic voyages coming soon... -MarineLinkPosted On:15-Jul-2022
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Critical concern about container inspections
It did not seem unreasonable when the International Maritime Organization (IMO) politely required its member states to let them know the state of their regime for the inspection of container contents. There was increasing concern about undeclared dangerous goods causing death and mayhem in both ships and ports, while there was some evidence that the cavalier attitude to the need for accuracy about container weights was not improving... -Seatrade Maritime NewsPosted On:15-Jul-2022
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Lessons to be learned from fatality during STS transfer
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) released its report into a fatal incident aboard general cargo vessel Teal Bay in 2021. The Chief Officer of Teal Bay was struck on the head by a tensioned mooring line when it sprang from an open roller fairlead. The incident happened at Kavkaz anchorage when Teal Bay was loading grain from Kavkaz V in a ship-to-ship transfer; Kavkaz V was at anchor with Teal Bay alongside... -Seatrade Maritime NewsPosted On:15-Jul-2022
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Maritime Training in the Philippines: Kongsberg Digital Signs MoU with MARINA
Norway-based Kongsberg Digital (KDI) and Maritime Industry Authority in the Philippines (MARINA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). According to Kongsberg, the MOU represents a significant milestone for innovation and transformation in maritime training in the Philippines,.. -MarineLinkPosted On:15-Jul-2022
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USA: Cargo ships are notoriously dirty. A new bill aims to clean them up
A new bill in Congress aims to drastically clean up cargo ships entering U.S. ports, by reducing the air pollutants and greenhouse gases that spew from the vessels carrying phones, food, furniture and virtually everything people use every day. Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) introduced the Clean Shipping Act this week, at a time when global shipping emissions are rising, fueled by growing consumer demand and ceaseless supply-chain disruptions... -Canary MediaPosted On:15-Jul-2022
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South Korea: H-Line Shipping seafarers threaten to strike
H-Line Shipping comprising the long-term LNG and dry bulk shipping portfolios of the now-defunct Hanjin Shipping, was bought out by private equity investor Hahn & Company in 2014, two years before Hanjin Shipping collapsed. On 11 July, the seafarers, supported by the Federation of Korean Seafarers’ Union, held a gathering outside Hahn & Company’s headquarters in Seoul... -FreshPlaza.comPosted On:15-Jul-2022
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German Dockworkers Begin Two-Day Strike Adding to Congestion Woes
Dockers walked out of German ports at six o’clock this morning at the start of a 48-hour strike that will paralyse the import and export trade of Europe’s largest economy. Last minute talks between the employers, the Central Association of German Seaport Companies (ZDS) and the trade union ver.di, representing 12,000 port workers, were suspended yesterday evening with no agreement in sight... -gCaptainPosted On:15-Jul-2022
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Ultra-Large Containership APL Vanda Loses Boxes Overboard in Indian Ocean
A CMA CGM-operated mega containership apparently lost an undisclosed number of containers overboard while underway in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Djibouti earlier this month. The revelation puts to rest several questions concerning APL Venda’s status after it unexpectedly arrived at a Djibouti anchorage on July 6... -gCaptainPosted On:15-Jul-2022
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Israel to Sell Haifa Port for $1.2 Billion
Israel said on Thursday it will sell Haifa Port, a major trade hub on its Mediterranean coast, to winning bidders Adani Ports of India and local chemicals and logistics group Gadot for 4.1 billion shekels ($1.18 billion). Gadot and Adani made it to the end of a two-year tender process that Israel hopes will lower import prices and help shorten notoriously long wait times at Israeli harbors... -gCaptainPosted On:15-Jul-2022
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Chief officer killed by mooring line on V.Ships bulker, probe reveals
An unsafe loading operation resulted in the death of a chief officer on a V.Ships bulker in Russia, an accident report has found. Yuriy Maslov, 54, died when he was hit on the head by a mooring line on the 32,000-dwt Isle of Man-flag Teal Bay (built 2007) in Port Kavkaz on 30 August, 2021. The line sprang out of an open roller fairlead when the ship was being moved forward by tensioning the aft spring to allow loading to be completed,.. -TradeWindsPosted On:15-Jul-2022
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SAR evacuates body of Filipino seafarer who died in work accident
The Banda Aceh Search and Rescue Agency (SAR) evacuated the body of a Filipino citizen who died in a work accident on Panama-flagged cargo ship MV Lowlands Comfort, which was sailing from Egypt to China. "The victim was hit by a crane while the ship he worked on was sailing in the Indian Ocean on July 4, 2022. The victim was treated on the ship, but eventually passed away," Al Hussain said... -ANTARA EnglishPosted On:15-Jul-2022
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