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India: Target set to export Rs one lakh cr marine products by 2024-25
Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Fisheries, Dairy and Animal Husbandry Dr L. Murugan today Rs one lakh crore export target has been set for Marine Products, including fish by 2024-25. The Minister was interacting with the representatives of Andaman Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Port Blair today In his address, Murugan said a target has been set to export Rs.1 lakh crore worth marine products including fish by the year 2024-25... -Goa ChroniclePosted On:18-Jul-2022
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Cruising is Back, Just in Time for Debt-Laden Cruise Companies
It was a grand show, the first in-person reunion in three years of cruise industry professionals from around the world. Three days of nonstop fun and excitement. And back in Miami Beach at last, in the newly renovated and spectacular Miami Beach Convention Center, after spending the last two years it was held (2018 and 2019) in Fort Lauderdale. It’s been a long wait... -The Maritime ExecutivePosted On:18-Jul-2022
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IMB confirms piracy decline in Gulf of Guinea
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in its half-year report of 2022 has lauded the reduction in piracy in the globe and expressed optimism that it is a new dawn for the shipping community globally. This is coming on the heels of the Bureau receiving the lowest number of reported incidents for the first half of the year since 1994, evidencing its efforts in raising awareness to make the waters safe globally... -Daily SunPosted On:18-Jul-2022
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Great opportunity for green maritime infrastructure in Brazil
Recent regulatory changes to promote cabotage in Brazil present a great opportunity to create cleaner maritime infrastructure, according to IICT. A working paper from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) looked at Brazil’s recently-adopted “BR do Mar” initiative which aims to incentivise freight away from road transportation to coastal maritime transportation or cabotage... -Seatrade Maritime NewsPosted On:18-Jul-2022
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Fishing Vessels Account For Half Of Ocean Plastic Pollution
Ocean plastic pollution was a focus at the recent UN oceans conference, which issued a declaration in support of an earlier decision by the UN Environment Assembly to start negotiations for a global plastics treaty. This initiative has been welcomed almost universally, but it must not distract from the fact we actually already have good international laws regulating ships that plastics overboard. We are just not enforcing them properly... -gCaptainPosted On:18-Jul-2022
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Cyprus: MPs improve rules for seafarers, training
Parliament passed a bill that sets clearer rules for maritime courses, clarifies the calculation and proof of seafarers’ service at sea and regulates the revalidation of the certificates of captains of coastal and small passenger vessels. The bill amends and replaces earlier legislation that eases implementation of the STCW convention, as adopted by the entire shipping community in 1978... -Financial MirrorPosted On:18-Jul-2022
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Ships wait up to three weeks to load grain at Albany port after bumper WA crop
Ships are waiting at anchor for up to three weeks to load grain at Albany port as supply chain issues cause delays. Indonesian seafarer and second officer on the Ocean Sukses, Killasandra Tabita has been stuck on board the ship, close to dry land, for a fortnight. According to sources wait times to load ships at the port can range from 10 days to about three weeks... -ABC NewsPosted On:18-Jul-2022
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USA: Scholarship boosts students in maritime field
Eight students from Ketchikan are expected to attend California State University Maritime Academy in the upcoming 2022-23 school year, supported by the Lund Maritime Memorial Scholarship, SEALink Executive Director Ralph Mirsky told the Daily News in a recent interview. “To me, that’s phenomenal,” Mirsky said... -Ketchikan Daily NewsPosted On:18-Jul-2022
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Cruise ships still pose a health disaster threat: Ship sanitation officer
Erin Montgomery still gets emotional when she remembers her last trip on the MS Zaandam cruise ship. “It was horrible,” she tells The Post, bursting into tears. Montgomery, then in her mid-50s, worked as the ship’s sanitation officer. “Having people die on you and you’re helpless to do anything about it.”... -New York PostPosted On:18-Jul-2022
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Armed Robbers Disguised as Police Officers Rob Maritime Workers in Lagos
A human resource staffer at a Lagos company has narrated how some men who disguised as police officers robbed her and some of her colleagues on Wednesday. Asking not to be named whil speaking with FIJ, she said she and three of her colleagues were in a Toyota Matrix belonging to one of them when the armed men struck... -FIJ NGPosted On:18-Jul-2022
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Holland America Line Cruise Ship Suffers Propulsion Problems
A cruise ship sailing for the Seattle-based Holland America Line suffered technical issues with its Azipod propulsion system during a cruise to Alaska. The Westerdam, which only returned to service on June 12, will miss several ports due to the issues affecting the vessel’s top speed. Holland America Line informed guests onboard of the changes on July 15 and has offered all guests compensation in the form of an onboard credit... -Cruise HivePosted On:18-Jul-2022
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Beached by typhoon ferry on fire, again
Fire broke out on board of the ship TRANS ASIA 1 in Lapu Lapu City waters, Cebu, Philippines, at around 0142 LT Jul 16. The ship was inoperable or decommissioned, with 8 maintenance crew and 1 guard on board. The ship was soon engulfed in flames, all people on board were evacuated, 2 of them treated for smoke inhaling. Fire was extinguished in some 4 hours, officials said... -FleetmonPosted On:18-Jul-2022
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Ferry fire, Indonesia
Fire broke out on board of ferry KMP NUSA PENIDA, docked at Dukuh Raya Port, western Lombok, Indonesia, in the afternoon Jul 16. All people who were on board fled to pier via lowered ramp, no injures reported. There were no passengers on board, ferry is said to be undergoing repairs at Dukuh Raya. Several hours after fire started, it was still on... -FleetmonPosted On:18-Jul-2022
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Tanker abandoned, adrift in South Pacific
Product tanker ANGEL 33 reported abandoned and adrift some 400 nm NE of eastern Papua New Guinea, South Pacific, as of evening Jul 16. Tanker is unlit, navigational lights are off. Last ship’s AIS position dated May 19. The ship sailed into the area from Kaohsiung, probably she was engaged in bunkering fishing vessels... -FleetmonPosted On:18-Jul-2022
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