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World’s first hydrogen ferry wins Ship of the Year award
he green energy enthusiasts have good news, the world’s first hydrogen-powered ferry HYDRA has won the Skipsrevyen’s Ship of the Year award. Norway’s Minister of Transport and Communications Kunt Arild Hareide presented the award onboard MF HYDRA on 8th September in Hjelmeland... -FleetmonPosted On:23-Sep-2021
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Top global companies call for zero emissions shipping by 2050
More than 150 leading companies and organisations including oil majors and port authorities on Wednesday called for the global shipping industry to be fully decarbonised by 2050, urging governments to step up action warning time was limited. With about 90% of world trade transported by sea, global shipping accounts for nearly 3% of the world’s CO2 emissions and the sector is under growing pressure to get cleaner... -ReutersPosted On:23-Sep-2021
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Indian Officials Bust Giant Heroin Shipment at Mundra Port
Indian officials have seized about three tonnes of Afghan heroin from containers at the port of Mundra, Gujarat, marking one of the country’s largest opiate busts ever. The shipment was marked as "semi-processed talc stones," and it was split between two containers arriving from Bandar Abbas, Iran... -The Maritime ExecutivePosted On:23-Sep-2021
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Nigeria, Denmark Collaborate on Fight against Piracy
Nigeria’s government and her Danish counterpart have expressed readiness to collaborate to fight piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The renewed effort by both governments took place during a bilateral meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, and the Foreign Minister of Denmark, Mr. Jeppe Kofod, on the sidelines of the ongoing 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States... -THISDAY NewspapersPosted On:23-Sep-2021
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Oman, the Netherlands ink MoU on seafarers certificates
The Sultanate and the Kingdom of the Netherlands signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the mutual recognition of Certificates of Competency (CoC) for seafarers. Oman was represented by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology and the Netherlands by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management... -Times of OmanPosted On:23-Sep-2021
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Seafarer Vaccination Numbers Improve, But Challenges Remain
The percentage of seafarers who have received a full course of a COVID-19 vaccine is improving, according to the latest numbers released by the Neptune Declaration’s crew change tracker. As of September, about 22 percent of the world’s 1.4 million seafarers have been vaccinated, up from 15 percent in August. The number varies regionally, but it represents a considerable overall improvement from early this year... -The Maritime ExecutivePosted On:23-Sep-2021
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Genetic study reveals how ancient seafarers settled vast Polynesia
Beginning more than a millennium ago, intrepid seafarers traversed vast Pacific Ocean expanses in double-hulled sailing canoes to reach the far-flung islands of Polynesia, the planet’s last habitable region to be settled by people. A genetic study published on Wednesday has deciphered the timing and sequence of this settlement of an area spanning about a third of Earth’s surface,.. -ReutersPosted On:23-Sep-2021
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Australia: Maritime Union won’t support mandatory vaccinations
MUA WA State Secretary, Will Tracey, told Jane Marwick there has yet to be a ship-to-shore transmission of COVID-19. “Most of our membership will make the decision to be vaccinated based on the nature of the workplace we are in but we are also a union that doesn’t support mandatory vaccinations, but also recognise that vaccinations are our way out of the pandemic.”... -6PR 882AMPosted On:23-Sep-2021
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New Zealand: Maritime union casts doubt on vaccination deadline
The Maritime Union of New Zealand’s national secretary Craig Harrison said misinformation was being shared. "It’s not a sure bet, until we hit that date you really just don’t know where a lot of people are going to land with it. People might’ve for instance booked a vaccine - that doesn’t mean they’re going to go and get it."... -RNZPosted On:23-Sep-2021
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World’s first all-electric tugboat completes 18 months in operation
Turkish tugboat designer Navtek Naval Technologies says that its first Zeetug (zero-emission electric tugboat), Gisas Power, has proven its design and operational performance with consistent results over the past 18 months. Navtek developed, designed, built and delivered the Gisas Power, the world’s first rechargeable and fully electric-powered tugboat,.. -Marine LogPosted On:23-Sep-2021
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$500000 fine and reparation after death on Sanford fishing vessel
The death of a crew member on the factory fishing vessel, San Granit, has led to fishing company, Sanford Limited, being fined $375,000, and ordered to pay $121,860 reparations to family and $35,000 costs by the Timaru District Court. Sanford pleaded guilty to one charge under the Health and Safety at Work Act of exposing workers to risk of death or serious injury,.. -Mirage NewsPosted On:23-Sep-2021
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Maritime rope could be adding billions of microplastics to the ocean every year
The hauling of rope on maritime vessels could result in billions of microplastic fragments entering the ocean every year, according to new research. The study, by the University of Plymouth’s International Marine Litter Research Unit, is the first to explore the potential for rope to become a source of microplastic pollution in the marine environment... -Science DailyPosted On:23-Sep-2021
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MAIB Reports on Fatal Crush Incident on General Cargo Ship
Unsafe working practices and poor safety culture were at issue in the death of port stevedore who was crushed by a hatch cover during cargo discharge operations on board a ship at a Antwerp bulk terminal last year. The port stevedore was on board the Gibraltar registered general cargo ship MV Cimbris when he was fatally crushed when a hatch cover was moved by the ship’s gantry crane at the Antwerp Bulk Terminal in Belgium on July 14, 2020... -gCaptainPosted On:23-Sep-2021
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World’s 1st green tech shipping ETF launched
ETF Managers Group LLC (ETFMG), the US-based exchange-traded fund issuer, has launched the ETFMG Breakwave Sea Decarbonization Tech ETF (BSEA), the world’s first green technology shipping ETF. BSEA began trading on 21 September on the New York Stock Exchange... -Offshore EnergyPosted On:23-Sep-2021
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Costa Cruise Newbuild Executes First LNG Bunkering Operation at Meyer Werft
COSTA TOSCANA, the second LNG-powered cruise ship of Costa Cruises has completed its first LNG bunkering operation on Tuesday at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland before it undergoes trials. The newbuilt vessel was supplied LNG by the Gasum-chartered Coralius bunkering vessel, of 5800 cubic meter capacity... -FleetmonPosted On:23-Sep-2021
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MSC 12,500 TEU ship out of service schedule, 15-day quarantine
Container ship MSC LAUREN was put under quarantine upon arrival at Callao anchorage, Chile, on Sep 21, after 1 (one) crew showed positive test. The ship arrived from Peru, she’s deployed in Andes Service between Asia and the West Coast of Latin America... -FleetmonPosted On:23-Sep-2021
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Cargo ship near-miss, Dutch wind farm
Cargo ship is under detention at Terneuzen Netherlands since arrival on Sep 18. Ship’s course alerted Scheltd Coordination Center on Sep 18, because she was sailing towards Borssele wind farm, with no signs of changing course. Attempts to find out what’s going on failed, because as it turned out later, Captain of Azerbaijan nationality didn’t speak English well enough to understand, though he finally, reacted to a direct order to immediately change the course... -FleetmonPosted On:23-Sep-2021
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