26 SEPT 2019 After a review of 7,000 scientific studies, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that the world economy is on track to increase the mean sea level by about 2.8 feet, dramatically reduce the extent of warm-water coral reefs and raise the frequency of marine …
Read More »BANGLADESH JOINS GLOBAL FORUM P4G
Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) logo. Taken from P4G website Bangladesh united with the Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G), which was officially announced on Monday at an event held in New York on the sidelines of the 74th UN General …
Read More »PM SEEKS EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION TO ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE
25 SEPT 2019 Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said collaboration among countries at regional and global levels was fundamental to accelerate progress in the universal health coverage. ‘Resource mobilisation to ensure universal health coverage is a fundamental obstacle in many countries. Effective global partnership to formulate healthcare financing strategy …
Read More »RUSSIAN FACTORY SHIP CATCHES FIRE, PROMPTING MASS EVACUATION
25 SEPT 2019 The giant fish processor ship Piotr Zhitnikov caught fire Monday at a position off the island of Shikotan, Japan, forcing the evacuation of 363 members of her crew. 53 other crewmembers remained on board to fight the fire, according to officials at the marine rescue center in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Early …
Read More »CHOOSE YOUR HUSBAND, CHOOSE YOUR BOSS
25 SEPT 2019 Choose your husband, and if possible, choose your boss. That’s the advice that Katarina Norén, Director General of the Swedish Maritime Administration, gave at the World Maritime University (WMU) Third International Women’s Conference on Empowering Women in the Maritime Community in April this year. The conference report …
Read More »IRAN: DETAINED TANKER STENA IMPERO IS “FREE TO LEAVE”
25 SEPT 2019 The UK-flagged tanker Stena Impero is now free to depart the anchorage at Bandar Abbas, Iranian officials said on Monday. The Impero has been in Iranian custody since July 19, when Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members boarded her and ordered her crew to change course. “The British flagged tanker ‘Stena …
Read More »SOMALI PIRATES RELEASE IRANIAN SEAFARER AFTER YEARS OF CAPTIVITY
24 SEPT 2019 An Iranian fisherman held by Somali pirates for more than four years has finally been released, according to Iranian officials and the nonprofit Hostage Support Network. The fisherman, Baluchistan resident Mohammad Sharif Panahandeh, was captured from a fishing vessel in 2015 and is now in declining health. …
Read More »NYK CONDUCTS JAPAN’S FIRST CARBON-NEUTRAL VOYAGE
23 SEPT 2019 NYK has become the first Japanese shipping company to realize a carbon-neutral voyage by offsetting 5,000 tons of CO2, equivalent to the CO2 emitted by NYK’s environmental flagship car carrier Aries Leader, during one voyage between Japan and the Middle East. Aries Leader is equipped with the latest energy-saving …
Read More »SEASICKNESS, WHAT CAUSES ?
22 SEPT 2019 Seasickness results from a conflict in the inner ear and the erratic motion of a vessel. One of the least pleasant aspects of going to sea is the possibility of getting seasick. An individual’s susceptibility to seasickness is highly variable. If you’ve ever had motion sickness when …
Read More »ITF CALLS FOR THE RELEASE OF CAPTAIN GENNADIY GAVRYLOY
21 SEPT 2019 Hundreds of trade unionists from maritime unions affiliated with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have expressed their support and solidarity with Captain Gennadiy Gavrylov and called on the Sri Lankan government to expedite his safe return home. Gavrylov, a Ukrainian seafarer, has been prevented from leaving …
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