03 july 2019 On Tuesday, China’s transport ministry issued advisory warning Chinese-flagged vessels to set the highest possible level of security when transiting the Strait of Malacca. Chinese operators were asked to immediately “raise security levels for relevant vessels and take security measures accordingly.” The advisory provided no details of …
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03 JULY 2019 As a service for the shipping community at large, the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) has released a new infographic laying out practical guidelines for complying with the IMO 2020 fuel sulfur rule. The three-page document provides a quick overview of the main requirements of the IMO 2020 global sulphur …
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03 JULY 2019 Carola Rackete, the 31-year-old captain of the Sea-Watch 3, has been released from custody. She was arrested on Saturday after her vessel made contact with a police boat and docked in Lampedusa, Italy, with 41 African migrants on board. Italian judge Alessandra Vella ruled on Tuesday that Rackete had …
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02 JULY 2019 The IMO has produced a new film to showcase its Women in Maritime program. The program, initiated in 1988, supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. The program supports the participation of women in both shore-based and …
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02 JUL 2019 Global climate change is endangering small island countries, many of them developing nations, potentially harming their ability to function as independent states. As international environmental co-operation stalls, we must ask what consequences climate change will have on the statehood of vulnerable countries. This is especially important because …
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01 JUL 2019 South Korean carrier HMM (formerly Hyundai Merchant Marine) announced Monday that it is joining THE Alliance, the ocean carrier alliance comprised of Hapag-Lloyd, ONE and Yang Ming. The agreement was finalized in Taipei on June 19. Subject to regulatory approval, the new contract between the four lines …
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01 july 2019 Five Indian seafarers have been released after being kidnapped from the product tanker Apecus and taken to Bonny Island in Nigeria on April 19. The seafarers, Sudeep Chaudhary, Ankit Hooda, Chirag Yadav, Avinash Reddy and Moogu Ravi, have been taken to safety, says India’s shipping minister Mansukh Mandaviya, and …
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Trackline of the Shandong Fu En from 0620 to 0639, showing the vessel’s heading and course over ground. 30 june 2019 The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a Marine Accident Brief about an incident that occurred on April 6, 2018, involving the bulk carrier Shandong Fu En. The …
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30 JUN 2019 Captain Carola Rackete was arrested in the early hours of June 29 in the Italian port of Lampedusa. Rackete, the German captain of the Dutch-flagged humanitarian rescue vessel, Sea-Watch 3, defied the imposed ban to disembark migrants saved from a rubber dinghy off the coast of Libya. On …
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30 JUN 2019 Illnesses that can pass from animals to humans are known as zoonotic. They’re surprisingly common: More than six out of every 10 known infectious diseases in people are actually contracted from animals, according to the CDC. Zoonotic diseases are typically spread through contact with animals or animal waste, though …
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