08 DEC 2020 England’s National Health Service (NHS) has released the details of its official rollout of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine, which will begin early this week. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said: “This coming week will be a historic moment as we begin vaccination against COVID-19. “We are prioritizing the …
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02 DEC 2020 The United Nations General Assembly has called on UN Member States to designate seafarers and other maritime personnel as key workers and implement measures to allow seafarers stranded by the COVID-19 pandemic to be repatriated. In a resolution adopted yesterday during the 75th session of the United Nations General …
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06 DEC 2020 Britain approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday (02ND DEC,2020), jumping ahead of the rest of the world in the race to begin the most crucial mass inoculation programme in history with a shot tested in wide-scale clinical trials. Prime Minister Boris Johnson touted the greenlight from the …
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09 DEC 2020 Friday (04 DEC): ONE Apus Returning to Japan after Record Containers Loss Update: MV ONE Apus is now proceeding to the port of Kobe, Japan with an estimated arrival of December 8th. According to an update this morning, it is now estimated that number of lost or damaged containers …
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08 DEC 2020 It’s no secret that African waters are among the most perilous in the world when it comes to piracy. Tom Hanks’ “Captain Phillips” brought attention to Somalian piracy, but the immediate concern for ship owners is on the opposite side of the continent: West Africa. West Africa’s Gulf of …
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07 DEC 2020 Plastic waste floating in the world’s ocean has been ranked as one of the largest ecological problems as a menace to marine life as well as a danger to shipping. With the problem of ocean plastics expected to grow substantially in the coming years, the UK Chamber …
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05 DEC 2020 A joint development project is launching focusing on seeking to collaborate on the commercial adoption of emission abatement technology. By incorporating ship-owners into the project, the goal is to accelerate the adoption of technologies including rotor sails. Leading the project will be LR (Lloyd’s Register) in collaboration …
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04 DEC 2020 Security experts had warned of the potential for an increased level of pirate activity in the Gulf of Guinea with the end of the Atlantic storm season. In the past few weeks, there has been an increasing level of approaches and boardings supporting the warning and highlighting the …
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03 DEC 2020 A 54-year-old Norwegian ship-owner has been sentenced to six months in prison for his role in the attempted demolition voyage of the decommissioned LASH vessel Eide Carrier (later renamed Tide Carrier, Harrier). Prosecutors with the white-collar crime agency Okokrim charged Georg Eide, owner of defunct salvage firm Eide Marine Services, …
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02 DEC 2020 For several years, Japan has been investing heavily in its diplomatic engagement with Indian Ocean island states and may now need to consider how to better extend that engagement to environmental security challenges. A recent environmental disaster in Mauritius caused by the grounding of a Japanese cargo …
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