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Feb. 11, 2014
InterManager Calls For Calm Over Possible Filipino Officer Ban
Ship managers should put in place sensible contingency plans to guard against a worst-case scenario should Filipino officers potentially find themselves banned from working on EU-flagged vessels.
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Feb. 4, 2014
SHIPOWNERS AND UNIONS IN ANTI-BULLYING PROJECT
To eradicate bullying and harassment and increase the attractiveness of maritime careers, the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) have been working together on an EU-funded project to produce a training toolkit aimed at reducing and eventually eliminating this problem by targeting its root causes.
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Feb. 3, 2014
SCHOOLS RESOURCES ON THE LIFE OF SEAFARERS LAUNCHED
A new range of resources for schools to introduce children to shipping and the lives of seafarers has been launched.
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Jan. 29, 2014
Tune up for weather broadcasts on HF Wiluna
Weather updates are vital when you’re out on the water—and the Bureau of Meteorology is improving HF marine radio services to ensure weather information is available to all boaters.
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Jan. 29, 2014
M/V Amal banned
On 3rd January 2014 the M/V "AMAL" with IMO number 7040994 has been banned.
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Jan. 29, 2014
IMO Secretary-General launches 2014 World Maritime Day theme: “IMO conventions: effective implementation”
IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has launched this year’s World Maritime Day theme, “IMO conventions: effective implementation”, expressing the hope that the year would see genuine progress towards effective and global implementation of all IMO conventions.
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Dec. 4, 2013
More maritime companies pledge to keep shipping green
Twenty more maritime companies have pledged to keep shipping in Singapore clean and green. They signed the Maritime Singapore Green Pledge on Tuesday to signal that intent. The companies include Maersk Tankers Singapore Pte Ltd, Oil Spill Response Ltd, PSA Marine Pte Ltd and Singapore Cruise Centre Pte Ltd.
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Dec. 3, 2013
Chinese demand driving tanker markets forward
Oil demand from Asia and especially China has intensified over the past couple of months and especially during the end of October, providing solid ground for gains across most of the large crude oil tanker Eastbound routes. As such, the Far East oil demand has provided the foundation for a strong boost in freight rates for several routes, like the TCE for MEG/Japan, which almost doubled at the start of November, reaching levels of $42,000/day.
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Nov. 22, 2013
Samoa ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
Samoa joins the other Pacific Island States that have already ratified the Convention, namely, the Marshall Islands, Palau, Kiribati and Tuvalu. Samoa becomes the 53rd ILO Member State to ratify this landmark Convention.
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Nov. 19, 2013
Italy ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
Italy is the 52nd ILO Member State, and the 20th member State of the European Union, to ratify this Convention
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