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Dec. 4, 2014
M/V Letfallah III refused access to Paris MoU region
On 24th November 2014 M/V “LETFALLAH III” with IMO number 7522203 was detained in Pula (Croatia).
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Dec. 4, 2014
M/V Etab refused access to Paris MoU region
On 17th November 2014 M/V “ETAB” with IMO number 6609779 was detained in Tarragona (Spain). detentions.
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Dec. 1, 2014
DEPRIVING CREW OF DIGNITY AND RESPECT WILL HINDER RECRUITMENT
Ships’ crews need to be treated with more dignity and respect, V.Ships president Roberto Giorgi has warned.
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Nov. 28, 2014
IMO - adopted shipping routes in effect from next week
A two-way shipping route in Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and Torres Strait has been
formalised by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and will be in effect from 1 December 2014.
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Nov. 28, 2014
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN BRUSSELS’ CARBON EMISSION REPORTING SCHEME SPARK SHIPOWNER CONCERN
European and international shipowners groups have reacted angrily to the latest developments by Brussels to create a regional CO2 emission reporting scheme.
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Nov. 26, 2014
Two-way shipping routes to be introduced at Jomard Entrance, Papua New Guinea
A new ship routeing system will come into effect on 1 June, 2015 at Papua New Guinea’s Jomard Entrance.
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Nov. 25, 2014
AMSA bans repeat offender from Australian ports
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued a direction to Indonesian flagged container ship Territory Trader (IMO 8812899) not to enter or use any port in Australia for three months.
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Nov. 25, 2014
SRI CONCERNED ABOUT REDUCED RESOURCES FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) has raised concerns about the implications for Masters of the recent reports of the launch of the new EU Frontex operation ‘Triton’ which will apparently have a reduced budget and focus on border control in place of the Italian ‘Mare Nostrum’ that is credited with saving more than 150,000 migrants in the Mediterranean.
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Nov. 24, 2014
3rd ban of M/V 'Mansour M' due to Jump Detention
The M/V "MANSOUR M" with IMO number 7600586 has been banned for the 3rd time after subsequent detentions after the second refusal of access order in the Paris MoU region.
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Nov. 21, 2014
Bulk carrier owner and master fined for Queensland garbage disposal
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has prosecuted China Earth Shipping Incorporated, the owners of Panama flagged bulk carrier Xin Tai Hai and its master after it disposed of garbage near Gladstone in June last year.
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