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Jun. 16, 2014
DOUBLE HULL TANKER ESCORT FINAL RULE PUBLISHED IN FEDERAL REGISTER
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard final rule on escort requirements for certain tankers operating on the waters of Prince William Sound, Alaska, published Friday in the Federal Register.
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Jun. 9, 2014
CREW RELEASED AFTER THREE YEARS, NO RANSOM PAID
Eleven crew members held hostage by Somali pirates for more than three years have been released, regional and United Nations officials said on Saturday.
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Jun. 9, 2014
SEAFARERS CHALLENGE SINGAPORE PORT ON AIRWAVES CHAOS
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has blamed human error and poor judgment for the three collisions that occurred in Singaporean waters earlier this year, but a survey of seafarers conducted by Captain Kuba Szymanski, secretary general of InterManager, shows another side to the story.
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Jun. 9, 2014
RELEASE OF MV ALBEDO SEAFARERS WELCOMED BY MPHRP
MPHRP (The Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme) has welcomed the release and safe return of the remaining crew from the MV Albedo.
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Jun. 5, 2014
AMSA hosts inaugural search and rescue workshop for helicopter operators
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) this week hosted the inaugural Search and Rescue (SAR) Helicopter Operators Workshop in Launceston.
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Jun. 2, 2014
M/V Joudi refused access to Paris MoU region
On 26th May 2014 the "JOUDI” with IMO number 7321441 was detained in the anchorage area of Kalymnos Island (Greece) due to multiple detentions.
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Jun. 2, 2014
CLASS DOUBTS BLOCK LIFEBOAT SAFETY MOVES
A series of safety measures covering lifeboat servicing and maintenance that took years of painstaking development has been stalled ahead of what was expected to be routine final approval at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
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Jun. 2, 2014
New regional structure for counter-piracy code implementation
Ministerial meeting agrees to launch process for handing over implementation of the Djibouti Code of Conduct to a new regional structure
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May. 28, 2014
May. 28, 2014
COST OF ECA COMPLIANCE COULD REACH $49 PER TEU ON TRANSATLANTIC VOYAGES
Switching to lower-sulphur burning fuel to comply with emissions control areas’ new limits will boost transportation costs by $29-$49 per teu on transatlantic voyages, according to a report by Drewry Maritime Advisors.
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