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PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK
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MEPS WEEKJuly 26, 2019
COLUMN | Biting the hand that feeds you [Grey Power]
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PASSENGER VESSEL WEEKJuly 26, 2019
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COLUMN | Biting the hand that feeds you [Grey Power]
It’s a great saying but there is a lot of it about at present. I thought of it first looking at pictures of the shrieking mobs of environmental protesters outside the International Maritime Organisation and the Japanese Embassy in London. In the case of the former location it was a bit futile as the environmental ..
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COLUMN | Maritime forces respond to surge in drug trafficking by sea [Naval Gazing]
Intelligence reports indicate that the Covid-19 pandemic is having a profound effect upon the international trade in illegal narcotics. The radical reduction in airline traffic caused by the pandemic is making it difficult for narcotics trafficking syndicates to use the traditional “mule” method, which involves paying ..
Welcome to Passenger Vessel Week!
Given the global ravages of Covid-19, it could well be expected that the passenger vessel sector would be very subdued, if not completely dead at present. Not so, thankfully. In fact, the sector is very much alive despite the virus. While almost all the vessels described in this Passenger Vessel Week feature would have been ..
OPINION | EU governments privilege cheap imported fish over sustainable EU production
810,000 tonnes of imported fish will annually benefit from massive tariff derogations regardless of their origin, way of production, sustainability of the stock, labour standards or even if the third country has been identified by the EU for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The Council of the EU will ..
Vale Sam Bateman – Sailor, scholar, gentleman
Australia lost one of its all too rare naval intellectuals last week with the passing of Commodore Dr Sam Bateman AM, RAN Rtd. He was 82. Sam commenced his lengthy and illustrious naval career at 15, eventually retiring as a commodore, after 40 years of exemplary service, in 1993. Since then he has been a very energetic, ..
BOOK REVIEW | Shipyard Projects: Planning and Management
This brilliant book is exactly what it is described as on its cover. It should be read, studied and carefully digested by anyone in any way involved with ship design, building, renovation, repair or modification projects. In other words, by anyone doing business with a shipyard irrespective of whether they be naval ..
Welcome to Passenger Vessel Week!
Given the global ravages of Covid-19, it could well be expected that the passenger vessel sector would be very subdued, if not completely dead at present. Not so, ..
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October 27, 2020
New deepwater berth extension opens at Port of Halifax
The South End Container Terminal extension at the Port of Halifax is now complete and is fully operational, the port said in a press release on Friday, October 23. With ..
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PASSENGER VESSEL WEEKOctober 27, 2020
Multiple groundings reported as Typhoon Molave hits Batangas, Philippines
The Philippine Coast Guard has reported numerous vessel grounding incidents that occurred in the province of Batangas just south of Manila on Monday, October 26, as ..
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October 26, 2020
Damen completes research vessel rebuild for OceanX
Damen Shipyards Group has completed the extensive rebuild of the research vessel OceanXplorer at Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam. The former offshore survey vessel will serve ..
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October 27, 2020
New deepwater berth extension opens at Port of Halifax
The South End Container Terminal extension at the Port of Halifax is now complete and is fully operational, the port said in a press release on Friday, October 23. With ..
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PASSENGER VESSEL WEEKOctober 27, 2020
Multiple groundings reported as Typhoon Molave hits Batangas, Philippines
The Philippine Coast Guard has reported numerous vessel grounding incidents that occurred in the province of Batangas just south of Manila on Monday, October 26, as ..
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October 26, 2020
Damen completes research vessel rebuild for OceanX
Damen Shipyards Group has completed the extensive rebuild of the research vessel OceanXplorer at Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam. The former offshore survey vessel will serve ..
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October 27, 2020
New deepwater berth extension opens at Port of Halifax
The South End Container Terminal extension at the Port of Halifax is now complete and is fully operational, the port said in a press release on Friday, October 23. With ..
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MEPS WEEKOctober 26, 2020
COLUMN | Biting the hand that feeds you [Grey Power]
It’s a great saying but there is a lot of it about at present. I thought of it first looking at pictures of the shrieking mobs of environmental protesters outside the ..
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October 23, 2020
Boluda Lines to launch Canary Islands freight service
Boluda Corporacion Maritima subsidiary Boluda Lines will operate on a new freight service between the Canary Islands and the Port of Cadiz on the Spanish mainland ..
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October 26, 2020
First sea trials concluded for DESS Aquaculture’s newest wellboat
Turkey’s Sefine Shipyard has completed the first series of sea trials for Aqua Skye, a new wellboat being built for DESS Aquaculture Shipping of Norway. The vessel ..
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October 19, 2020
Over 60 rescued after research vessel sinks off Gough Island, South Africa
The South African Maritime Safety Administration (SAMSA) has confirmed the sinking of a fisheries research vessel off Gough Island on the afternoon (local time) of ..
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October 15, 2020
Fish habitat restoration completed at New South Wales’ Tarcutta Creek
Volunteers from New South Wales non-profits OzFish Wagga Wagga and Murrumbidgee Landcare have completed a project aimed at restoring damaged fish habitat areas in ..
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October 26, 2020
AIP awarded to South Korean-designed hydrogen carrier
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) companies Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (KSOE) and Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) have received the necessary approval in ..
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MEPS WEEKOctober 23, 2020
GEAR | Eastern Pacific Shipping’s Newcastlemax bulkers to be powered by MAN dual-fuel engines
MAN Energy Solutions has received an order for five 6G70ME-GI Mk 10.5 dual-fuel, two-stroke engines in connection with the construction of five 210,000DWT Newcastlemax ..
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October 22, 2020
GEAR | Subsea 7, Dutch start-up to develop non-battery-based offshore energy storage system
Netherlands-based start-up FLASC, a developer of non-battery-based energy storage solutions for the offshore sector, has established a collaboration agreement with Subsea ..
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