Crew shortage — a distress signal for shipping
crew-shortage
Reports have it that Gateway Terminals India Pvt Ltd (GTI), the APM Terminals-Concor joint venture that owns and operates a modern container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru port, recently announced the launching of its Talent Development Centre on its campus.
Equipped with state-of-the-art training facility, the training centre, the reports suggest, is to provide hands-on experience of [...]
Somali pirates threaten use of Suez Canal: analysis
There is growing concern that the free passage of the Suez Canal, one of the great breakthroughs in international trade, is under threat from the spread of piracy off the coast of Somalia.
The flow of millions of pounds, derived from ransom payments, into groups linked to fundamentalist Islamic movements in Somalia has triggered warnings that [...]
More casualties, fewer losses
THE combined total of losses of and serious casualties to merchant ships continued to increase in 2007, with over 1,000 incidents, a record number, delegates at the annual conference of the International Union of Marine Insurance in Vancouver were told. Incidents have shown a steady upward climb since 2006 when 600 were reported.
However, there has [...]
