IMO publishes new IMDG Code (2008 Edition)
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A new edition of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code, the standard guide to all aspects of handling dangerous goods and marine pollutants in sea transport, has been published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in hard copy, as a download and [...]
Shipping slowdown expected to cut deployment of seafarers
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“For seafarers, they [IMO] can see a little bit [of a downturn] in the first quarter, but they would recover in the third quarter,” Labor Secretary Marianito D. Roque told reporters at the sidelines of the department’s 75th year anniversary exhibit opening, without giving estimates. United Filipino Seafarers president Nelson P. Ramirez said in a [...]
ITF: New piracy high risk area agreed
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Maritime unions and shipowners have reached an agreement to extend the piracy high risk area to cover the entire Gulf of Aden. The designated high risk area previously only covered part of the Gulf of Aden. Members of the International Bargaining Forum (IBF), reached the agreement following a full meeting of the negotiating body in [...]
IBF Extends “High Risk Area” In The Gulf
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Following a full meeting of the IBF in Hong Kong on Friday 21 November and subsequent correspondence, the International Bargaining Forum have agreed to extend the “high risk area” to cover the entire Gulf of Aden*, backdated to 21 November at midnight. The expansion has been agreed because of the number of attacks which had [...]
Russian Register of Shipping - Guarantee for quality and safety
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Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has been awarded a golden medal ‘Guarantee for quality and safety’. RS has become a laureate of National Safety awards and has received a golden medal in the nomination “For the development of technical standards aimed at ensuring safety of offshore oil and gas facilities”. The National Safety awards [...]
Shipping industry urges EU governments to take up arms against Somali pirates
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Abdul Hassan, chief of the pirate group called the ‘Central Regional Coastguard’, carries a rocket-propelled grenade on to a boat with some of his crew. Photograph: Veronique de Viguerie/Getty Images
European shipowners are urging their governments to wage war on Somali pirates and seize vessels by force, the Guardian has learned, amid growing fear that shippers [...]
IMO chief makes direct appeal to Security Council for Somalia piracy action
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IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos has issued a call at the highest level for a coordinated and cohesive response, both internationally and nationally, to combat the scourge of piracy off the coast of Somalia.
Yesterday (20 November), in a personal briefing to the UN Security Council in [...]
BW Gas, TMT, Euronav May Avoid Somalia After Attacks by Pirates
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By Alaric Nightingale and John Martens
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — BW Gas Ltd., the world’s biggest operator of liquefied-gas tankers, Euronav NV and TMT Co. Ltd. said they may divert ships away from Somalia after an escalation in piracy led to the capture of a Saudi Arabian supertanker.
BW Gas is urging its customers to avoid the [...]
“Go to sea!” campaign launched at IMO to attract entrants to the shipping industry
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A campaign to address the global shortage of seafarers, especially officers, which threatens the very future of the international shipping industry, has been launched by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in association with the International Labour Organization, the “Round Table” of shipping [...]
Shipping cos stick to ramp-up plans
NEW DELHI: Undeterred by the global meltdown, Indian shipping companies are going full steam ahead with their expansion plans. Major domestic shipping companies, such as Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), Great Eastern (GE) and Essar, have already placed orders for 58 ships in Korea and China worth $3.3 billion and are bullish on their future [...]
