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Day of the Seafarer: Overcoming isolation
Singapore: Today sees the fourth ever Day of the Seafarer. The day, now recognised by the United Nations, was created…
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Micanti: Award-winning antifouling
Amsterdam: Last week saw Dutch firm, Micanti, win a prestigious award for its non-toxic antifouling. Micanti has designed a 100%…
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Razor wire – injuring the crew it’s designed to protect
An article debating how best to secure your ship, contributed by GUARDIAN A recommendation of BMP4, and currently the most…
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More ships missing as pirates plunder
Singapore: The Information Fusion Centre (IFC), part of the Singapore Navy, has issued an alert of another tanker missing in…
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Dryad Maritime: Beyond security
Portsmouth: Dryad Maritime is branching out. What started out as a dedicated maritime intelligence company is now offering a far…
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Aspida: Cowboys still prevalent among PMSCs
Athens: Shipowners are still being hoodwinked when it comes to choosing a private maritime security company (PMSC), says one of…
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Tanker hit by pirates for second time
Singapore: Another tanker has been attacked in Southeast Asia as the region increasingly becomes the global hotspot for piracy. A…
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Food Inspection & Training: “Taking the galley into the 21st century”
Athens: “The galley is one of the last places on a ship to be brought up to standard,” says the…
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Magsaysay: The future of the Philippines as a shipping hub
Athens: Ahead of this year’s Posidonia shipping show, Marlon Rono, president of Philippine crewing giant, Magsaysay Maritime Corporation, felt it…
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MPA vows to crack down on navigational safety
Singapore: Following the three collision incidents resulting in oil spills which took place in Singapore port waters and the Singapore…
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Philippine Transmarine Carriers: Understanding crewing needs
Manila: Spending on training and developing higher levels of competency in one’s crew should be seen as an investment with…
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Hempel: Top 10 goal
Lyngby: Today we are in Denmark catching up with one of the best-known names in marine coatings, Hempel. The firm…
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Crewmatics: Manning conundrums
Nashik: The shipping industry has not only failed to close the crewing demand and supply gap, but ensured that it…
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Royal Burger Group: Investment plans afoot
Rotterdam: Royal Burger Group announced last week that it has reached an agreement to sell its port agency activities in…
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Marine Armor System: The latest anti-piracy invention
Agüimes: There’s a host of anti-piracy technology hitting the market these days. Last week Marine Armor System from Spain announced…
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Harding: Hooked up
Seimfoss: Shipowners the world over are about to spend a fair amount of time checking their lifeboats, specifically the hook…
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Maritime CEO 300: Shipmanagement
Singapore: As Maritime CEO celebrates passing the 300 interview mark we are spending this week looking through who said what…
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Nadiro: Lifeboat solutions
Svendborg: Shockingly the name lifeboat may well be a misnomer. According to this article from Maersk a few years back…
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Univan: Shipmanagement is “a very positive story”
Hong Kong: Shipmanagement has a bright future as owners look to outsource more and more, says Bjorn Hojgaard, ceo of…
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IMEC: Wage negotiations continue
London: There’s under three months until the shipping industry finds out what wages it will be paying to its seafarers…
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