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New Zealand cracks down on livestock shipping
New Zealand is cracking down on how animals are exported overseas in the wake of last month’s sinking of the…
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Gulf Navigation rules out funding further search missions for missing livestock crew
The owners of the sunken will not help finance any further search and rescue efforts for the missing 40 crew…
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Debris on distant Japanese islands sparks hope in search for missing livestock crew
A crowdfunding page Save the Forty of has raised more than A$117,000 ($84,000) to be put towards private searches of…
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Are livestock carriers synonymous with disaster?
Vimal Kumar assesses the horrendous safety track record of vessels moving animals around the world. You might recall the novel…
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Thousands mobilise in bid to try and save the 40 missing men from the Gulf Livestock 1
Thousands of people around the world are joining together to get more nations involved in the search operation for the…
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Operation to find Gulf Livestock 1’s VDR on the cards
New Zealand’s minister of foreign affairs, Winston Peters, has backed calls to mount an operation to retrieve the voyage data…
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Search for missing Gulf Livestock 1 crew ends
The search off southern Japan for the missing crew from the has been called off. The converted livestock carrier was…
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Search resumes as final moments emerge of stricken livestock carrier off Japan
The Japanese Coast Guard resumed aerial search operations for missing crewmembers of the today after a typhoon-hit weekend made search…
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Litany of safety issues emerge as search for livestock carrier crew continues
A litany of past safety issues are emerging from archives relating to the sunken . The converted boxship, owned by…
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Rescued crewmember says livestock ship lost power in typhoon and capsized
One crewmember on the 2002-built livestock carrier has been rescued by the Japan Coast Guard. Sareno Edvarodo, a 45-year-old chief…
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Six crew on livestock carrier contract coronavirus
Six crewmembers of a livestock carrier docked in Fremantle have tested positive for coronavirus. The arrived in Fremantle last Friday…
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Six crew on livestock carrier contract coronavirus
Six crewmembers of a livestock carrier docked in Fremantle have tested positive for coronavirus. The arrived in Fremantle last Friday…
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Balzarini’s new livestock shipping venture delayed by coronavirus
NextSeaWell, the livestock carrier project launched by former Wellard boss Mauro Balzarini, has been delayed due to the lockdown in…
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Dublin bans Turkish livestock carrier pair
The Irish government has banned the operator of two regular livestock carriers, the Atlantic M and the Express 1, from…
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Former Wellard boss plans livestock return
Former Wellard CEO Mauro Balzarini will launch a new venture focused on developing a new generation of livestock carriers. Balzarini…
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Live Animal Export: Canberra opens the door to exemptions for improving animal welfare
The Australian government is backtracking on its commitment to improve conditions onboard livestock carriers. Dr Lynn Simpson is not impressed.…
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Live Animal Export: Rescue of survivors restarted three days after ship capsizes
“If these passengers wore school uniforms instead of wool …” Dr Lynn Simpson is not letting up in her condemnation…
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Live Animal Export: Queen Hind survivors condemned to a slow, cruel death
The Queen Hind, which capsized in Romania’s Midia Port on Sunday, is now a torture chamber of a different sort,…
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Live Animal Export: Loaded sheep ship capsizes, 13,567 sheep drown
Dr Lynn Simpson questions what the EU will do in the wake of yet another livestock shipping tragedy yesterday. How…
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Live Animal Export: Running out of options
Dr Lynn Simpson looks at the South African livestock trades. With no apparent intention to comply with the new Australian…
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