IMB Reports Piracy and Robberies at Lowest Levels in Nearly 30 Years |
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Look for demand-driven-skills for sustainable livelihood – Fishers advised Fishers must wake up to the approaching reality of the ban on fishing and its challenges to seek demand-driven skills as an alternative and sustainable livelihood. | | |
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Aggrieved Port Workers stage demonstration over MPS- GPHA Concession deal The local unions of the Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority (GPHA) have declared their intention to stage a massive demonstration to protest the Meridian Ports Services (MPS)-GPHA concession agreement signed in 2015. On Tuesday 12th July 2022,the local union sent a caution to the government that they will protest against the 20% revenue collection saying; that they were dissatisfied with how the agreement’s content was handled. | | |
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| | NIMASA to deploy two special mission aircraft to combat oil theft The Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has given assurances that two special mission aircraft in the deep blue project fleet of the agency will be deployed to fight oil theft and protect the nation’s economy. | | |
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| | Foreign flagged ships detained in the UK during June 2022 under Paris MOU The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that four foreign flagged ship remained under detention in UK ports during June 2022 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection. | | |
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| | Spanish resources for emission reductions The IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 Project has published its ship and ports emissions toolkits in Spanish. The free resources, which are also available in English, provide structured frameworks as well as decision support tools for evaluating emissions reduction opportunities in maritime transport. | | |
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| | Working towards Brazil’s National Maritime Policy Brazil is the latest country to benefit from IMO's work promoting good governance practice in the maritime sector to support sustainable development. A National Workshop on Maritime Transport Policy was organised in Brasilia, Brazil (5-7 July) by IMO, in close cooperation with the Brazilian Navy. | | |
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| | UK government releases seafarer suicide report alongside wellbeing tool The report Suicide and Seafarers is the result of 20 interviews carried by Ipsos on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and Department for Transport (Dft) in March and April 2022 with shipping company and shipowner representatives, shipping management companies, insurers, maritime charities, chaplains, unions, and academics. Timescale for approvals and potential distress prevented direct interviews with seafarers. | | |
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| | Decarbonisation strategy roundtables launched in Kenya “A collaborative and strategic approach is essential for the success of a country’s decarbonisation strategy and the NAP roundtables are an ideal platform to bring stakeholders together to initiate these planning conversations,” says Minglee Hoe, GreenVoyage2050 Project Technical Analyst. “Our bespoke support is intended to build upon ongoing activities on the reduction of GHG emissions from shipping already taking place on a national and regional level. | | |
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| | USS Benfold catches China's attention with back-to-back FONOPs The sailors of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Benfold have been drawing considerable attention from Beijing this past week. Benfold has carried out two freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) past Chinese-occupied positions in the South China Sea in the span of four days, drawing protests from China's foreign ministry. | | |
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| | Photos: Iran's Navy creates division for drone-carrying ships Videos and imagery released by Iranian state media show two vessels and one Kilo-class sub engaged in launching a range of armed and unarmed drones, including the VTOL surveillance drone Pelican, Homa, the "suicide drone" Arash, Chamrosh, Zhubin, the 1980s-era Ababil and the Bavar 5. | | |
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| | IMB reports piracy and robberies at lowest levels in nearly 30 years The report shows that there were a total of 58 incidents in the first six months of this year. While 55 vessels were boarded, the IMB report shows that only one vessel was hijacked. The total number of incidents was down nearly 15 percent from the 68 reports in the first half of 2021. | | |
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| | China works to get wild-caught fish out of its aquaculture feed According to the Ministry of Agriculture, in a series of trials last year, the sole use of low-value “feed-grade” fish as aquaculture feed was reduced by 77 percent, and by as much as 94 percent in farming of largemouth bass. Experts say the switch to compound feed could see overall use of feed-grade fish slashed by half for farming of certain species. | | |
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| | Royal Navy blows up ancient torpedo in Scapa Flow Last weekend, Royal Navy bomb disposal experts safely blew up an old torpedo in Scapa Flow which could have damaged underwater infrastructure. A specialist team from the Royal Navy’s Diving and Threat Exploitation Group traveled to Orkney after survey ship MV Athena found the aged device while scanning a route for underwater cables between Flotta and South Ronaldsay. | | |
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| | Percentage of female seafarers remains unchanged in 40 years “Here we are nearly forty years later in 2022 and still we are at 2%. The maritime industry is very good at putting in place KPIs to drive change for operational and safety matters, but we don’t have measures of success for diversity and inclusion,” she said. “As I take on the role of immediate past-President I would like to continue to work to move from 2% to 20%, and beyond.” | | |
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