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Premix fuel: We closed fishing season before official notice – Volta fishermen Emmanuel Anomoo Tettey, Public Relations Officer for Volta Region fishermen has called on government to ensure regular supply of premix fuel to fishers during the next fishing season. He said though the month-long closed season for artisanal and semi-industrial fishers was taking effect from July 1, many fishing crews in the region stopped going on fishing expeditions weeks ago due to scarcity of premix fuel. | | |
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Shippers Authority holds Exporters Forum to boost sectors fortunes The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) as part of efforts to boost the nation’s export drive has held its annual Exporters Forum to discuss issues in the sector to come up with ideas, programs and plans to better the operations of stakeholders The event held at Ghana Shippers’ House in Accra on 30th June 2022 saw exporters and state agencies deliberate on matters of mutual concern in order to forge stronger alliances to increase export volumes. | | |
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| | Nigerians, others die as boat catches fire in Senegal Reports from the West African country also state that 21 people were injured as four of them suffered second degree burns after the boat caught fire while on a journey to Spanish Canary Islands. | | |
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| | Study finds "Enormous" potential to boost yield of Africa's fisheries The African continent produces seven million tonnes of marine fish a year. This capture has increased in recent years thanks to improved catches in west Africa and the end of Somalian piracy in the Indian Ocean. | | |
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| | Deep blue project: Nigeria, Japan sign $2.78m boat deal Nigeria has signed an exchange of note with Japan for an economic and social development programme involving the acquisition of a high-speed boat to reinforce services for coastal security in Nigeria. The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) was designated the implementing agency of the partnership. | | |
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| | Support for South Africa to prevent stowaway cases and to ratify the FAL Convention Stowaway cases are a human tragedy and hamper the economy of the country by increasing transport costs for import and exports flows. South African government, port and shipping industry representatives have attended a national seminar on the prevention of stowaways in Cape Town (27 to 29 June), organized by the IMO in collaboration with the Department of Transport of South Africa. | | |
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| | Navy: Complacency, lack of critical thinking led to Red Hill spill A command investigation released by the U.S. Navy on Friday - just ahead of a long holiday weekend - details a series of substantial errors in the months leading up to the disastrous fuel spill at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Honolulu, which ultimately led to the site's closure. The Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility is a unique asset. Between 1940-43, the Department of War carved 20 giant tanks out of a solid basalt ridge outside Honolulu, then connected them by pipeline to the piers at Pearl Harbor. | | |
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| | Jordan dismisses port officials over deadly chorine gas accident A preliminary investigation into the deadly chlorine gas release at the port of Aqaba has found that it was caused by "lack of conformity" of the crane's load rating with the weight of the cargo. The wire rope was rated at 8.5 tonnes, Faraya said, and it managed to hoist four 25-tonne containers of chlorine from the pier to the ship in a row without incident. On the fifth container, the wire rope parted and the tank dropped onto the deck of the ship. The resulting release of gas killed 13 people. | | |
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| | China’s net-zero ambitions for domestic shipping need tough policies China is facing the risk of failing to attain carbon neutrality in the domestic shipping industry by 2060 unless the government implements stringent and mandatory regulations on fuel efficiency and low carbon fuels, a new study shows. | | |
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| | Sembcorp Marine delivers world's first eighth-gen drillship Sembcorp Marine has delivered what it describes as the world's first eighth-generation drillship, the Deepwater Atlas. The Deepwater Atlas is the first in a series of two high-spec vessels for Transocean. It has a hook-load capacity of three million pounds and can accommodate well control systems for 20,000 PSI-rated drilling, making it the first of its kind. | | |
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France asks CMA-CGM to lower freight rates TFrench Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Wednesday put fresh pressure on the country’s biggest energy and shipping companies to use part of bumper profits to help customers cope with high inflation. | | |
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2022 YOUTH INNOVATION CHALLENGE: TACKLING MARINE DEBRIS Youth Innovation Challenge: Tackling Marine Debris ($1,000 prize) The Challenge provides an opportunity for young people around the world to share their innovative solutions to marine debris, a pressing environmental issue affecting our marine ecosystems | | |
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