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Ghana Navy goes paperless EThe Ghana Navy on Friday, 1 July 2022 launched its Integrated Management System (Paperless System), to digitalize the administrative functions, decentralize access to routine orders and enhance the receipt, transmission, and dissemination of information amongst personnel and Command within the Ghana Navy. | | |
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GPHA engages with TBT, GIFF, others on measures to improve quality of service at Tema Bonded Terminal The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Management of the Tema Bonded Terminal (TBT), Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) and other stakeholders within the shipping industry met last week to engage on measures to improve upon the quality and associated conditions of service provided by the Tema Bonded Terminal (TBT). The meeting which was held on Wednesday, 29th June in Tema, was to address matters relating container delays at the terminal, Methods of Payment/Automation, Operations at the terminal, Customer Service, among others. | | |
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| | Russian Navy takes delivery of world's longest submarine According to shipyard Sevmash, the vessel is "designed to solve diverse scientific problems, conduct search and rescue operations, and can also be used as a carrier for rescue deep-sea and autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicles." These vehicles could include the secretive spy submarine Losharik, believed to be used for interfering with subsea communications cables. | | |
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| | Royal Navy seizes Iranian missile components in high-seas intercepts The Royal Navy has revealed two high-impact missions which have been kept under wraps for months. In January and February, the service collaborated with the U.S. Navy to interdict small boats laden with surface-to-air missiles and cruise-missile components. | | |
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| | Algae blooms from Chinese fishmeal plants hurt the Gambia's fisheries The “Smiling Coast” of West Africa, as the country is affectionately known, has long been popular with tourists who enjoy its white sandy beaches and the lodges that are nestled among clumps of coconut palm. But near three fishmeal factories located in the fishing villages of Gunjur, Sanyang and Kartong, decomposing seaweed has become a menace. | | |
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| | Stella Maris backs Vatican’s urgent call to grant all seafarers shore leave “As long as they take the necessary precautions, seafarers have the right to put their feet on dry ground and meet people other than their colleagues on board,” said Cardinal Michael F. Czerny SJ, Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. He said, as the situation continues to improve around the world with Covid-19, countries are opening their borders and lifting restrictions, with most people now able to move freely again. | | |
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| | Chinese shipbuilder delivers two new ground breaking ships Guangzhou Shipyard International, the biggest shipbuilder in South China, is celebrating ‘a high watermark’ in its history after delivering two of the world’s most innovative ships this week. | | |
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| | Combating maritime security threats in western Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden Signatory States to the revised Code of Conduct concerning the repression of piracy, armed robbery against ships and illicit maritime activity in the western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden Area, known as the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti Code of Conduct 2017, have agreed a raft of measures to combat new and emerging threats to maritime security. | | |
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| | Strengthening port security in Tunisia Strengthening port security is the focus of a workshop underway in Hammamet, Tunisia (4-8 July). Thirty-six participants from Tunisia’s Ministry of Transport, Port Authority, stevedoring companies, and other entities directly involved in port security, are developing ways in which to collaborate and cooperate at the national level with a view to enhancing implementation and compliance with international requirements. | | |
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| | Continuing IMO's "Voyage Together" SIMO has received an additional US$2.0 million donation to its 'Delivering Strategy and Reform – Voyage Together' multi-donor trust fund (VTTF). The VTTF promotes the effective implementation of IMO's international conventions, IMO's global stature, capacity building of developing countries, shared growth of all Member States; and strategy development and reform initiatives to enhance the performance of the Secretariat. | | |
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