| APL to Scrap Four U.S.-Flag Ships | 1 month 5 days ago | | Added: Apr 17, 2013 08:30 |
| | APL Ltd. said it plans to scrap four 1980s-built U.S.-flag container ships that are seeing reduced demand for military shipments as the Iraq and Afghanistan wars wind down. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Russia to base Mistral-class assault ships in Far East ports | 1 month 5 days ago | | Added: Apr 17, 2013 08:23 |
| | Russia will base its French-made Mistral-class amphibious assault ships in the Far East ports of Vladivostok and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky when they enter service, a senior Defense Ministry official said in an interview, according to RIA Novosti. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Kapetan Slavica: Pomorci kreditiraju HZZO s 24 milijuna kuna | 1 month 5 days ago | | Added: Apr 17, 2013 06:41 |
| | Kao puno puta dosad, Hrvatski zavod za zdravstveno osiguranje (HZZO) čini se kao kamen spoticanja za pomorce. Od 2008. godine, kada je uvedena reforma sustava doprinosa i poreza za članove posada, stvari se nisu previše pomaknule od početka. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| World sea piracy down 35 percent in first quarter | 1 month 6 days ago | | Added: Apr 16, 2013 06:52 |
| | World sea piracy fell 35 percent from a year ago in the first quarter of 2013, with the spotlight shifting to West Africa as navies helped keep pirates away from Somalia, an international maritime watchdog said Monday. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Nigerian ships risk detention under new enforcement law | 1 month 6 days ago | | Added: Apr 16, 2013 06:50 |
| | Effective from August 20,2013, Nigerian ships and vessels are at risk of being detained in other countries and the owners of the ships fined as the International Labour Organisation, ILO, begins the enforcement of the Maritime Labour Convention, MLC, 2006. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Test-drilling for oil starts in Sea of Japan off Sado | 1 month 6 days ago | | Added: Apr 16, 2013 06:33 |
| | The energy agency said Monday it has started test drilling for oil in a Sea of Japan location that could turn out to be one of the largest oil and natural gas deposits in the country. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Chinese ships back in disputed waters | 1 month 6 days ago | | Added: Apr 16, 2013 06:31 |
| | Three Chinese government ships entered the territorial waters of disputed Tokyo-controlled islands on Tuesday, Japan’s coast guard said. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Cruise ship disaster pre-trial hearings due in Italy | 1 month 7 days ago | | Added: Apr 15, 2013 07:41 |
| | The deadly Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster returns to court in Italy on Monday with the start of a long series of indictment hearings against six suspects including captain Francesco Schettino. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| The Captain Flunks Navigation | 1 month 7 days ago | | Added: Apr 15, 2013 07:34 |
| | The U.S. Navy has punished the captain and three his crew for the January 17 grounding of a 1,300 ton Avenger class minesweeper on a reef off the Philippines (in the Sulu Sea). Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Gas Hub Out of Whale Nursery on Australia’s Kimberley Coast | 1 month 10 days ago | | Added: Apr 12, 2013 10:27 |
| | Woodside Petroleum has shelved plans for a $4.5 billion liquid natural gas processing plant at James Price Point. The site on Western Australia’s pristine Kimberley coast is also the site of the world’s largest humpback whale nursery. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Making safer composite materials for ship building | 1 month 10 days ago | | Added: Apr 12, 2013 10:08 |
| | Just like any mode of transport that carries members of the public, ships are subject to strict safety regulations. These not only cover the use and maintenance of the vessel but also its construction and the materials a ship is made of. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Water, fuel supply delay boarding of crew on ship | 1 month 10 days ago | | Added: Apr 12, 2013 09:57 |
| | Amid speculation of an out-of-court settlement over arrested South Korean ship OSM Arena, whose 14-member Myanmarese crew abandoned it on Tuesday, a fresh team of seafarers failed to board it for want of clarity on the supply of food, water and fuel. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Independence: North Sea oil workers ‘sceptical’ | 1 month 10 days ago | | Added: Apr 12, 2013 09:34 |
| | Six out of ten North Sea workers do not believe their industry would be better run if Scotland became an independent country, according to a survey released today. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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