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| ITF gives guarded thumbs up to MLC preparation | 4 months 1 day ago | | Added: Jan 24, 2013 13:18 |
| | As Malta becomes the 34th ILO member state to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006, the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today gave its cautious approval to the progress made across the shipping world to prepare for the convention’s all important coming into force this August. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| US Navy ship aground on Philippine reef 'taking in water' | 4 months 1 day ago | | Added: Jan 24, 2013 10:49 |
| | The US Navy said Thursday it needed to remove thousands of litres of oil from a minesweeper stuck on World Heritage-listed coral in the Philippines, warning it was too badly damaged to be towed away. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Seaspan orders four new containerships | 4 months 1 day ago | | Added: Jan 24, 2013 09:43 |
| | Seaspan Corporation announced that it has signed contracts for the construction of four 10,000 TEU class newbuilding containerships at Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Probe shows Izumo collision happened near territorial waters | 4 months 1 day ago | | Added: Jan 24, 2013 09:35 |
| | The Mercantile Marine Department (MMD), which probed the mid-sea collision in which the fishing dinghy Al-Ameen sank off Beypore last week, has concluded that Panamanian vessel m.v. Izumo was involved in the incident. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| First lawsuit filed in NY ferry accident | 4 months 2 days ago | | Added: Jan 23, 2013 08:53 |
| | The first lawsuit by a passenger aboard a ferry boat that crashed into a pier in New York City in early January has been filed, his lawyer said. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Queen Mary 2 sets sail for Abu Dhabi | 4 months 2 days ago | | Added: Jan 23, 2013 08:46 |
| | After more than three years of “delicate negotiations” with the cruise company Cunard, the Queen Mary 2 will finally make its first call in the capital on January 29. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| New Trends in Container Stowage and Transport | 4 months 3 days ago | | Added: Jan 22, 2013 12:43 |
| | To enable all ship owners and operators to profit from this, GL has developed a class notation for route-specific container stowage which will be introduced in early 2013. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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