In the morning of 11th January 2013, the Force Commander of the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR), Rear Admiral Pedro García de Paredes held a meeting on board his flagship ESPS Méndez Núnez with the Commander of the Combined Maritime counter-piracy task force, Commodore Muhammad Hisham SI (Pakistan Navy). Commodore Hisham and Rear Admiral García [...]
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Numerous controversies have been raised anent lobbyists’ efforts to support the super trawler Margiris’ arrival to Tasmania, FIS news portal informed. On the other hand, opposition has been made to such initiative based on the assumption that the Margiris will deplete local fish stocks, causing environmental havoc. The lobbyists in favor of the trawler [...]
By means of regulation no. 267/2012 of 23 March 2012, EU has, inter alia, introduced a prohibition against carrying Iranian oil – and insurance hereof. The Council of the European Union has adopted regulation no. 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 on restrictive measures against Iran and repealing regulation (EU) no. 961/2012. Regulation no. 267/2012 The [...]
Seafarers need to take an active role in helping the international community to win the battle against substandard shipping. That’s the message from the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) on the international Day of the Seafarer today (June 25). As the maritime industry celebrates the contribution of seafarers to the world economy and commerce, the [...]
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) convened an Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders today in Rotterdam. The purpose of the Meeting was to approve the issue of 30 million shares in Fairstar for the purposes of constructing an additional 50,000 DWT semi-submersible ship identical in specification to FORTE and FINESSE. Purchase price of the vessel is USD [...]
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A new stance by Indonesia has made a major difference in what was once the world’s top piracy blackspot. Noel Choong, of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), said now most attacks in the busy shipping lanes between Indonesia and Malaysia could be stopped, as long as crews maintained a careful anti-piracy watch and raised [...]
International Maritime Organization secretary-general Koji Sekimizu has called on heads of state to engage with the global fight against piracy, saying that ministerial discussions have failed to deliver the political will needed to tackle the problem effectively. Addressing a shipping industry event at which participants voiced frustration about soaring levels of piracy since 2008, Mr [...]
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United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) has just held a meeting in the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment (DE). With Denmark as the promoter, the DE Sub-Committee has strived to develop new, binding, international regulations on the protection of the crew against noise. The work is about to be finalized, and at the meeting [...]
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On 21 December, a team of marines left the United Arab Emirates on board MV Swan with Tunisia as its destination. This military team, a so-called Vessel Protection Team (VPD), will protect the vulnerable sea transport against piracy. Shortly thereafter, three more 3 VPDs got under way. The dredger ‘Athena’ and the tug ‘Multicat [...]
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The Ministers of Defence of the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) have started talks in Brussels to try to solve the shortage of… (FIS) Source: FIS, November 30, 2011
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