COSCO Container Lines’ new MV COSCO Houston made its first United States call yesterday, appropriately at its namesake city, docking at the Port of Houston Authority’s Barbours Cut Container Terminal. The MV COSCO Houston is the only container vessel named Houston and one of eight ships making their inaugural run on the new Gulf of [...]
![EU Member States Need to Carry Out Maritime Spatial Planning]()
The European Commission needs to encourage EU Member States to carry out maritime spatial planning, and co-operate on how they use their sea space, due to the growing number of users of Europe’s seas – including offshore renewable energy – a new report, co-financed by the European Commission’s Intelligent Energy Europe programme, finds. The report [...]
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Maersk Line Ltd announced that Gordan Van Hook, MLL’s Senior Director of Innovation and Concept Development, has been selected to serve on the board of directors the United States Naval Institute. The USNI describes itself as “an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write in order to advance the professional, [...]
A workshop in Helsinki on 15 May 2012 aims to identify the future challenges for maritime safety in the Baltic Sea Region. More and larger vessels will pass the Baltic Sea in the years to come, and therefore it is important to address the challenges for maritime safety which will follow in the wake of [...]
IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos urged States to take steps to bring the 2010 Protocol to the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 (2010 HNS Convention) into force, after eight countries signed the Protocol, subject to ratification or acceptance. The [...]
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![Malaysia: Flag States Sign Declaration Condemning Acts of Violence Against Seafarers]()
Three of the largest flag states, accounting for around 40% of the world’s commercial shipping tonnage, have signed an agreement condemning the acts of violence against seafarers by pirates. The flag states agreed to pool information on the mistreatment of seafarers at the hands of pirates. The flag states signed a Declaration in Washington on [...]
![Commission Requests Nine Member States to Comply with EU Maritime Safety Rules]()
The European Commission has requested Belgium, Estonia, France, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Finland and the United Kingdom to adopt national legislation to implement EU rules setting up a vessel traffic monitoring and information system . The rules in question, an important measure to prevent loss of life and environmental damage from shipping accidents, were [...]
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![India: States Oppose Maritime Regulatory Bill]()
The proposed maritime regulatory Bill, which would regulate all the major and non-major ports in the country under one body, is facing oppos… (business-standard) Source: business-standard, June 16, 2011;
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Oil giant BP has said safety improvements have been made to rescue helicopters since 18 men survived a North Sea crash. The Super Puma went down 125 miles east of Aberdeen a year ago. The two crew and 16 passengers were all picked up by helicopter and rescue craft.
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The Mozambican president Armando Guebuza has called on staff in the Ministry of Fisheries to redouble their efforts to ensure that they meet the goals and targets of the government in the fishing sector. Guebuza made the call earlier this week in Maputo when he inaugurated the Ministry’s new offices in Maputo, which the ministry [...]
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