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COVID19: IMO Urges Port Authorities To Consider Seafarers As Designated Key Workers
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) , has called on port and flag states to consider seafarers as designed key workers in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim made this known on its official…
IMO Harps On Protocols Framework For Safe Crew Change, As Flights Pose Challenges To Seafarers
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has sent a recommended framework of protocols for ensuring safe ship crew changes and travel during the COVID-19 pandemic to all IMO member-states, the United Nations and other stakeholders.…
India: Ministry Of Shipping Assures Quick Evacuation Of Stranded Seafarers In International Waters
Authorities in India has reaffirmed it readiness to evacuate her seafarers from international waters.
Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of State (I/C) for Shipping interacted via video conference with the Ship Liners, Shipping…
Q1:Singapore Port Authority Records 96% Compliance To IMO Sulphur Regulations
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said from January to March 2020, about 96% of the ships that arrived in the seaports complied to the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 2020 sulphur regulations
In the first…
Port Authorities Declare Commitment For Seaports To Remain Open Amid COVID19 Pandemic
In a bid to remain in business and recognising that the maritime sector plays a critical role in keeping trade flows open in the global fight against COVID-19, 20 members of the Port Authorities Roundtable (PAR) from Asia, Europe, Middle…
Teaching Moves Online At World Maritime University Amid Pandemic
Despite the Coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world over, the World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmo Sweden has commenced online studies for professional students.
Technical officers from the IMO Secretariat were able to deliver, from…
IMO Records Largest Virtual Meeting, As Seafarers , Climate Change Top Discussion
A total of 155 participants from 78 member states and one associate member state attended the virtual meeting organized by International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
This has been described as the largest virtual
meeting in the history…
DISPUTE WATERS: US Warships Sail Into South China Sea
US warships have sailed into disputed waters in the South China Sea, according to military analysts, heightening a standoff in the waterway and sharpening the rivalry between the United States and China, even as much of the world is in…
Trump Orders US Navy To Destroy Iranian Gunboats If Harass At Sea
Barely a week after 11 vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came dangerously close to U.S. ships in the Gulf, the United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday instructed the Navy to fire on any Iranian…
Fujitsu Verifies AI Technology To Predict Vessel Collision Risks In Marine Traffic Control
Fujitsu Limited announced the results of a joint field trial with the Japan Coast Guard to predict vessel collisions with AI technology, demonstrating its usefulness in detecting collision risks early and minimizing the danger of such…