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Global Marine Travel working on efficient crew repatriation
Each month about 150,000 seafarers need to be changed over to and from the ships which they operate to ensure compliance with international maritime regulations
ECSA and ETF request EU coordination on implementing IMO Framework for ensuring safe ship crew changes
The European Community Shipowners association (ECSA)and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) sent a joint letter to the European Commissioner for Transport, requesting her assistance
Construction begins of new $1 billion Soo Lock
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, announced that the new lock at the Soo project is on schedule as construction for phase one
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster to Invest up to $35M in New Accelerated Ocean Solutions Program
ST. JOHN’S– Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (OSC) announced today a Canada-wide Call for Proposals for its new Accelerated Ocean Solutions Program (Program). Through the Program, the supercluster
Five U.S. Great Lakes ports win SLSDC awards
The U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation(SLSDC) has announced that five U.S. ports in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System received the agency’s Robert
Baleària aims for COVID-19 safe certification for its ships, terminals
Baleària eyes COVID-19 safe certification for its ships, terminals Spanish ferry operator Baleària is working towards being the first shipping line in the world to
Port Alberni expanding seafood business for marine cluster
The Port Alberni Port Authority(PAPA) announced thatIndependent Seafoods Canada Corporation(ISCC) has added a second freezer trawler, the Sunderoey, to home port dockside to the Raw
COVID-19 sparks sharp growth of grain activity at Port of Thunder Bay
Prairie grain farmers are fulfilling increased demand for Canadian grain in Europe and North Africa thanks to an efficient supply chain and ready capacity at
Montreal Port Authority and CargoM obtain funding for AI-based tool enabling rapid essential cargo distribution
Faced with the urgency posed by the COVID-19 crisis, Scale AI, the artificial intelligence (AI) Canadian supercluster, recently launched a call for projects to find
Stress, fatigue and dread characterize life aboard ships during pandemic
The latest Seafarers Happiness Index report, published by The Mission to Seafarers, has revealed real insight into the lives of seafarers during the global Covid-19
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On our forum: Alas, the “inconveniences” of digital technology…
Michael Grey* It was years ago that an old friend, who was a shipbroker, told me proudly that using his new mobile telephone, then something
On our forum: Decarbonisation and “technostress”
Michael Grey* Are you suffering from “technostress?” It is an interesting term, which perfectly encapsulates the mentality of modern mankind, with manifold anxieties which were
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By Michael Grey* The design of a ship was once a delicate balance in which an endless series of compromises were necessary to end up
On our forum: Too many mooring incidents in faulty-designed operations
Michael Grey* P&I club Gard came up with some disturbing figures the other day, in a thought provoking note on mooring operations. Using statistics garnered
On our forum: Various questions raised by the Baltimore bridge disaster
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On our forum: The evolution of ‘acceptable’ risk in shipping
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On our forum: The growing risks of high deck loads
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On our Forum: Something ghoulish about tours of Titanic wreckage
By Michael Grey* I had just finished re-reading an old biography of Edward Wilson; doctor, scientist, naturalist, artist and Antarctic explorer, who died with Captain