The European Commission has adopted this Monday, May 13th 2013 an action plan aiming at boosting the maritime economy in the Atlantic Ocean area .With this initiative, the EU wishes to create sustainable growth in these coastal regions while preserving…
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According to CMA CGM, the deployment of modern, efficient vessels has helped the company deliver a “solid” third quarter result. The French container line CMA CGM Group brought another of its world’s largest containership sister ships into operation this Month…
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Van Heck has announced the launch of Sea Trophy, a comprehensive emergency pump system designed to ease oil recovery after an accident/incident happens. The pump ensures a fast, easy and well controlled solution for the removal of oil contained in…
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The post Erika trial was the focus of debate in the European Parliament on 24 April as part of the Seas and Coastal Areas Intergroup. The Intergroup meeting provided the opportunity for the Conference Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR), represented by…
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A little more than a month ago, Marco Polo CMA CGM, the biggest container ship in the world equipped with passive safety equipment first set sail. It became the first of a series of 3 ships. The CMA CGM announced…
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Starting next Wednesday, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will remove the fuel contained in the Chinese fishing vessel Min Long Yu, which ran aground on Tubbataha Reef three days ago. The goal of this operation is to eliminate the risk…
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Navigating under Liberian flag, the MV Atlantik Confidence, bearing 150 tons of fuel sank off the shores of Oman. On the route to the port of Sohar, a dire fire swept through the ship on March 31. The rapid reaction…
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This week has marked a double anniversary of Torrey Canyon and Amoco Cadiz accidents, the events that still mark the global sea navigation. Forty six years after the tragedy, long-passed oil spill off the [Gruensey island shores] still have an impact…
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It was 4.30 am last Saturday when the 80m-long MV Danio, a timber carrying coastal freighter heading from Perth to Antwerp, got caught on rocks in the Farne Islands, three miles off the Northumberland coast. Several attempts were made to…
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ISU salvage expert Mike Lacey and Maritime Passive Safety Association President Gilles Longuève today introduced the concept of ‘salvage-friendly’ ship to an audience of nearly 100 IMO delegates gathered for the occasion. The informative session took place during IMO’s 57th…
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