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Strait of İstanbul will be closed on both sides temporarily
The Notice of the İstanbul Harbour Master informs that due to the 3rd Bridge (Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge) construction works, Strait of İstanbul will be closed on both sides temporarily to the international sea traffic, between 06:00 - 20:00 hours on 26 May 2015. The notification of closures will be at short notice and all the vessels and sea crafts sailing in the local traffic should observe the warnings and cautions to ......
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Strait of Istanbul will be closed on both sides temporarily
The Notice of the İstanbul Harbour Master informs that due to the 3rd Bridge (Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge) construction works, Strait of Istanbul will be closed on both sides temporarily to the international sea traffic, between 06:00 - 20:00 hours on 23 May 2015. The notification of closures will be at short notice and all the vessels and sea crafts sailing in the local traffic should observe the warnings and cautions to be iss ......
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Strait of İstanbul will be closed on both sides temporarily
The Notice of the İstanbul Harbour Master informs that due to the 3rd Bridge (Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge) construction works, Strait of İstanbul will be closed on both sides temporarily to the international sea traffic, between 06:00 - 20:00 hours on 14 May 2015. The notification of closures will be at short notice and all the vessels and sea crafts sailing in the local traffic should observe the warnings and cautions to be iss ......
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İstanbul Strait will be closed on both sides temporarily
The Notice of the İstanbul Harbour Master informs that due to the 3rd Bridge (Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge) construction works, the İstanbul Strait will be closed on both sides temporarily to the international sea traffic, between 07:00 - 20:00 hours on 05 May 2015. The notification of closures will be at short notice and all the vessels and sea crafts sailing in the local traffic should observe the warnings and cautions to be issued ......
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İstanbul Strait will be closed on both sides temporarily
The Notice of the İstanbul Harbour Master informs that due to the 3rd Bridge (Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge) construction works, the İstanbul Strait will be closed on both sides temporarily to the international sea traffic, between 06:00 - 20:00 hours on 02 May 2015. The notification of closures will be at short notice and all the vessels and sea crafts sailing in the local traffic should observe the warnings and cautions to be issued b ......
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Closure of Istanbul Strait, April 13th, 2015
The Notice of the Istanbul Harbour Master informs that due to the 3rd Bridge (Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge) construction works, the İstanbul Strait will be closed on both sides temporarily to the international sea traffic, between 06.00 – 20.00 hours on 13 April 2015. The notification of closures will be at short notice and all the vessels and sea crafts sailing in the local traffic should observe the warnings and cautions to be issued by the V ......
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BIMCO announces the programme for its annual conference Perspectives in Shipping 2014
Protecting and Developing Your Business – Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai on 29 April 2014 You are invited to join us on 29 April 2014 where the full day conference Perspectives in Shipping 2014 will focus on issues impacting all shipowners and help you to protect and develop your business. His Excellency Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem the Chairman of DP World (TBC) will open the conference. He will be followed by Captain Jitendra Misra, Managing Director ......
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ENVİRONMENTALİSTS SLAM FİNAL DRAFT OF NEW POLAR CODE
EU lobby group Transport & Environment claims the new code fails to address the use of heavy fuel oil and black carbon emissions, and that environmental protection 'has been put on the back-burner through active Lobbying of the shipping and cruise industry, which consistently dismisses ecological concerns' Regulators have finally come up with a Polar Code to cover the structural and operational issues of the increasing traffic in the Arc¬tic ......
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FİRST PİRACY ATTACK OF 2014 VESSEL
Dryad Maritime Intelligence have today confirmed the first piracy attack of 2014 which saw an attack launched by Somali pirates south of Salalah in the late hours of January 17. With the aid of a dhow as mother ship, the pirates attacked the transiting vessel with small arms fire. In was reported that the on board security team took appropriate action and repelled the attack with a graduated response, culminating in an exchange of fire. The pirat ......
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THE BIMCO AWARDS GALA DINNER
You are invited to join us on 29 April 2014 for the BIMCO Awards Gala Dinner at the Dumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai. It promises to be a night of great networking and celebration. The new BIMCO Awards have been created to celebrate and draw attention to shipping companies and individuals who have excelled in areas reflecting BIMCO's global activities. The nominations will come from the BIMCO members but the winners can be any company or individual ......
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THE WORLD'S LARGEST OFFSHORE WİND TURBİNE
Vestas' first V164 - 8.0 MW prototype wind turbine has now been installed on the Danish national testing center for large wind turbines in Østerild and put into operation . The world 's largest wind turbine has successfully produced the first electricity , making it the world's most powerful wind turbine in operation. " We have now completed the manufacturing, testing and installation of the V164 - 8.0 MW as planned, thanks to the team's in ......
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IMO CLOSER TO A NEW POLAR CODE
After intense negotiations , the IMO Sub-Committee on Ship Design and construction has prepared a draft Polar Code . The code is a special set of rules that ships must meet if they are sailing in polar waters. Several parts of the Polar Code and related consequential amendments to SOLAS and MARPOL will now be discussed in other IMO Sub- Committees and Committees . For example, the training component is to be discussed in Education Sub-Committee ( ......
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Lloyds Maritime Academy
Lloyd's Maritime Academy presents a new seminar about Hull Management and Performance in London on 12 June 2013 at The Hatton. Understand best practice for efficient hull design, operation and monitoring. Attend this event to benefit from: - Gaining a step by step guide to effective hull management for fuel and cost savings. - Discovering the business case for a hull management programme. - Analysis of hull cleaning methods and intervals for ......
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Marine Money International Istanbul Ship Finance Forum
Marine Money International Istanbul Ship Finance Forum, will be discussed by industry experts in İstanbul on 22 May 2013 at the Swissotel – The Bosphorus. Demand remains strong and there is consensus that we will see some stabilisation from 2014. ∙ Will this be too far away for some companies to survive? ∙ Will banks have the patience to restructure once again? ∙ Are current low asset values the entry point for new investments? ∙ Will new orders ......
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ECSA, ICS and ASF Have United to Condemn Proposed Amendments on a New EU Ship Recycling Regulation
European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and Asian Shipowners’ Forum (ASF) have united to condemn proposed amendments on a new EU Ship Recycling Regulation which were voted and rejected by the European Parliament on 18 April 2013....
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Shipowners and Unions Raise Concern at Casualty Reporting Failures
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have made a joint submission to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) commenting on the apparent failure of some flag states to submit maritime casualty reports to IMO....
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Paris Mou Campaign Reveals Extensive Fire-Safety Failings
Many ships do not have adequate fire-safety systems on board according to the findings of a concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) by the Paris MOU port-state control (PSC) authority. Over a three-month period, PSC inspectors uncovered 103 ships with deficiencies related to fire –safety systems. The campaign involved 4,014 inspections of 3,985 ships. Most problems were found with fire pumps and pipes, firefighting equipment and appliances and th ......
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Maritime Labour Convention 2006, Ratifications by Fiji, Serbia and Lebanon
The 37th, 38th, and 39th ratifications of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC 2006) by Fiji, Serbia and Lebanon have now been deposited with the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Fiji and Lebanon are still to provide information regarding their respective social security provisions to the ILO Secretariat....
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Pirate attacks fall in Asia
Piracy and incidents of robberies at sea have fallen in South and Southeast Asia in first-quarter 2013. The Singapore-based Regional Cooperation Agreement in Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia reported 28 incidents but ranked none “very significant” according to its system of rating the severity of attacks. In the first quarter of last year, it is reported that 38 incidents, down from 48 for the same period in 2011. The imp ......
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