Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
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March 14, 2014
McMurdo Sound (approximately 35 miles long and 30 miles wide) connects the Ross Sea to the north to the Ross Ice Shelf on the coast of Antarctica due south of New Zealand. This body of water, frequently ice-covered, was discovered by Captain…
Posted to Maritime Training Issues with Murray Goldberg
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Murray Goldberg)
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April 2, 2012
Blog Notifications: For the latest maritime training articles, visit our company blog here. You can receive notifications of new articles on our company blog by following the blog.Share this blog post.Follow me on Twitter.IntroductionAssessment in the maritime industry is a huge subject.
Posted to Eversafe Marine
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song Tom)
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December 9, 2013
December 6, 2013 morning, the two vessels "MV XIUMEI TIANJIN" and "JIA LI HAI" collided in sea area of Zhejiang Zhoushan. The DWT 100,000 cargo ship “JIA LI HAI” owned by China COSCO was driving to Laotangshan port when got collision with 168 m long container ship "MV XIUMEI TIANJIN".
Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
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July 31, 2012
The United States Navy disposes of many of its old, obsolete, and decommissioned warships by sinking them in deep ocean waters. This practice, called a sinking exercise or SINKEX, involves removing toxic and hazardous substances to the maximum practicable extent…
Posted to Pipavav Shipyard set to deliver their first vessel
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Joseph Fonseca)
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October 12, 2011
After some hiccups Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Company Limited will finally be giving delivery of their first vessel later this month. India’s largest shipyard at the Gulf of Cambay in Gujarat on the West coast has been flush with…
Posted to Martin Rushmere
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Martin Rushmere)
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September 23, 2011
The Panama Canal's Alberto Aleman Zubieta is doing the rounds of the maritime equivalent of the TV talk shows – annual conferences and conventions. Most recently he was at the South Carolina trade conference, where the audience pondered deeply…
Posted to Maritime Musings
(by
Dennis Bryant)
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September 16, 2011
Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was born at West Point, where his father was an instructor. After graduating with distinction from the US Naval Academy in 1859, he served blockade duty on a number of warships during the Civil War. Mahan was promoted at…
Posted to Law to curtail Shipping Trade Malpractices
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Joseph Fonseca)
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March 14, 2011
An Act to facilitate swift and efficient movement of goods in India in relation to export/ import or coastal cargo is set to be enacted soon. It promises to bring transparency in trade practices by publishing of tariff by shipping transport…
Posted to FORAN V70 launched in India
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Joseph Fonseca)
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February 2, 2011
Another system for the design and production of ships and off-shore platforms will be launched in India close at the heels of NAPPA systems. Popularly known as FORAN V70 it is scheduled to be launched on 16th February 2011 in Mumbai by the Spanish multinational…
Posted to Far East Maritime
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Greg Knowler)
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November 30, 2010
Earlier this week a coalition of maritime industry groups called for the government to establish a policy bureau to strengthen Hong Kong's position as an international maritime centre. The alliance, comprising the Hong Kong Shipowners' Association…
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