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Posidonia Plans

February 4th, 2012
Published in What's on where?
TradeWinds / NHST Events is to host the TradeWinds Shipowners Forum as the opening keynote of Posidonia 2012, in the Metropolitan Expo Centre on 5 June 2012.
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Deep Down

February 3rd, 2012
Published in All Latest Headlines, Money Matters

As the Baltic Dry Index plumbs all-time depths, those with long memories are recalling the dark days of the 1980s for the shipping markets.
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Hat Trick

February 1st, 2012
Published in All Latest Headlines, Charity News, People Matters
Sailors are renowned for spinning a good yarn, however on this occasion it is a volunteer at the land-locked Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society who has been getting busy with her knitting needles to make hats for mariners as part of Woolly Hat Week (6-13 Feb).
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SAMI Scheme Launched

February 1st, 2012
Published in All Latest Headlines, Piracy, Security
The Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI) today launched its eagerly awaited International Accreditation Programme for Private Maritime Security Companies (PMSCs).
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Paperless Solution

January 31st, 2012
Published in All Latest Headlines, Technology
France Telecom has launched a paperless maritime navigation and communication solution.
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Going Armed

January 31st, 2012
Published in All Latest Headlines, Piracy, Security
The Philippines has given national flagged merchant vessels the go-ahead to employ private security on board to protect Filipino seafarers from Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
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Counting The Cost

January 30th, 2012
Published in All Latest Headlines, Cruise / Leisure, Money Matters
Carnival Corp. & plc, the parent company of the Costa Concordia, said it carries $510 million in insurance on the ship, which grounded off the coast of Isola del Giglio, Italy, on Jan. 13.
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Shipwrecked Mariners

January 30th, 2012
Published in All Latest Headlines, Charity News, People Matters
A maritime charity is concerned that many retired seafarers are failing to claim the statutory benefits to which they are entitled through lack of information and awareness.
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Northern Rock

January 26th, 2012
Published in All Latest Headlines, Money Matters
Leading ratings agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has confirmed North P&I club’s ‘A’ financial strength rating and stable outlook for the eight consecutive year.
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Blame Game

January 26th, 2012
Published in All Latest Headlines, Cruise / Leisure, Safety
The captain of the Costa Concordia was secretly recorded by police claiming that his bosses put him under pressure to sail the cruise ship close to Giglio island to give passengers a spectacle.
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Award Winner

January 26th, 2012
Published in All Latest Headlines, Charity News, People Matters
Former Port Chaplain Paddy Percival, or rather Mama Paddy or Babushka, as she was known to the many eastern European sailors she helped, has won an international maritime award for her years of service to ships’ crews in Durban’s harbour.
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Standing Up

January 25th, 2012
Published in All Latest Headlines, Charity News, Cruise / Leisure, People Matters

The Nautical Institute learned with great sadness of the loss of life associated with the sinking of the Costa Concordia and expresses condolences to the bereaved families and sympathies to the injured and traumatised survivors.
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Training The Future

January 25th, 2012
Published in All Latest Headlines, Charity News, People Matters
Wallasey Sea Cadets are calling for volunteers to help train budding seafarers.
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NATO Update

January 25th, 2012
Published in All Latest Headlines, Piracy, Security
The NATO Shipping Centre has released its latest Weekly Unclassified Update.
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Search for Stars

January 25th, 2012
Published in All Latest Headlines, Charity News, People Matters, Piracy, Security
The “SOS- SaveOurSeafarers” has had some real success in raising the profile of the piracy problem, however the campaign is not sitting back.
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