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IMO, left to its own devices, has failed to tackle shipping’s GHG emissions – NGOs respond to Sekimizu

2015-10-01T11:30:00.000+05:30

(Bold mine) Statement by the Clean Shipping Coalition in response to recent statement by the Secretary General of the IMO, Mr Koji Sekimizu on the subject of shipping and climate change. Mr Sekimizu illustrates very well in his statement why the IMO has so far failed to grasp the nettle over ship GHG emissions and why its future role must be guided by an agreement in Paris. His

Blown away

2015-06-15T21:57:00.001+05:30

The planes will rarely reach you; so be readier

2015-05-22T06:06:00.000+05:30

Add climate change and you have the shape of things to come

2015-05-21T06:23:00.001+05:30

Old one now on youtube

2015-05-08T18:56:00.001+05:30

Six months at sea, a short documentary

2015-01-29T11:30:00.001+05:30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH9kMh4xaY8&x-yt-cl=84924572&x-yt-ts=1422411861#t=430

Merchant ships left as main lifeline to desperate migrants

2014-12-02T09:39:00.001+05:30

From an article by Seatrade Global It is one thing for a coastguard cutter, with a relatively low freeboard, large crew trained in emergency operations to cope with a refugee boat packed with distressed people. It is something rather different for a large merchant ship, with a long climb onto its deck and a tiny crew, to provide succour to 200 or 300 desperate souls. The fact that many

Pieter Schelte - World's largest vessel

2014-10-22T11:02:00.001+05:30

Suez, Sept 2014

2014-10-03T22:49:00.001+05:30

2014-09-24T16:34:00.003+05:30

This infographic shows maximum ship sizes for the Panama Canal, Suez Canal, and the Strait of Malacca. Credit World Maritime News

Drowning of 500 Migrants in the Med Deliberate, Survivors Say

2014-09-19T05:18:00.005+05:30

Investigators from the International Organization for Migration said that they have obtained eyewitness testimony of a tragic incident in which as many as 500 migrants were drowned when their vessel was deliberately sunk in the Mediterranean. The survivors said that the traffickers turned violent when the 500 migrants they were escorting to Europe refused to switch to an unseaworthy

Timelapse of Ship sailing down the suez

2014-08-25T17:06:00.000+05:30

Nothing too extraordinary, given some in the fishing industry?

2014-08-21T08:09:00.000+05:30

The racism of disaster coverage

2014-08-03T07:28:00.000+05:30

From 'The Daily Beast' ROME, Italy — During the 10-day period from the time the wrecked luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia began to rise from its watery grave off the shore of the small Italian island of Giglio to the moment when it began its impressive journey to Genoa in a spectacular $1.2 billion salvage operation, a few hundred miles away about 260 migrants died at sea in separate

Now, print spare parts on your ship.. (well, some of em anyway)

2014-07-14T18:57:00.000+05:30

IMO pushes Code of Conduct in West Africa to tackle piracy

2013-04-01T18:41:00.003+05:30

Researchers say this crystal proves fabled Viking sunstones really did exist. (© Alderney Museum) Radar pic of ‘Rusty’, Feb 26- Australian Met Bureau The Kulluk, under tow (pic US Coast Guard)