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PIRATES have freed a Belgian dredger hijacked two months ago off the Seychelles . Stone-carrying vessel Pompei was released yesterday after a ransom was paid, reports the BBC. It quoted Belgian prime minister Herman Van Rompuy saying "the entire crew is in good health". Pompei had a Dutch captain, two Belgians, three Philipinos and four Croa...
AN LPG tanker has been raided by armed men and the crew robbed of cash and other belongings in the South China Sea . The men boarded a Singapore registered LPG tanker Sigloo Discovery on Saturday and made away with a laptop, two mobile phones, a wrist watch and cash. The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre said the six men, who climbed onboard f...
AUSTRALIAN stevedores Patrick and P&O Ports have settled a collusion case brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over the jointly-owned vehicle handler Australian Amalgamated Terminals. Charges against four former senior executives were dropped as were those of collusion and price-fixing but the companies’ success...
VENICE 'S Cantieri Navali de Poli shipyard may become bankrupt after only a few of its 740 creditors backed a preventive agreement that would have stopped it. A minimum of 50% of consensus was required but the yard’s estimated liabilities of € 113M ($ 158M ) against assets of € 50M convinced the great majority of the debt h...
THE PHILIPPINES employment association has approved a resolution covering the deployment of its seafarers in the Gulf of Aden , Fairplay learnt today. According to documents seen by Fairplay, the terms of the resolution stipulate that vessels with Filipino seafarers must travel within the maritime security zone. They must also submit a security plan...
GROUNDFORCE Portugal has become the 17th ground handling company to become a member of IATA's Cargo 2000's quality air cargo programme, already handling nearly 123,000 tonnes of export and import cargo in the last year from its five airports. "By joining Cargo 2000, we are further demonstrating our commitment to the complete fulfilment of all the indu...
BP Marine has agreed to supply the Mission to Seafarers Dubai-run seafarer support vessel Flying Angel with her lube oil requirements for the following twelve months. “We are very happy to welcome BP Marine aboard, their generous donation of lube oil will help to ensure that the Flying Angel’s’ mainten...
A European Commission-funded project aiming to tackle the problem of seafarer fatigue has been launched with an inaugural meeting at Warsash in the UK . Project Horizon brings together 11 academic institutions and organisations with a broad range of interests from the shipping industry in a 30-month research programme to examine the way in whic...
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